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SilverStone Storage Enclosures at Computex 2015
Computex 2015 – Silverstone has a wide variety of enclosures and it doesn’t really matter where or how you need them, They got it covered. From internal to external, hybrids, and from USB to SAS – you’ll find it all. There are traditional hot-swap bays so you can utilize all you…
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OCZ Shows off Their Storage Drives at Computex 2015
Computex 2015 – A company like OCZ can’t be missed and we did of course stop by their booth to check out the latest storage drives out of their house. The Trion 100 series is a new and value oriented series for entry-level users, but that doesn’t mean that you…
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Crucial and Lexar Showcase Latest Storage Products @ Computex 2015
Computex 2015 – While, at the Crucial booth, we were contemplating how far storage technology has come in just a few years. With the humble hard drive being the ‘standard’ storage device with its technology dating back to the mid 20th century. In more recent years, we have seen the compression…
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Crucial Releases New SSD Software With Momentum Cache
A good toolbox for your storage drive is something that’s worth just as much as the drive itself and Crucial has just released an upgrade to their software, the Storage Executive tool. The new version is 3.20 and it now features Momentum Cache, an intelligent caching feature that can enhance…
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OCZ Will Unveil New TLC-Based Trion 100 SATA Client SSD at Computex
We’ve seen a lot of amazing things from OCZ since they became part of Toshiba, the last being the impressive new Z-Drive 6300 NVMe add-in card. The Z-Drive is mostly aimed at businesses and data centers, but that doesn’t mean that OCZ has forgotten their consumer-class fans. During this year’s…
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CyberPowerPC Infinity Xtreme Halo Review
Introduction CyberPowerPC are making a sizeable impact in the UK PC market in recent years since they came across the water and settled in the sunny North of England. They contacted us offering not just a glimpse at one their flagship systems, but a completely built and ready to go review sample…
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SanDisk Announces Z400s SATA SSD
SanDisk latest SSD, the new Z400s, is aimed more at the replacement of mechanical hard drives in embedded systems than home systems, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use it. The new SanDisk Z400s is available in multiple form factors and capacities. Whether you need a 7mm high 2.5-inch drive,…
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Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction There have been a lot of PCIe, M.2 and new generation NVMe drives in the news lately and we’ve also tested some of them already, but the go-to standard for most people will still be the default SATA III connection for a while. Today I’m taking a closer look…
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OCZ Introduces Z-Drive 6000-Series NVMe SSDs
OCZ presented their newest storage drive, and it is one that isn’t without. The newly announced Z-Drive 6000 SSD Series combines the power of the third-generation PCI Express and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) technologies to create a blazing fast drive in multiple form factors and capacities. “The NVMe SSD…
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Intel SSD 750 PCIe 1.2TB NVMe Solid State Drive Review
Introduction Once in a while we see a new generation of products being released that completely change how we view the area and make what we used to think was good into something rather mediocre. Such a time is upon us right now thanks to Intel and their brand new…
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“SSDs Can Lose Data After a Week Without Power” Not Entirely Accurate
Last week, we reported on a study that seemed to claim that unpowered solid state drives, when exposed to warm conditions, could lose data within a matter of days. Now, the author of the presentation has spoken out, suggesting that his data has been misinterpreted. PC World had a conversation…
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Kingston HyperX Predator PCIe 480GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction HyperX is Kingston’s high-performance product division and it is logical that they released their new M.2 based SSD under this label. Today I’m taking the Kingston HyperX Predator PCIe 480GB Solid State Drive for a test ride on my test bench to find out just how great this new M.2…
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Silicon Power Unveiled new M10 M.2 and mSATA SSDs
SP Silicon Power’s newest SSD comes in two compact form factors and allows you to speed up the performance of your ultrabook and similar devices. The new drive is dubbed the M10 and will be available as both NGFF M.2 2280 module and full-sized mSATA module for compatibility with as many…
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Addonics Announced M2 Hybrid Controller and M2 SSD Adapter
Addonics is one of those companies that creates gadgets and tools that you didn’t know you need until you see them, then you don’t know how you ever lived without. They have just released two new PCIe x4 controllers for M.2 PCIe and SATA drives, allowing you to utilize your…
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SSDs Can Lose Data After a Week Without Power
The advent of solid state drives (SSDs) has been a boon for PC users. They are faster, more hardy, and with greater storage-per-inch capacity than their mechanical HHD counterparts. However, years of testing have shown that SSDs suffer when storing information long-term, and a recent report from the Joint Electron…
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