by Rafael Hernandez on January 22, 2010
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Solid State Drive performance depends on quite a few factors but the biggest tends to be the controller driving all of the individual memory chips. A good controller is needed in order to keep data moving for the best possible performance. Benchmark Reviews has a look at the Toshiba T6UG1XBG Solid State Drive Controller found […]
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by Rafael Hernandez on January 19, 2010
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It’s readily apparent that Solid State Drives outperform the age-old spindle-based solutions by insanely wide margins and, as time goes on, the performance gap is only going to get larger while they come down in price. The G.Skill Falcon II 128GB SSD offer blazing performance and can even outrun some of its SSD based competition. […]
Read more G.Skill Falcon II 128GB SSD is as fast as you’d imagine
by Rafael Hernandez on January 12, 2010
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There was a time when computers were simply used for simple web page viewing and that rousing game of Solitaire which had you racking up a beefy leader board score that would make you the envy of your colleagues. Well those days are long gone and you need more storage for your media files and […]
Read more Seagate Constellation 2TB Hard Drive packs in ample storage
by Rafael Hernandez on December 11, 2009
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Updated system interfaces are something enthusiast types get excited over because it usually means increased speeds and a whole host of new gadgetry to make use of the new ports. USB 3.0 is shaping up to be one big increase in performance for storage and…well other devices. HardOCP has tested the standard with some mighty […]
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by Rafael Hernandez on December 7, 2009
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When it comes to storage performance you may think what’s included with your motherboard is as good as any other product on the market, unfortunately that’s not always the case as some companies devote considerable more time to perfecting their storage solutions than others. Benchmark Reviews has a look at the Marvell SATA-6G controller and […]
Read more Marvell SATA-6G and Intel ICH10 storage performance battle
by Rafael Hernandez on November 3, 2009
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If you’re the type of person who likes to max out the storage capacity of their PC, or your case never had much storage potential to begin with, your expansion options can be severely limited. Thankfully there are some companies that keep an eye out for those that can’t get enough storage. The AXUS FiT […]
Read more AXUS FiT 500 RAID Box holds the storage your case can’t
by Rafael Hernandez on November 2, 2009
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SATA 600 was supposed to make the latest generation of motherboards a better option moving forward due to the faster storage speeds, unfortunately faulty add-on chips has delayed its adoption into chipsets and motherboards. That doesn’t mean you can’t add on your own storage interface though. The Asus PCIe GEN2 SATA6G expansion card nets you […]
Read more Asus PCIe SATA6G Expansion Card sports speedy storage interface
by Rafael Hernandez on October 29, 2009
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Storage technology stuck with the old PATA standard for far longer than they should have and since they’ve switched to SATA the standards bodies can’t work quickly enough to get newer speed ratings….not that we’re complaining, we love faster speeds! AnandTech has a look at the Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB with 6Gb/s SATA standard support […]
Read more Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB: an introduction to 6Gb/s SATA
by Rafael Hernandez on October 27, 2009
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Solid state drives will maintain their insanely comfortable lead when it comes to outright performance but when it comes to storage sizes we won’t be seeing anything remotely inexpensive from the technology for a good long while so you’ll have to rely on some form of mechanical storage in the meantime. The new Western Digital […]
Read more Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB sports speedy performance
by Rafael Hernandez on October 26, 2009
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So you’ve got yourself an ever expanding network of computers each with important documents or precious memories you want to back up yet doing the external storage swap is more of a hassle than it’s worth. There is of course the simple solution, that shiney little NAS you’ve been pondering for a while now can […]
Read more QNAP TS-219P Turbo NAS gets storage on your network quickly and easily
by Rafael Hernandez on October 19, 2009
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Solid State Drives deliver quite well on their stated performance claims, unfortunately for their manufacturers customers are never happy and want quicker hardware and the faster something goes the sooner they want improved products. Thankfully the OCZ Z-Drive exists for those with a serious need for speed. It fits into any free PCIe x8 slots […]
Read more OCZ Z-Drive m84 is faster than you can imagine