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HGST Now Shipping Ultrastar He12 12TB Hard Drive
It has been about 5 months since Western Digital introduced the HGST He12 12TB hard drive and now the company announced that it’s shipping these new impressive drives. The impressive capacity is achieved through an eight-disk design, increasing the capacity of the previous models by as much as 20%. The…
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Addonics Announces Jasper II Expandable Drive Duplicators
Addonics has announced the launch of a new series in their line-up, the Jasper II. The Jasper II is a series of drive duplicators in various sizes and with the added bonus of daisy chaining for nearly endless cloning. The series doesn’t just work with 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch SSD and…
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StarTech Releases New Drive Duplicator and Eraser for USB and SATA
Drive duplication and erasing can be done from any system, but having a dedicated hardware device to do so can be a lot more convenient than having to rely on normal software solutions. The new StarTech Drive Duplicator and Eraser does that with both USB and SATA drives directly as well…
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SilverStone Releases TP01-M2 M.2 SSD Thermal Pad
Not every product released in the world of technology is large and expensive. And even when that isn’t the case, those products can still improve your overall system. SilverStone’s new M.2 SSD thermal pad (TP01-M2) is such an example. We all know that computer chips get hot as current is…
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Seagate Announces Release of 12TB Enterprise HDD
Seagate introduced its newest enterprise-class hard disk drive at this weeks OCP summit and with it, they’re further strengthening their position in this market. The new drive provides you with 12TB capacity in a helium-filled 3.5-inch size. When we think of the previous 10TB drives, the increase in capacity might not…
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Plextor S2G 512GB Entry-Level M.2 Solid State Drive Review
Introduction Today I’m taking a look at an SSD that has been designed with first-time adopters of the technology in mind, the Plextor S2 in the M.2 2280 form factor. Whether you need a drive for your M.2 enabled desktop system or an ultrabook, the S2G is sure to be…
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ADATA SP550 M.2 240GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction It is time to take a look at another M.2 2280 sized SSD, my favourite storage form factor. It is tiny yet features plenty of PCB space for large capacities and reduces the cable clutter in your system by eliminating the normal SATA data and power cables. The M.2…
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A Brief Introduction to Storage Connectors and Protocols
When it comes to storage, then there are a lot of different connector types and protocols which might confuse some. Today I will take a little look at the most common used as well as some legacy ones and the newest ones too. The most common storage connector these days…
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BIOSTAR A68N-5200 Motherboard Review
Introduction Despite a lot of the media focus being on Kaby Lake and AMD’s fabled Zen architecture, it’s important to remember that some users require a new motherboard as a matter of urgency and cannot wait for upcoming solutions. Not only that, in low-end scenarios such as a home office…
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VIA Labs Gets World First SC Native USB-C to SATA USB-IF Certification
Via Labs is a company that you don’t hear that much about, but their controllers and chips probably exist inside a lot of your hardware – most recently, we had Plextor’s EX1 external SSD in for a review which used one of Via Labs bridge controller. That bridge controller, the…
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Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming (LGA1151) Motherboard Review
Introduction Despite the majority of recent media headlines surrounding Intel’s Broadwell-E architecture and the unveiling of new 2011-v3 motherboards sporting striking colour schemes, this is a very niche section of the market and it’s important to not overclock the mainstream Z170 chipset. This is especially the case after witnessing the…
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MyDigitalSSD BP5e M.2 2280 480GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction Next generation is a term often used, but it is certainly the truth when it comes to the NGFF (Next Generation Form Factor) storage modules. There are two types of these modules, so you should watch out that you get the right ones for your motherboard. We have the…
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Transcend Develops SuperMLC NAND Technology
Here I sat thinking that I knew all the terms for the different NAND technologies and then Transcend comes along with a new one that they have called SuperMLC. SuperMLC was developed as a more cost effective solution to SLC NAND with a performance that comes very close. In fact,…
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ASRock Releases Upgraded BeeBox NUC Mini-PC
ASRock released an upgraded version of their tiny NUC mini PC, the BeeBox. The BeeBox is now available with a quad-core processor, 32GB eMMC SSD and comes bundled with a free copy of Windows 10. The BeeBox is also available in a new silver coloured version now on top of…
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Intel 750 Series SSD Firmware Update Improves Boot Times
Intel’s 750 series SSD incorporates astonishingly high read/write speeds but encountered slow boot times compared to traditional SATA storage devices. Thankfully, Intel has released a firmware update today which addresses the prolonged boot problems. To upgrade your SSD to the latest version, all you have to is download the Intel Solid-State…
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