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Corsair Vengeance 1600 MHz CL9 12 GB DDR3
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 Corsair has introduced their new line of memory called Vengeance. Available in high capacity kits up to 16 GB we got a hold of the triple-channel one with 4x 3 GB modules. That said we push the trio to the max and see if it comes back with a vengeance or fizzles into thin air quietly.
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Kingston's HyperX Max USB 3.0 SSD
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USB 3.0 is the most sorely needed peripheral interface upgrade in recent memory. Cheap notebook drives can make good use of the extra bandwidth, and solid-state drives are even faster. Today, we're taking a quick look at Kingston's HyperX Max USB 3.0 SSD.
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PNY XLR8 6GB DDR3-1600
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“For the user looking to harness the power of triple channel memory but without an extreme price tag, then the PNY XLR8 6GB DDR3-1600 CL8 memory kit looks very promising. Priced at what looks to be the least expensive performance modules at this speed and latency, these XLR8 (read "accelerate") sticks appear to offer some excellent value. But, only if they have the dash for the cash; we know sometimes things are cheap for a reason. So, are these PNY modules a fantastic deal, or just plain cheap? Let's find out.”
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Corsair Dominator 12GB DDR3 1600 CL9 Memory Review
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"The Corsair Dominator 12GB DDR3 1600 CL9 Memory-Kit arrived Technic3D. Technic3D will see as good they are with Overclocking against the G.Skill Trident, Mushkin Ridgeback and Corsair GT Memory Kits on Windows 7 64 Bit and the Gigabyte X58 Extreme Mainboard. You can see 1.900MHz (1,65V) with 9-10-9-24 (2T) and more in the following Review."
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Patriot Memory Extreme Performance Xporter
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The Patriot Memory Extreme Performance Xporter XT Rage is a USB Flash Drive featuring an innovative Quad Channel configuration; data is intelligently managed and transferred simultaneously to 4 NAND chips resulting in vastly enhanced performance, mostly reflected in the write speeds. The Flash Drive comes in 8, 16, 32, 64Gb flavours.
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Seagate Momentus XT 500GB 2.5" Hybrid Hard Drive
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With SSDs making some minor inroads into the market hard drives used to have sole proprietorship over, manufacturers like Seagate needed something new to spice things up. Enter a new generation of hybrid drives which combine the capacity of a traditional hard drive with the high speed NAND of an SSD. The Momentus XT is one of the first which is available in a small form factor for notebooks, set top boxes and HTPCs.
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Kingston HyperX - KHX2133C9AD3X2K2/4GX
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Kingston launched a new line of memory when Sandy Bridge was released. The new HyperX® Genesis Special Edition Grey sticks are certified to run with Intel Sandy Bridge at the speed specified above. We received the HyperX KHX2133C9AD3X2K2/4GX, a 2x2GB kit from the company that we are going to put into work.
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Putting Memory Latency into Perspective
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"As memory standards have changed over the years one thing has remained constant: the confusion that arises when trying to compare different memory speeds and timings. It's been drilled into our heads again and again that faster speed is good, but so are lower timings, and unfortunately those two ends seem to move in opposite directions. The higher the memory goes in frequency, the greater number of cycles spent waiting before reading from or writing to it. Invariably the question always arises, which is better for my system?"
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Patriot Viper Extreme 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 2000Mhz Review
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"Today we will be looking at one of the latest RAM offerings, the Viper Extreme series from Patriot’s EP (Extreme Performance) line. This 12GB (3x4Gb) triple channel kit “is the ultimate performance memory solution for the Intel X58 platform” according to Patriot. Let’s see if it lives up to the hype."
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F3-16000CL9D-8GBRM 2x4GB Memory Kit
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As CPU memory controllers continue to become the bottleneck when it comes to overclocking memory, having modules that can keep up has become increasingly important. G.Skill's Ripjaws modules are currently known as some of the best modules on the market in terms of price and overall performance while offering a good amount of overhead for overclockers. With their new 8GB kit, high capacity, extended performance for current platforms is within reach for everyone.
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Corsair Force Series F90 Solid State Drive RAID Report
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"It's been quite some time since we've published a RAID Report, but don't think we forgot about the users looking to get the most out of their systems. SandForce has produced a really good SSD controller that is very resistant to "SSD Fragmentation". The core product of the consumer SandForce SF-1200 is the enterprise SF-1500 controller. Enterprise customers almost always design and use RAID for redundancy in their servers, but we have still yet to receive a hardware RAID solution that is able to pass along the TRIM command.
Today we are going to take a pair of consumer class Corsair Force 90GB SSDs with a Newegg price of 189.99 each and pair them in RAID 0 on an enthusiast motherboard. If everything goes as planned, the two drives will deliver 180GB of capacity and speeds unmatched by a single SSD on the market."
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Kingston SSDNow V 100 256GB and SSDNow V+ 100 256GB
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Given the performance difference between the Kingston SSDNow V+ 100 and SSDNow V 100 we cannot justify the 19% rise in cost per gigabyte. Looking back at our file copy test the SSDNow V+ 100 was as at best 19% faster than the SSDNow V 100, while we found the margin was more realistically around 5%. However when measuring real-world performance there was virtually no difference in performance between these two drives.
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Patriot Viper Xtreme DDR3 PC3-16000 2000MHz 6GB (3x2GB) Memory Kit Review
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"The Patriot Viper Xtreme DDR3 PC3-16000 2000MHz 6GB memory kit is the latest flagship performance memory offering from Patriot Memory. The Viper Xtreme DDR3 PC3-16000 2000MHz 6GB memory kit features a copper core with an extruded aircraft-grade aluminum shield, making it highly overclockable without being held back by high temperatures. The Patriot Viper Xtreme DDR3 6GB memory kit is rated to run at 2000MHz with timings of 9-11-9-27 and a voltage of 1.65 making it perfect for X58 systems that need smart memory for their DIMM slots."
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Corsair Vengeance 12GB DDR3 1600
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"Overclocking a 12GB set of memory should present some challenges but when playing with this set is was no harder to overclock than a 6GB set. I say that knowing it should take more QPI volts to stabilize the overclock than you might use with a 6GB set. All it took was the right combination of settings to reach the number. 1700MHz came without much fuss but 1800Mhz took an increase in voltage while maintaining the 9-9-9-24 timings. Moving up further required another bump to 1.65v and to finally reach 1974MHz (374MHz over the rated 1600Mhz) the timings needed to be relaxed to 9-10-9-27."
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Crucial 4GB kit, Ballistix DDR3 PC3-12800 Memory
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From appearance, to performance, to rock solid stability, Crucial has stood for quality and performance. Eschewing the "bling bling" of the LED's, the new "finned" modules are aiming at the overclocker's plate. Crucial is wanting to show the world that they are a leader in enthusiast modules
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