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Intel 320 Series SSD 300GB Review
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 "Today we have one of the 320 Series SSDs connected to our test system and will find out what it offers and whether it can compete with its main competition, a SandForce based model of similar capacity, in a selection of real world and synthetic tests."
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Seagate Constellation.2 2.5” 1TB SATA
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In today’s review/comparison we put the latest Seagate Constellation.2 1TB Serial ATA drive up against its Serial Attached SCSI brother for the sole purpose of determining which type of interface is faster, more reliable and most suited for your needs.
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Intel 320 Series 300GB SSD Review w/ 25nm Flash
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As a follow-up to their very successful X25-M series of drives, Intel has launched their 320 Series drives which feature a host of new features while being driven by their own proprietary controller. With the SATA 3Gbps SSD market being so crowded, can Intel tempt consumers to look their way? See the outcome of the testing and judge for yourself.
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We’ve got an Intel SSD 320 series 300GB drive on hand
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Intel officially announced the new SSD 320 Series drives yesterday, which feature proprietary Intel SSD processors paired to cutting edge 25nm NAND flash memory. This new family of drives, however, isn’t geared for ultra-high performance. While still fast, the overarching goals with the Intel SSD 320 series were increased reliability and security. In fact, despite being released after the SSD 510 series which we took a look at a few weeks back, these technically newer 320 series drives do not feature support for the faster SATA III interface. The Intel SSD 320 series drives are SATA II only.
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Crucial M4 / Micron C400 256GB SSD Review
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Crucial, best known for their memory products, was the first to put an SSD on the market with a 6Gbps interface way back in early 2010 with the C300 drive. Back then, we ran some tests and found it to be impressive when compared with what was on the market at the time. Since then, a lot has changed and there are a number of 6Gbps interface drives on the market now so competition is definitely stiffer this time around. Will it hit them mark using the same controller with firmware and NAND updates? Read on and see.
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Western Digital My Book 3.0 1TB USB 3.0 External HDD Review
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"The Western Digital My Book Series is one of the longest running product brand names in the storage market. Western Digital has done very well with My Book and all of the products in the group have turned out very well. In 2011 Western Digital is raising the bar for My Book by adding the new My Book 3.0, a new USB 3.0 connected enclosure to the series.
The Western Digital My Book 3.0 is a sleek enclosure around two inches wide and seven inches tall. The top, bottom and back are vented to allow air to flow over the internal drive, but the front and sides have a matte black finish. When the drive is powered a tiny white LED glows to show that the system is actually powered on. Western Digital needed some way to show that the drive was powered on since the My Book 3.0 is silent from just a few inches away. On the back you will find a single button to power the enclosure on and off."
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File Transfers Over 1Gbit/s Ethernet: SSD vs. HDD
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Utilizing Intel's I340 server NIC on one end, and a Realtek on the other, a transfer from SSD to SSD (Corsair F160 to Corsair F160) proved to be about 111MB/s for a solid file, and 56.75MB/s for a folder, which consisted of 6,353 files of varying sizes. At around 111MB/s, we found our network to be pretty-well maxed-out, even with the Intel server card involved (and for what it's worth, we found pretty much the same in Linux, except it was 1MB/s slower on average).
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Seagate GoFlex Slim 320GB
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"The Seagate GoFlex Slim 320GB portable drive caught us a little off guard when it arrived. We weren't sure what to expect, but in the end we found ourselves pleasantly surprised to find a portable drive that was fast, lightweight, small and looked good. Usually, you can't find a way to blend all those features together without making sacrifices along the way, but that doesn't appear to be the situation we have here today. In order to take full advantage of this drive you really need to have a USB 3.0 interface! With CrystalDiskMark we saw the GoFlex Slim 320GB drive peak at ~120MB/s read and ~118MB/s write, so if you've been using a USB 2.0 drive and are stuck at ~31MB/s write speeds you'll see nice performance gains!"
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Thermaltake Max5G USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure
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"Hard drive enclosures can be play an important role in our computer centric lives, they’re great for taking stuff with you. You can get them in big and small sizes and they certainly come in all shapes and designs. Today for review I’ve got the latest enclosure from Thermaltake called the Max5G that uses USB 3.0 so you get the best performance. The Max5G also features two 80mm cooling fans and it looks good too. "
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Seagate GoFlex Pro 500GB Ultra-Portable External Hard Drive
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When transferring data between different OS' usually it doesn't work. The reason? Hard drives don't usually come out of the box working for more than one OS. Most of the time hard drives are designed for only PCs. Well today we will be looking at the Seagate GoFlex Pro a 500GB drive that works for the Mac and has support for the PCs too. With the modular design to support for firewire 800 and USB 2.0. The question is how will it perform? Read more to find out.
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StarTech eSATA Standalone Duplicator Dock - SATDOCK22RE
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The tools in my toolbox are just as important as the IT skills I have learned
over the years. After all, what good is the knowledge to accomplish something
without the means to do so? That is why my arsenal of tools in my office is as
important to me and my customers as is paint and a canvas to a painter. When
companies like StarTech start offering tools that can accomplish more than one
task and do them all well, it not only saves me time, it reduces the amount of
"crap" I have all over the place. StarTech has already impressed me with their
S354UFER, let's see if they can keep me tuned in with their SATDOCK22RE.
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Thermaltake BlacX 5G USB 3.0 Hard Drive Dock
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The Thermaltake BlacX hard drive dock line has certainly been around for awhile, and while they have met with varying levels of success they are usually a decent option for many consumers. Thermaltake's latest addition to their venerable BlacX line - the BlacX 5G - is not only USB 3.0 enabled but can accept 2.5" and 3.5" SATA hard drives regardless of their capability including SATA 6GB/s enabled drives. This certainly sounds like the makings of not only a pretty "future proof" USB 3.0 hard drive dock but also pretty darn good one too! Let's see how good a performer this dock really is and if it can live up to the BlacX name. Read on to find out in my full review.
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Seagate GoFlex Slim 320GB Portable Drive.
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It seems that Seagate are continuously pushing the boundaries of exactly what an external drive can be. Not all that long ago they released the GoFlex brand which instantly revolutionized the portable storage niche with its ability to change the interface it required with almost no effort. Then they pushed the limits of 2.5" capacity with their release of 1.5TB GoFlex beast and the competition trembled. Well Seagate are back again and this time they have their sites firmly placed on changing our expectations of how small a 2.5" hard drive based external storage device can be with their all new Seagate 320GB GoFlex Slim. Today we are going to see exactly what makes the GoFlex Slim special and whether or not it is worth your hard earned dollars!
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SandForce controlled SSD
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"OCZ is the first to get next generation SandForce out the
door. While this was an engineering sample with a few kinks to work
out, it is clearly a very capable performer and is bound to make early
adopters and power users drool with anticipation. Bulk file throughput
exceeding half a Gigabyte per second is astonishing. What was
previously only possible with an SSD RAID or PCIe SSD is now possible
with a single 2.5" SATA unit."
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SilverStone SST-TS07B External USB 3.0 HDD Enclosure Review @ Legit Reviews
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Not all external enclosures are created equal, at least that?s what SilverStone would have you believe. Constructed of aluminum with an innovative tool-less design, the SST-TS07B represents SilverStone?s attempt to marry large capacity storage drives with the convenience and wicked quick performance offered by USB 3.0..."
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