TweakTown's Storage Content - Page 27

The battle for the enthusiast crown continues. Today Chris finishes the series of the 840 Pro verses Vector in this showdown between the two highest performing enthusiast class SSDs. | Mar 8, 2013 10:54 AM CST

We finally received TRIM enabled firmware for the Daytona, a SSD we've had for several months. The late firmware was just the start of issues that surround the Daytona and the sum of all of these problems lead us to question anyone buying a SSD from Monster Digital. | Mar 7, 2013 9:10 AM CST

Plextor's new flagship M5 Pro Xtreme hits our lab in the 256GB capacity size. Can Plextor break into the top performance tier with this product or will Xtreme just be another mainstream drive with aspirations of the crown? | Mar 6, 2013 2:06 PM CST

My system is having issues, is it my OCZ Vector SSD? | Mar 5, 2013 9:58 PM CST

Plextor announced its new M5 Pro Xtreme SSD at CES 2013, but M5 Pro owners also received a free performance increase thanks to new Xtreme firmware. | Mar 5, 2013 3:40 PM CST

LSI SandForce announced the new B02 stepping several months ago. Now companies are starting to build hardware. SF-2281VB2 uses technologies introduced by LSI to reduce the power consumption of the successful 2281 SATA III controller. The result is the same SF-2281 performance, but now paired with ultra low power consumption. | Feb 28, 2013 7:15 AM CST

It features Magnum capacity, but does the Patriot Supersonic Magnum 256GB USB 3.0 flash drive offer the performance you crave? | Feb 27, 2013 12:11 AM CST

A small drive with unique features, we take a look at the Rage XT from Patriot. | Feb 26, 2013 4:47 AM CST

Lexar sent over its JumpDrive Triton USB 3.0 flash drive. Find out if it survived testing. | Feb 25, 2013 2:00 AM CST

How Extreme are you? We test the latest USB 3.0 flash drive from SanDisk and see how it performs. | Feb 15, 2013 3:16 AM CST

In the enthusiast SSD market two products stand taller than the rest - the OCZ Vector and Samsung's 840 Pro. Today we're looking at the 256GB capacity size. Two drives enter, one drive leaves the champion. | Feb 14, 2013 1:56 AM CST

Today we start on an adventure. Despite reviewer's claims, Samsung has never stated the endurance life of its new TLC NAND flash used in the new 840 SSD. We're going to find out just how many program erase cycles the flash can take... in time. | Feb 12, 2013 12:12 AM CST

Yesterday we published our review of the new MyDigitalSSD BP4 240GB. Today we're running the smaller 120GB model through the ringer. This drive costs less than $100 and uses the latest NAND technology on the market today. | Feb 7, 2013 1:18 PM CST

Always on the cutting edge of flash technology, leading the capacity vs. price ration, MyDigitalSSD is back with a new, faster Bullet Proof. BP4 uses new Toshiba Toggle 2 NAND with 16K page sizes for higher performance and the new over-provisioning increases random performance. | Feb 6, 2013 2:45 PM CST

SanDisk brings another consumer friendly SSD to the market. This four-channel controlled drive should hit a very low price point and the programming should keep it very quick. | Jan 30, 2013 9:59 PM CST

You don't hear a lot about this drive since it's a business class product, but it does pack some new technology and innovative features straight from Toshiba's R&D department. | Jan 30, 2013 1:10 AM CST

The most talked about SSD in 2012 finally makes an appearance. At this time there are two high-end drives fighting it out for the enthusiast performance crown, OCZ's Vector and the drive were looking at today, Samsung's 840 Pro. | Jan 8, 2013 2:23 AM CST

It's been a long time since we looked at a dual bay NAS product. Most have disappointed us, and others never worked as advertised. Infortrend did something a little different with the EonNAS Pro 200 - they used a real processor and a liberal amount of DRAM. The result is pretty good, but quality doesn't come cheap. | Jan 6, 2013 9:25 PM CST

Mushkin has quietly held a price lead throughout 2012 on the 480 / 512GB capacity size. The Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 480GB isn't always the absolute lowest priced SSD in this size, but it's the lowest priced SSD with synchronous / toggle mode flash. | Jan 6, 2013 12:44 AM CST

The holidays are past us and hopefully you're left with a wad of cash in your checking account after depositing all of the checks received because no one understands what the items are on your wish list. OCZ has a worthy upgrade if you're ready for ultimate PC performance. | Dec 31, 2012 4:01 AM CST

We've tested SuperSSpeed's S301 SLC before, but a lot has changed since we said it was the fastest SSD in the world. The competition has caught up a bit, and SuperSSpeed now stocks the drive in the US, and we get a newer TRIM fixing firmware. | Dec 17, 2012 12:36 AM CST

DIGISTOR is a software maker specializing in data archiving. They also produce all-inclusive packages designed to maximize ease of use. | Dec 16, 2012 6:27 AM CST

You asked for it, we got it. Today Chris takes the world's first look at the OCZ Vector 128GB SSD based on the new Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller that is raging fast. Can the smallest capacity Vector outperform existing SSDs on the market costing less? We'll find out today and also see more tests that make up the 2013 bench tests. | Dec 11, 2012 7:40 AM CST

Mushkin breaks the mold with brilliant engineering and doubles the highest capacity ever offered on an mSATA form factor SSD. | Dec 5, 2012 12:05 PM CST

Disaster recovery is for the unprepared and it's very expensive. Disaster prevention on the other hand shows that you're responsible and costs much less. | Dec 4, 2012 4:20 AM CST

Thecus rehashed a successful design for the successor to the N5500 and increased performance with a new Intel Atom processor paired with twice the amount of RAM. The new N5550 also adds advanced features, HDMI output and USB 3.0 topping that list. | Dec 3, 2012 8:01 AM CST

Intel revamps its mainstream 300 class SSD with new 20nm synchronous flash in the 335 Series solid state drive. | Nov 30, 2012 3:47 PM CST

A familiar name ventures into an unfamiliar market. GIGABYTE expands its horizons and enters the NAS market with a product that works well in your home or small office. Get your digital collections ready. | Nov 30, 2012 3:34 AM CST

Samsung's 840 returns for the second day in a row. This time Chris tests TLC flash paired with a tri-core MDX controller with the 250GB model. Will he love the low power or will the 240MB/s sequential write limit send him for a cold shower? | Nov 29, 2012 3:26 PM CST

A number of next-generation SSDs are coming to TweakTown this week. OCZ, Intel and Samsung and others will follow after CES. Today Chris tests Samsung's low-cost 840 with TLC flash in the 500GB capacity size. Does TLC show the love or is this low-cost offering another low-budget blunder? | Nov 28, 2012 3:02 AM CST

OCZ recaptures the performance lead and brings a new product line to market. Meet Vector, based on the Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller, Indilinx's first new controller since the OCZ acquisition. | Nov 27, 2012 11:00 AM CST

Icy Dock built a solution for installing up to six 2/5" SATA SSDs or HDDs drives in a single 5.25" bay in your case. | Nov 21, 2012 1:04 AM CST

SanDisk released firmware R211 and customers celebrated. The 480GB Extreme uses the same philosophy that made the 240GB model so popular. You get a very good SSD with real premium flash at an unbeatable price. | Nov 19, 2012 8:33 AM CST

Silicon Power's Slim S70 is a high performance SSD with Intel 25nm synchronous flash and a 7mm Ultrabook friendly package. | Nov 16, 2012 11:14 AM CST

Thecus' Top Tower Series brings the power of a rackmount to a pedestal form. The N6850 is Thecus' entry level Top Tower, but it brings big performance and features. | Nov 8, 2012 9:27 AM CST

Corsair's lock on Link_A_Media Device's controller is holding. We've seen the 240GB capacity sizes of the Neutron and Neutron GTX, and now we get our turn with the massive 480GB drive. | Nov 5, 2012 1:42 AM CST

When QNAP went high-end last year with 10GbE capability, they left an opening for lower cost units designed for true small office environments. The x69 Series fills that gap while still offering high drive count NAS products, but reduces some of the enterprise features only used in large office environments. | Nov 1, 2012 1:12 PM CDT

CoreRise is back with its Comay brand and our second look at a Venus Pro 3 and its special power safety features that are rarely seen on consumer drives. | Oct 18, 2012 9:18 PM CDT

Should I upgrade just my GPU, or buy an SSD and GPU at the same time? | Oct 15, 2012 5:22 PM CDT

Today Chris follows up the Transcend SSD720 review with the mainstream model, the SSD320. The SSD320 pairs asynchronous flash with the same SandForce controller found in the flagship 720 model. This combination reduces the total cost, but does it also significantly reduce performance? | Oct 14, 2012 10:01 PM CDT

Synology's DS412+ NAS has quiet operation, along with a small footprint but big performance, and a number of consumer and business features. | Oct 11, 2012 1:18 AM CDT

Transcend goes for gold with its new flagship SSD720 product that brings LSI SandForce performance to a new higher capacity point. The new 7mm package coupled with 24nm flash and working TRIM makes this the best RAISE free SandForce offering yet. | Oct 8, 2012 10:13 AM CDT

With more Synology products entering our review pool, it's time we take a closer look at the software and advanced features. | Oct 4, 2012 4:45 AM CDT

KingFast surprises us with its new F3 Plus 7mm SSD. With Intel 5K flash paired with LSI SandForce's SF-2281 high performance SATA III controller, this drive is not only functional, it is fast too. | Oct 2, 2012 1:18 AM CDT

If you could build an SSD, what would you make? In this rare opportunity, Chris took on the role of product manager and built what he considers the best SSD on the market today. | Sep 27, 2012 2:12 AM CDT

Strontium looks to lift your computing experience with the new low-cost HAWK Series. This is the first time we've published a SandForce based drive with Hynix 26nm flash. This is also our first public outing with FW 5.0.4. Many firsts today, this will be interesting. | Sep 19, 2012 12:09 PM CDT

Just days after looking at the 120GB model, Chris is back with the 240GB to see how it performs. | Sep 18, 2012 12:59 AM CDT

We went to the other side of the planet Earth to bring this review of the Zalman F1 to you today. Unlike many of the other SandForce based SSDs on the market today, the Zalman F1 still uses 3.3.2 firmware and is an impressive performer. | Sep 11, 2012 10:07 AM CDT

With little variation in the market we go gaga when something comes along that's different. Designed on a myth, built by enthusiasts and sold like any other SSD, this one is truly different. | Sep 6, 2012 12:37 AM CDT

SuperSSpeed delivered the best two prong approach to the SSD market yet. SLC flash for enthusiasts/prosumers and MLC flash for mainstream/power users. Today we look at the MLC portion and like the last couple of reviews this one has TRIM now as well. | Aug 31, 2012 10:45 AM CDT