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EnhanceBox E4 External Storage Hard Drive Array Review
Fri: 11.20.09 | 9:01A | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
I want you to imagine for a moment that your laptop or desktop has just crashed. Every personal document, every e-mail, every file and photo is gone. All of the data on the hard drive is gone. . . What do you do? Attempt to recover the data by yourself? Use an expensive data recovery service? Try to recover what you can from older copies on thumbdrives or on CD or DVD that may be months old or older? Keep in mind that much of who we are in these modern times exists in a digital format. So I ask the question "When does your data become important?"
  FULL STORY @ TECHWARELABS

Thermaltake BlacX Duet Dual Hard Drive Docking Station Review
Fri: 11.20.09 | 4:10A | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"The BlacX Duet is a very simple yet effective product for quickly accessing data on any two hard drives. And when I say any two drives, I mean it in a literal sense. The docking station supports all 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives up to 2TB, so the chances of incompatibility with any current drives you have are slim to none. Furthermore, installation is completely tool-free and the absence of fans allow for silent operation."
  FULL STORY @ TWEAKNEWS

OCZ Agility 60GB SSD
Thu: 11.19.09 | 10:55P | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
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The OCZ Agility EX 60GB drive we are looking at today runs about $400 so they are pricey drives. That works out to $6.67 per Gigabyte of storage which is expensive compared to ordinary platter drives. Take your run of the mill 500GB platter drive which can easily be found for about $59.99 for a 7200 RPM 16MB cache drive, those run about $0.11 a gigabyte. The platter drives tend to run in the 60 - 70MB/s range and most end users settle for that and are happy with the considerable savings.
  FULL STORY @ BJORN3D

-DATA SH93 Waterproof and Shock Resistant Portable
Thu: 11.19.09 | 7:25P | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"We were first sent the SH93 320GB yellow waterproof and shock resistant portable HDD for video review two weeks ago or more, but on first attempt we managed to kill the device by getting a little too excited with it. The A-DATA SH93 is a portable hard drive coming in sizes of 320GB, 500GB and 640GB with design choices of racing car style yellow or red. It is built using highly durable rubber and plastic and is able to stand drops and incidents with water, as long as it is turned off and the USB cable lid is closed."
  FULL STORY @ TWEAKTOWN

Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB Boot Drive
Thu: 11.19.09 | 6:40P | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"We've seen some very fast SSDs over the last while, but they remain very expensive, and for most people, a hotrod SSD just isn't in the cards for a system upgrade. High prices are always a stumbling block to new tech adoption, and SSDs are no different. However, there may be relief on the horizon, as Kingston has released a sub-$100 SSD that looks to be fast, in the hope that it will finally bring solid state drives into the mainstream. So what's the catch? Well, let's have a closer look and find out."
  FULL STORY @ PUREOVERCLOCK

Verbatim TUFF-CLIP 8GB USB Drive
Thu: 11.19.09 | 9:01A | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"The TUFF-CLIP uses a belt-clip type of clip to attach itself to a backpack or keychain - which is the key selling point that differentiates it from other USB drives. Today we’ll take a close look at the TUFF-CLIP to find out how well it performs."
  FULL STORY @ TOPREVIEWSHOP

Serious Competition: Intel X25-M and Five SSD from OCZ Technology
Wed: 11.18.09 | 9:00A | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
Our today’s article will talk about a new Intel solid state drive using 34 nm chips and five solid state drives from OCZ, four of which are built on the Indillinx Barefoot controller that we haven’t discussed yet in our articles.
  FULL STORY @ XBITLABS

 
Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB Solid State Drive
Tue: 11.17.09 | 10:32P | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
With Intel's second generation controller and 34nm MLC NAND flash memory, many might argue the internals are the best presently on the market. The read performance is definitely impressive, while the write performance will leave something to be desired. Once you see the price you may be willing to make the compromise in order to jump from a traditional hard drive to a SSD.
  FULL STORY @ BIGBRUIN

new Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB
Tue: 11.17.09 | 5:17P | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"This is a great SSD for those wanting a nice and snappy OS at a reasonably low cost. That said, the 40GB capacity requires a bit of a mentality shift as far as how you organize your files. Such a small capacity means your videos and other media will need to be located elsewhere. If running Vista or Windows 7, you may run out of space before you get Office and a couple of games installed. If you can deal with putting some of your stuff on a separate (spinning) drive, and place only those things you want to run snappy on the SSD, you will likely be happy with your purchase."
  FULL STORY @ PCPER

Atlona AT-HDAir Wireless USB HD Video Adapter
Tue: 11.17.09 | 9:01A | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
Perhaps one of more exciting trends in computer industry has been conversion of peripherals such as mouses, keyboards and HDTV tuners to wireless technology. It is almost inevitable that many more will follow this trend. We have here is an Atlona AT-HDAir Wireless USB/HDMI adapter. At the core of it's purpose HDAir makes wireless screen possible. Now that's an exciting possibility. It is a wireless USB to HDMI adapter and it's something that showed up on the market only couple of months ago.
  FULL STORY @ TECHWARELABS

Western Digital's Caviar Black 2TB
Mon: 11.16.09 | 4:01P | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
Western Digital's Caviar Black 2TB finally spins the company's 500GB platters up to 7,200 RPM. The drive has a fancy dual-stage actuator and a beefy 64MB cache, too. Let's see what she can do.
  FULL STORY @ TECHREPORT

Western Digital 320 GB Scorpio Black Notebook
Sat: 11.14.09 | 4:01P | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
If you were impressed with the performance of the 5400 RPM Western Digital Scorpio, you will be astounded by the "higher-end" Western Digital Scorpio Black. Running with a higher spindle speed of 7,200 RPM and boasting twice the cache of a Scorpio, the Scorpio Black represents the epitome of Western Digital mobile hard disk drive technology. We had the opportunity to give their top-of-the-line 320 GB Scorpio Black for a test drive and we were most impressed with its performance. Not only did it deliver a large storage capacity, it also delivered excellent results in our benchmarks. In fact, it had the same platter-to-buffer transfer rates as the 500 GB Western Digital Caviar GP desktop hard disk drive!
  FULL STORY @ TECHARP

Seagate Free Agent XTreme 2Tb
Sat: 11.14.09 | 9:02A | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
Over the past few months we have taken a look at a full selection of Seagate’s business and home external hard drives. Seagate took a note from the late 90’s with the latest drive we are looking at. The Free Agent Xtreme is a personal desktop drive with a 2Tb capacity. So what does Xtreme stand for? Maybe the drive is made for extreme conditions? Or maybe it skydives? I’m going to dive in and find out what it’s all about, how it performs, and how extreme it really is.
  FULL STORY @ LANOC

Vizo Arius EX 3.5” HDD Rack Review
Fri: 11.13.09 | 12:03P | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
“For some users and businesses data security is a very important issue. To combat this issue many have decided on using devices which lock away their hard drives so they cannot be stolen. One such product which does this is the Vizo Arius EX. Time to explore…”
  FULL STORY @ VERDISREVIEWS

OCZ Agility 30GB SSD
Fri: 11.13.09 | 12:02P | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"OCZ is a well known brand for most of the computer peripherals such as computer memory, power supply, SSD, flash drive and so on. Today we are not going to talk about OCZ primary product; memory but their SSD. Let us have a quick look on OCZ's mainstream SSD product; 30GB Agility."
  FULL STORY @ HARDWAREBISTRO

Antec Veris MX-25 2.5" HDD Enclosure
Fri: 11.13.09 | 9:02A | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"The Antec Veris MX-25 HDD enclosure is a self contained, USB powered 2.5” SATA HDD enclosure for enhanced portability. The Antec Veris MX-25 HDD enclosure is a sleek portable solution for high capacity storage on the go. The specially designed circuitry and USB dual end cable, allows for the USB port to supply power at one end and data at the other, or just power and then data through to eSATA port also included in the MX-25."
  FULL STORY @ HITECHLEGION

Cirago CST5250 250GB Portable USB Hard Drive 2.5"
Fri: 11.13.09 | 9:01A | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"Today I have the Cirago 250GB Portable USB Hard Drive for review. The CST5250 is one of the smallest 2.5” external hard drives I’ve come across, making it very portable, but portable doesn’t mean much if it doesn’t perform well. The CST5250 is also nicely made, it has a metal housing so it should be able to endure a bit of daily abuse and the metal should help keep it cooler as well. "
  FULL STORY @ TESTFREAKS

Intel's 34nm TRIM Firmware & SSD Toolbox
Thu: 11.12.09 | 4:03P | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
Few people would argue that the solid-state drive is one of the best types of storage ever created, but there have been certain downsides up to this point. Aside from general pricing, eventual slowdowns caused some to think twice about a purchase. But, TRIM, along with Windows 7, is here, and the problem is (almost) a thing of the past.
  FULL STORY @ TECHGAGE

OCZ Technology Agility 120GB 2.5-inch Solid State Drive
Wed: 11.11.09 | 4:03P | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"When it comes to solid state drives, most people tend to think of the technology in 2D terms, kind of like a sliding scale. The controllers come from just a few companies; JMicron, Samsung, Indilinx and Intel and the products brought to market from these controllers tend to line the scale in that order. OCZ plays the game differently, thinking in 3D, adding an additional slide to the scale. This 3D approach to the OCZ SSD product line means that you will need to become more involved during your research stage of the buying experience. Luckily OCZ has done a fabulous job of detailing the product information on their website and divided products according to their speed instead of product launch date. Today we are looking at the OCZ Technology Agility Series, OCZ’s mainstream SSD. The Agility is just one of many drives sold by OCZ that uses the Indilinx Barefoot controller. Let’s have a look at the Agility specifications and see what sets this product apart from other Indilinx drives sold by OCZ."
  FULL STORY @ TWEAKTOWN

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