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OCZ Technology Vertex 3 240GB Retail Solid State Drive Review

OCZ Technology Vertex 3 240GB Retail Solid State Drive Review

May 23, 2011 | Our first 240GB Vertex 3 in-house was a pre-production unit with early firmware that left it slower than the 120 model we looked at later. We now have the retail 240 in and are even more impressed.

MyDigitalSSD 50mm Bullet Proof mSATA PCIe 64GB SSD Review

MyDigitalSSD 50mm Bullet Proof mSATA PCIe 64GB SSD Review

May 22, 2011 | Products using the mSATA standard are already here, but more are on the way. The standard is even going to hit desktops in the next few weeks.

OCZ Technology Vertex 3 SSD Form Factor: Bigger isn't Always Better

OCZ Technology Vertex 3 SSD Form Factor: Bigger isn't Always Better

May 18, 2011 | It seems OCZ's latest drives take on a form factor all their own.

Patriot Torqx 2 Solid State Drive Preview

Patriot Torqx 2 Solid State Drive Preview

May 16, 2011 | With so much competition at the high end, Patriot looks to take market share in the mainstream with a Phison SATA 3G SSD.

ineo I-NA559N Pro 5-Bay NAS Server Review

ineo I-NA559N Pro 5-Bay NAS Server Review

May 12, 2011 | ineo has amazed us with their quality products and low price points. Did they just deliver a consumer friendly NAS with a consumer friendly price?

OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 240GB Solid State Drive Review

OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 240GB Solid State Drive Review

May 10, 2011 | Things are looking really good for OWC and their Mercury Extreme Pro 6G. Chris tests the new 240GB model today, but does it perform as well as the 120GB?

Plextor PX-M2 Series 256GB SATA 6G Solid State Drive Review

Plextor PX-M2 Series 256GB SATA 6G Solid State Drive Review

May 6, 2011 | With a master's degree in digital data, Plextor sets their sights on a solid future.

OCZ Technology Vertex 3 120GB Retail Solid State Drive Review

OCZ Technology Vertex 3 120GB Retail Solid State Drive Review

May 5, 2011 | With drives on e-tail warehouse shelves, it's finally time to take a look at the full retail OCZ Vertex 3 120GB.

SandForce SF-2141 Controller & Intel Z68 Chipset: Destined to be Together?

SandForce SF-2141 Controller & Intel Z68 Chipset: Destined to be Together?

May 3, 2011 | Chris plays a game of connect the dots while speculating all the way to the big picture.

Corsair Performance 3 2x128GB SSD RAID Report

Corsair Performance 3 2x128GB SSD RAID Report

May 2, 2011 | Corsair has something special with the Performance 3, but how does the advanced wear leveling handle RAID?

Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1TB USB 3.0 HDD Review

Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1TB USB 3.0 HDD Review

April 20, 2011 | WDC is making waves on all fronts. Today Chris looks at their new portable USB 3.0 HDD that makes taking your data with you even easier.

OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 120GB Solid State Drive Review

OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 120GB Solid State Drive Review

April 14, 2011 | OWC has moved from the one hit wonder category with their sophomore debut. Can they make it to double platinum status?

Western Digital My Book 3.0 1TB USB 3.0 External HDD Review

Western Digital My Book 3.0 1TB USB 3.0 External HDD Review

April 5, 2011 | Western Digital has several new products coming to market. The My Book 3.0 is an update to an old classic, just now with more capacity and USB 3.0 speed.

Thermaltake MAX 5G 3.5-inch USB 3.0 External HDD Enclosure Review

Thermaltake MAX 5G 3.5-inch USB 3.0 External HDD Enclosure Review

April 4, 2011 | Thermaltake has the fastest USB 3.0 enclosure we've ever tested - one of the first to break 200MB/s!

Thecus N4200 PRO Review - The 4-Bay, Battery Backup NAS with Many Features

Thecus N4200 PRO Review - The 4-Bay, Battery Backup NAS with Many Features

April 1, 2011 | Thecus gives the N4200 the PRO treatment. With such a good base to start with, how could Thecus have improved upon such a good NAS? We will show you today.

TweakTown's SSD Fill Testing Explained

TweakTown's SSD Fill Testing Explained

March 31, 2011 | After a month of testing and fine tuning, we are ready to explain the new SSD test used exclusively in our SSD reviews hereon.

Western Digital Scorpio Black 750GB 2.5-inch Hard Drive Review

Western Digital Scorpio Black 750GB 2.5-inch Hard Drive Review

March 30, 2011 | Desktop level performance for your notebook. You can add to that desktop capacity too. WD is onto something here.

MemoRight FTM-25 240GB SandForce Solid State Drive Review

MemoRight FTM-25 240GB SandForce Solid State Drive Review

March 29, 2011 | MemoRight has entered the SandForce SSD fray with the FTM-25 Series. Chris gives us a look under the hood.

Crucial m4 256GB SATA 6G SSD Preview and Next Gen 2x0+ GB Shootout

Crucial m4 256GB SATA 6G SSD Preview and Next Gen 2x0+ GB Shootout

March 28, 2011 | The wait is over - the drive is in the lab and we have the numbers for a direct head-to-head with the Vertex 3 and Performance 3.

Corsair Performance 3 128GB Solid State Drive Review

Corsair Performance 3 128GB Solid State Drive Review

March 25, 2011 | The Corsair Performance 3 uses the new Marvell Van Gogh Controller with SATA 6G speeds.

Viking Modular SATADIMM 200GB SSD Review

Viking Modular SATADIMM 200GB SSD Review

March 20, 2011 | The most innovative SSD to come out of 2010 is here, and it is sure to be a hit with 1U server users, if you qualify to buy it.

Kingston SSDNow V100 256GB Solid State Drive Review

Kingston SSDNow V100 256GB Solid State Drive Review

March 15, 2011 | Kingston has a strong track record of delivering solid performance with exceptional value with their value class products. Does the V100 continue that tradition?

Kingston SSDNow V+100 256GB Solid State Drive Review

Kingston SSDNow V+100 256GB Solid State Drive Review

March 11, 2011 | Kingston is making big moves in the SSD market in 2011. Today Chris shows us their current V+100 drive.

Apacer TurboII Series-AS602 120GB Solid State Drive Review

Apacer TurboII Series-AS602 120GB Solid State Drive Review

March 3, 2011 | Apacer delivers one of the best SandForce SF-1200 packages we've seen to date, but does its performance compete with the competition?

SandForce SF-2000 Series Client Launch

SandForce SF-2000 Series Client Launch

February 25, 2011 | SandForce has just released details of their two new consumer controllers - the SF-2100 and SF-2200. Chris shares these details with us in perspective.

OCZ Technology Vertex 3 (SF-2200) Solid State Drive Preview

OCZ Technology Vertex 3 (SF-2200) Solid State Drive Preview

February 24, 2011 | You can't buy it until April, but after this read you'll surely dream about the new Vertex 3!

Corsair Performance 3 Series 256GB Solid State Drive Review

Corsair Performance 3 Series 256GB Solid State Drive Review

February 23, 2011 | The wait is finally over and the new 2011 SATA 6G SSDs are starting to show up. Suit up, strap in and hold on tight.

Quick Review: Mach Xtreme MX-FX USB 3.0 Thumb Drive

Quick Review: Mach Xtreme MX-FX USB 3.0 Thumb Drive

February 18, 2011 | Mach Xtreme is new to the Storage Arena here at TweakTown, but Chris found the new MX-FX to be the best yet.

Quick Review: Patriot Memory Supersonic USB 3.0 Flash Drive

Quick Review: Patriot Memory Supersonic USB 3.0 Flash Drive

February 15, 2011 | Patriot's 2011 USB 3.0 product line-up is starting to emerge. Today Chris looks at the Supersonic USB 3.0 thumb drive.

Quick Review: Super Talent USB 3.0 Express RAM Cache Flash Drive

Quick Review: Super Talent USB 3.0 Express RAM Cache Flash Drive

February 8, 2011 | USB 3.0 is quickly taking over the portable storage market and Super Talent is leading the way with their low cost offerings.

LSI MegaRAID 9280-24i4e RAID Controller w/ 24 Crucial RealSSD C300s Review

LSI MegaRAID 9280-24i4e RAID Controller w/ 24 Crucial RealSSD C300s Review

February 3, 2011 | Putting our 24 Crucial RealSSD C300s to good use once again, Chris fires them up off LSI's SSD optimized 9280-24i4e RAID controller.

Areca ARC-1880ix-24 PCI-E x8 SATA/SAS RAID Controller w/ 24 Crucial RealSSD C300s

Areca ARC-1880ix-24 PCI-E x8 SATA/SAS RAID Controller w/ 24 Crucial RealSSD C300s

January 30, 2011 | With one 24-drive RAID array under our belt, we decided to test a few more large capacity RAID controllers with the RealSSD C300s.

Zalman N Series SandForce 128GB Solid State Drive

Zalman N Series SandForce 128GB Solid State Drive

January 26, 2011 | Zalman jumps on the SSD bandwagon and partners with SandForce for their highest performing offering.

Seagate Constellation.2 1TB 2.5-inch SAS RAID Report

Seagate Constellation.2 1TB 2.5-inch SAS RAID Report

January 24, 2011 | The Constellation.2 is back, this time with a SAS interface and three drives for a full on RAID Report.

Seagate Constellation.2 1TB 2.5-inch SATA Hard Drive

Seagate Constellation.2 1TB 2.5-inch SATA Hard Drive

January 20, 2011 | Seagate designs small and delivers big with the new Constellation.2 Series of drives that deliver up to 1TB of capacity in a 2.5" form factor.

The State of Solid State in 2011

The State of Solid State in 2011

January 18, 2011 | Marvell, SandForce, Intel, Toshiba and Indilinx are ready for 2011 with high-speed SSDs running at speeds of up to 550MB/s.

Corsair Force Series F90 Solid State Drive RAID Report

Corsair Force Series F90 Solid State Drive RAID Report

January 11, 2011 | Chris is back with another RAID Report. This time a pair of Corsair F90 SSDs are together in RAID 0 and burning up the benchmark charts.

Corsair Force Series F90 Solid State Drive

Corsair Force Series F90 Solid State Drive

January 7, 2011 | Corsair ducks under the 200 USD price point with a very fast SandForce SSD.

Quick Review: Lite-On iHAS524 DVD Writer

Quick Review: Lite-On iHAS524 DVD Writer

January 6, 2011 | Lite-On break the speed barrier with the iHAS524 and we take the time to see if this is a drive you should have in your system.

QNAP TS-659 Pro+ Turbo NAS Server

QNAP TS-659 Pro+ Turbo NAS Server

January 3, 2011 | Chris is calling it the fastest NAS server he has ever tested, and with QNAP's ongoing software development could the TS-659 Pro+ be the best NAS ever?

OCZ Technology Vertex 2 3.5-inch 120GB Solid State Drive

OCZ Technology Vertex 2 3.5-inch 120GB Solid State Drive

December 27, 2010 | OCZ takes it to the next level with a new 3.5" form factor SandForce SSD designed to be the ultimate desktop SSD.

Seagate BlackArmor NAS 420

Seagate BlackArmor NAS 420

December 22, 2010 | Seagate has a popular NAS server line to go with their expanded retail product list. Chris takes a look to see what the BlackArmor has to offer.

Quick Review: ineo Technology I-NA215U Plus USB 3.0 Storage Enclosure

Quick Review: ineo Technology I-NA215U Plus USB 3.0 Storage Enclosure

December 19, 2010 | Chris takes a stab at the Quick Review format and turns us onto a small 2.5" form factor USB 3.0 Drive Enclosure.

Thermaltake BlacX Duet HDD Docking Station

Thermaltake BlacX Duet HDD Docking Station

December 13, 2010 | Featuring eSATA, USB 2.0 and two HDD docking ports, the Duet offers everything a desktop HDD dock should, but in pairs.

SMART Modular XceedIOPS SF-1500 Powered SAS SSD Preview

SMART Modular XceedIOPS SF-1500 Powered SAS SSD Preview

December 10, 2010 | SandForce SF-1500 finally gets SAS connectivity. Will SAS improve data transfer speed, or just increase the IOPS count?

Thermaltake BlacX 5G USB 3.0 HDD Docking Station

Thermaltake BlacX 5G USB 3.0 HDD Docking Station

December 7, 2010 | We're back with another HDD Docking Station, this time from the company that started it all. The latest BlacX is both USB 3.0 and SATA 6G compatible!

Kingston HyperX MAX 3.0 External USB 3.0 Preview

Kingston HyperX MAX 3.0 External USB 3.0 Preview

December 1, 2010 | Kingston prepares to take portable storage to the next level by mixing SSD speed with USB 3.0 connectivity.

Intel X25-M 120GB Retail Solid State Drive

Intel X25-M 120GB Retail Solid State Drive

November 27, 2010 | Intel mixes flash to match other SSD manufacturer's capacity, but is it too late for Postville to compete with SandForce or is the new 120GB X25-M the perfect holiday SSD?

ioSafe SoloPRO 1TB Water & Fireproof HDD System

ioSafe SoloPRO 1TB Water & Fireproof HDD System

November 22, 2010 | ioSafe is back with two new disaster proof models. One features USB 3.0 and the other eSATA. Today we look at the new SoloPRO eSATA and see exactly what disaster proof really is.

Putting SATA 3.0 to Work with Areca ARC-1880i and Crucial C300 256GB SSDs

Putting SATA 3.0 to Work with Areca ARC-1880i and Crucial C300 256GB SSDs

November 19, 2010 | We love uber impressive performance. We love pushing standards. Today we do that by putting SATA3 to the test with four Crucial C300 256GB SSDs and an Areca ARC-1880i controller. Rock on!

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