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OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480GB PCIe SSD Review
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 "I'll just start off here by saying the OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 is one very impressive drive. Not that we expected anything else. Reads of 1500MB/s and writes of 1250MB/s are numbers inconceivable for a single drive just a few years ago. However, the real highlights here are that OCZ has managed to boost performance to nearly double that of its predecessor and in the process, add support for TRIM - which is a welcome improvement. Changing the configuration by shedding the RAID controller and employing the SuperScale storage controller and VCA 2.0 (Virtualized Controller Architecture) technology is a substantial refinement to the drive design..."
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SuperSpeed USB 3.0 INEO I-NA309D Pro Review
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One thing you cannot have enough of is storage. Weather it is to store pictures, movies, or critical files a high capacity storage drive is essential to almost everyone. Some of us require a bit more space and finding the right combination of speed, capacity and ease of use is hard. The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 INEO I-NA309D Pro may just satisfy your needs.
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OCZ Agility 3 240 GByte Review
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With the Agility 3, OCZ has a Solid State Drive in its
portfolio which is based on the latest SandForce SF-2200 series SSD
processor. The drive also features SATA-III support and OCZ claims
that the drive can reach throughput rates of more than 500 MByte. Also
for the IOPS the manufacturer promises sky-high numbers. When writing
4 KByte blocks the drive should be able to hit a whopoing 85'000 IOPS.
With the Agility 3 OCZ uses asynchronous NAND Flash and we're really
curious if one can spot this from benchmark results.
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Patriot Wildfire 120GB Solid State Drive Review
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"Have you ever been to a kid's baseball game where the game was delayed? This usually happens during summer vacation; two of the kids are on vacation and another one is late. Little Jimmy's mom called and said Jimmy would be there 15 minutes late. All of the kids are on the field tossing the ball around, except Jimmy, and the crowd of parents are anxiously wondering what the hell the holdup is because they want to get home to cook dinner and finish some work. Then all of a sudden Little Jimmy comes running on the field and the ref yells "PLAY BALL!"
Little Jimmy is now here and Team SandForce can start the game. This game is played on websites, e-tail and retail outlets all over the country. For me, SSDball is more exciting than any sport I watch on TV because I've got front row seats on the first base line. All of the action happens right in front of me and this season is going to be exciting."
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[Tech ARP] Western Digital AV-GP (WD30EURS) 3 TB Hard Disk Drive Review
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Western Digital?s key hard disk drive family for AV applications is their AV-GP drives, which are based on the award- winning WD Caviar Green drives. The Western Digital AV-GP drives are targeted at consumer electronics (CE) applications, such as PVRs, DVRs and CCTV systems. Hence, they have a feature set that focuses on this segment : - 24x7 Reliability - Quiet - Reduced Power Consumption - Compatible - SilkStream - IntelliSeek - IntelliPower - IntelliPark - Preemptive Wear Leveling (PWL) Today, we will look at Western Digital?s largest capacity AV-GP hard disk drive - the WD30EURS. This hard disk drive is not only quieter and cooler than regular hard disk drive, it also packs a whooping storage capacity of 3 terabytes! Let?s take a look!"
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OCZ Technology Vertex 3 SSD 120GB and 240GB Review
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Today we take a look at the OCZ Technology Vertex 3 in both 120GB and 240GB capacities. The Vertex 3 was the first SF-2000 based client SSD to hit the market in 2011 and such will be the product in which all others will be judged against. The Vertex 3 is capable of transferring data at 550+MB/s.
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Western Digital Caviar Green
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Western Digital divides their internal hard drives into three
distinct families - the WD Caviar Blue for their basic hard drives,
the WD Caviar Green for their quieter, cooler hard drives and the WD
Caviar Black for their performance-grade hard drives.
According to Western Digital, Caviar Green hard disk drives offer an
average power saving of 4-5 watts over their competitors, a feat that
they claim is equivalent to reducing CO2 emissions by 13.8 kg per
year. Of course, that’s a mere drop in the ocean but if you can help
save the environment while you work or play on your computer, why
not?
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ICY DOCK MB881U3-1SA EZ-Dock Review
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“Transferring files from an old hard drive to your new system can be quite annoying. You have to open your system up, mount the drive, etc. If you have an older drive this can take even longer because many new motherboards do not even have IDE connections. This is where the ICY DOCK MB881U3-1SA EZ-Dock comes in. It is a neat little USB 3.0 hard drive dock that supports 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch SATA and IDE drives. Let’s take a look…"
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Patriot Gauntlet USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure
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" Up for review today I’ve got an external hard drive enclosure from patriot Memory called the Gauntlet. This hard drive enclosure is essentially a solid piece of aluminum that will not only protect the drive inside, but will help to keep it cool as well. The Gauntlet features a USB 3.0 connection for fast read and writes, but it also has a backup button on it to allow you to instantly backup your data to the external drive. "
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Guru3D Rig Of the Month - new OCZ Vertex 3 SSD prizes
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Starting July 2011 (ROTM next month) in collaboration with OCZ we are increasing the stakesfor our Rig of the Month competition, if you enter Guru3D's Rig of the Month competition from July to December 2011 the monthly price winner will receive an OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD. If you have not done so, read our review on these kick'ass SSDs right here.
In the Rig of the Month you get to submit your unusual PC. We like weird stuff, mods and cool looking PCs. It’s a great way to show off your months of over-time to purchase that shiny new high-end video card, or a nice way to show off that case-mod you just finished after many hours of hard work. Maybe you just want your system featured on one of the biggest hardware sites in the world - can't say I blame you.
Interested in entering this contest ? More info here. And check out some of the photo gallery's here. That's one Vertex 3 120GB SSD we give away each month until December 2011 !
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OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Max IOPS Edition SSD Review
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"We've done quite a few SSD reviews this year and frankly, some of the drives we test seem like carbon copies of the one before save for different branding. Performance tends to be relatively equal, at least within the standard deviation of the benchmarks used and it's rare for a drive to really stand out. The Vertex 3 MI is one of those rare drives that, in a sea of virtual SSD homogeny, distinguishes itself with all around performance perceptively better than any other single SATA III interfaced drive we've tested to date - except maybe the..."
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Disabling Windows Pagefile & Hibernation to Reclaim SSD Space
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With the storage space offered on traditional HDDs, SSDs can leave a bit to be desired. Making matters worse are the Windows hibernation mode and pagefile, responsible for hogging at least 8GB (22GB in my case) of your precious SSD space. We're taking a look at the caveats of disabling both, and discuss the fixes.
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Samsung's M2 Portable 3.0 External Hard Drive
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"The USB2.0 is getting old very fast and manufacturers are moving to a new standard, the
USB3.0. Samsung is no exception and this time we'll take a closer look at their external
hard drive - M2 Portable 3.0"
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OCZ Agility 3 SSD
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If you’re moving from mechanical HDDs, the Agility 3 is without doubt a recommended purchase if you’re looking to save nearly a hundred dollars off the price of the fastest SATA3 drives. If you’re simply upgrading from SATA2 SandForce drives, the difference will not be as awe-inspiring, but still makes a difference in 24/7 operations. No other 240 GB drive comes close in price without dropping speeds nearly in half.
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OCZ RevoDrive 3 x2 240GB PCIe SSD Initial Benchmarks and Review
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In anticipation of the release of several new SSDs in the near future, The SSD Review has a bit of a treat for you that comes in the form of an exclusive with respect to OCZ Revo 3 x2 PCIe SSD benchmarks. Its not an exclusive in such that that other reviewers couldn’t have conducted the same testing while at Computex, Taipei a few weeks back but, thanks to the help of a few friends, were able to carry a portable version of our test bench with us in the form of a flash drive.
Many manufacturers found this a bit surprising and several, in fact, preferred us not to throw our flash drive in for a test or two. OCZ, on the other hand, invited us back to their suite at The Grand Hyatt at a time when things were much more manageable and told us quite frankly to take our time.
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OCZ Vertex 3 240GB
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"The Vertex 3 is equipped with the latest controller from Sandforce, the SF2281TB1-SDC-ES. Sandforce's 2281 controller is a second generation product that uses enhanced Duraclass technology to deliver optimized power consumption, security, wear leveling, and drive performance in a single chip solution. The Vertex 3 has a total of sixteen 16GB 25nm MLC NAND modules on board, eight on each side of the PCB. The NAND is made from Intel, although you may see Micron on board. If you do the math, the total NAND equals 256GB, or 16GB more than the capacity of the drive. This extra space is used by the controller to keep the drive optimized and replace cells that may have failed."
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