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Silicon Power S56 240GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction The Silicon Power S56 is a whole new drive series that comes with a fresh design on the outside and great hardware on the inside. The S56 is categorised as an entry grade solid state drive and is as such meant as HDD replacement. Replacing your old mechanical hard…
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Blitzwolf BW-D1 120GB SATA3 SSD Review
Introduction Today is a little bit of a special day as it is the first time that we have a solid state drive from BlitzWolf in the office for some testing and benchmarks as well as a closer look. The BlitzWolf drive that I’m testing today is called the BW-D1…
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ZADAK511 Showcases SHIELD RGB Series DDR4 Modules and SSDs
There might be a good chance that you’ve never heard of ZADAK511 or Z511 LAB and that’s nothing to worry about – most haven’t. The company was founded by a group of enthusiasts from various areas and they’ve now shown off their unique DDR4 memory modules and Solid State Drives. These…
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Apacer AS682 ARMOR+ 250GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction Apacer isn’t one of the first companies that you would think of when it comes to storage drives, but they actually have quite a nice line-up of available drives in various form factors and protocols and with common capacity options. Today I’m taking a closer look at the Apacer…
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Apacer Releases New ASMini USB and AS682 ARMOR+ SATA3 SSDs
Apacer is taking memory seriously and that statement is backed by more released products. You might remember the AS720 dual-interface SSD that I reviewed here at eTeknix a while ago or the Z280 NVMe drive that the unveiled at the end of August. Now they are back with two new…
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Sony Adds SATA3 Support on the PS4 Pro
The PS4 Pro is Sony’s attempt to try and discourage console owners from moving to the PC platform mid-cycle. Unfortunately, the message thus far has been really confusing and Sony’s focus on 4K gaming appears to be a misstep. I think they’re underestimating the amount of people who own 4K…
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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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Toshiba Introduces the OCZ VX500 SATA SSD
There is definitely no shortage of solid state drives on the market, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t room for one more – especially of the kind that Toshiba just introduced. The new OCZ VX500 SATA SSD is targeting the main consumer market and is thought as a perfect replacement…
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Biostar G300 240GB Gamer Solid State Drive Review
Introduction Biostar is mostly known for their motherboards and graphics cards and recently they started a new venture into the storage market. Today I’m taking a closer look at the brand new G300 series solid state drive and will put it through the paces in our test lab. While most…
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Crucial MX300 750GB SATA3 Solid State Drive Review
Introduction Today I’m taking a new solid state drive for a spin in my testing area, but before you skip ahead thinking that this just is the run of the mill new SSD, you might want to stop and read for a while. Because the Crucial MX300 Limited Edition 750GB…
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Patriot Display Hellfire NVMe and 2TB Ignite Drives at Computex 2016
Patriot officially announced the Hellfire SSDs back in January, but we hadn’t actually seen the drives up until now. That changed at Computex where we got to see both version of the drive, both the PCIe add-in card and the M.2 module that both sport the same performance and specifications.…
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Plextor Next Generation Form Factor Drives at Computex 2016
Here it’s all about the next generation form factor drives and Plextor’s takes on that area. When we say next generation form factors, we mostly mean the M.2 modules, but also U.2 and PCIe-based drives. Plextor has something in all these categories for both the new and old systems. There…
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Plextor and LiteOn SATA3 SSDs at Computex 2016
Plextor and LiteOn had a lot to show at this year’s Computex and we’ll start with the more traditional drives on display. The 2.5-inch form factor and the SATA3 connection is still the connection options available to most people and as such these drives still play a vital role. While…
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OCZ Brought Their Renamed and New SSDs to Computex 2016
OCZ was also present at Computex and we naturally stopped by their booth to see what they got on display. Even though they have been acquired by Toshiba and integrated into the corporation, they still operate as their own entity with their own drives. Where many companies have a lot…
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Plextor M7V 2.5-Inch SATA3 512GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction There is a lot of focus on the next generation form factors when it comes to storage drives, but we shouldn’t forget about the common 2.5-inch solid state drives either. Today I’m taking a closer look at a budget drive in this series that still comes with all the…
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