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Memory (DDR2|DDR3) and Storage (HDD|SSD) 
G.Skill Phoenix 100GB SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/15/2010 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
Ever since a year or two every now and then this relatively small company G.Skill rears it's head and bam .. show a really impressive product, always at a sharp price compared to the competition. We love their DDR memory products, we liked their SSD range and recently G.Skill added yet another SSD into the product line. it is called the Phoenix SSD and it is armed with that much discussed SandForce1200 based controller.
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Corsair F100 Force SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/06/2010 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
Thus far we have tested a handful of SandForce based products, and though the first series with the initial SF-1500 controller did bite us a little in the toosh, the SF-1200 controller based products where showing really interesting gains in performance. The SandForce based products by all means are not little wonders and miracles in each and every segment, but on some levels they make a distinct difference oppose to JMicron and Indilinx products. So today the turn goes to Corsair. To fall into clichés, will the Force be strong with this one ? We'll check it all out in a nice review on Corsair's Force F100 SSD.
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Samsung Spinpoint HD203WI 2TB HDD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/31/2010 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
We test the latest Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD203WI HDD. it comes with 2TB that's 2000 GB of storage and sells at an incredible 117 EUR these days. But does it perform at the very least reasonably ?
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OCZ Enyo USB 3.0 Portable SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/28/2010 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
OCZ Enyo gets tested. Back in January earlier this year when we visited OCZ at CES in Las Vegas, we noticed a cool little external storage unit, it's called the Enyo and it pretty much is a USB 3.0 portable Flash SSD. However it's not 'just' an external device, it is done OCZ style ... and that entails amazing and breathtaking performance taking full advantage of that USB 3.0 SuperSpeed 5Gbps port. The product is tagged with specifications like Maximum read speeds of 260 MB/sec and 200 MB/sec on the write performance. All that housed in a sleek stylish aluminum housing. Good stuff for a nice little review
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OCZ Vertex 2 SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/02/2010 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
OCZ is back to attack with a new SSD in that slowly saturating SSD storage market. Yes, the Vertex 2 is finally here. OCZ has been on a winning streak with their SSD drives ever since that started selling Indilinx controller based products The SandForce controllers will bring extensive performance equal and even higher to the Indilinx products yet without the need for additional cache memory. And that sounds weird really ... no additional cache memory is being used to solve the random IO perf of small files. The random IO on read/write rates spotted on this Vertex 2 takes productivity to the next level as we'll show you later on.
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Corsair Padlock 2 review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/15/2010 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
We test the Corsair Padlock 2. While it's not intended as uber-fast storage device with blazing performance it's designed to keep your data more secure. It does this by adding a 256-bit hardware encryption layer over your data protected by a numeric key, a pin code which you can enter very conveniently on the storage device itself. Very handy .. very secure.
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ADATA S599 100GB SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/07/2010 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
We test the ADATA S599 100GB SSD. ADATA release their S500 series of Solid State Disks which are armed with that all new SandForce SF1200 IC. Shocking performance you guys .. overwhelming even.
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Corsair Nova V128 SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/29/2010 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
Today we'll have a good look and test at the all new V series solid state disks, the V128GB Nova to be precise. The Nova is a 2.5-inch SATA 3Gbps SATA2 model with either 64GB or 128GB MLC NAND flash memory, is comes with a 64MB memory and is based on an Indilinx controller with a 64MB cache tied to it. These puppies show 270MB/s read speeds. Write performance as advertised is 130MB/s for the V64 model and 195MB/s for the V128 model.
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G.Skill Falcon II 128GB SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/21/2010 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
Today we test a product from G.Skill. Their newly released SSD is called the Falcon II which is a follow up of the original Falcon Solid State Disk series. But make no mistake, it still comes with Indilinx controller, 64MB cache memory and packs a read speed of 220 MB/sec and a write speed of 150MB sec -- which makes the word 'slower' a bit of a paradox. The SSD comes with firmware revision 1819 which has full support for the TRIM-command in Windows 7. And by using that 34nm Micron NAND memory G.Skill should be able to lower the price on their Falcon product series a little as well.
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Promise SmartStor NS4600 NAS review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/14/2010 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
Armed with new a new GUI and priced very competitive Promise offers the SmartStor series NS4600 NAS unit with four swappable HDD bays, RAID functionality, eSATA, Gigabit Ethernet, USB (2.0) and then a heap of software functionality that blows you away completely. I mean this thing can download torrents, has an FTP server, a MySQL server, a WEB server, built-in media center, torrent download client and iTunes Server. It's compatible with all major OSes and sure of course has user and group based management as well.
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OCZ Vertex 2 Pro (SandForce) SSD preview
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/21/2010 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
OCZ has been on a winning streak with their SSD drives ever since that started selling Indilinx controller based products. Armed with that controller and a nice phat cache these SSDs show brilliant performance. Therefore it came as a total shock to all of the sudden see OCZ announce a new series SSDs with SandForce controllers. Apparently it's not needed with the SandForce controllers and that's where the true power of this product is to be found. Fantastic performing SSD drives without the need for a data-cache, saving on money while gaining performance. Too good to be true ? Let's find out.
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G.Skill DDR3 2200 MHz C7 PI memory review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/20/2009 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
Some Memory vendors felt the need to go really extreme, and GSkill did exactly that. 2200 MHZ at CAS 7:10:10:28 1T at low voltage (1.65v). Seriously, it's one of the few memory kits we have seen we consider to be extremely uber cool. Powered by Elpida Hyper ICs G.Skill certainly tries to make a difference.
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A-Data DDR3-2200+ DRAM XPG Plus 2.0 review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/24/2009 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
Some Memory vendors however felt the need to go really extreme, and A-DATA did exactly that. They are now offering the Plus series version 2.0 dual-channel memory kits --- and tucked nicely away in that product line there's even a kit that will that memory to be clocked at 2200 MHZ at CAS 8:8:8:24 1T at low voltage (1.65v). Now if you don't know what these number mean, then surely this memory and review is not catered for you.
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OCZ Agility EX SSD 60GB review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/29/2009 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
Today we test the OCZ Agility EX SSD. If 100% reliability is your thing then this is the cheapest SLC based SSD with an Indilinx controller that you can think of. The OCZ Agility EX offers top notch performance and reliability, we honestly believe in the theory that the SSD could probably outlive you.
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Silicon Power M10 External SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/21/2009 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
A little while ago Silicon power released the so called M10 series SSD drive, which in fact is an SSD series that can be used externally, thus outside your PC as it comes with a Mini USB connector and special design casing. As such last week Silicon power submitted the 64GB model for review, and though the product is not targeted at a high-end market performance but leans more towards a portable mobile market .. this little drive could definitely be interesting for a lot of you guys.
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Corsair X128 SSD review test
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/26/2009 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
Corsair just launched the X series with the X for eXtreme, and you guessed it already, it's an Indilinx controller based product. Armed with Samsung NAND flash memory and a nice 64MB cache to make your operating system run smooth and stutter free. This 128GB model roadster of an SSD now (r)etails for 300 EUR, and that's cheaper than the competitions offering from OCZ yet with a few more gigabytes available.
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OCZ Vertex TURBO SSD review test
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/16/2009 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
As if their top of the line high-end SSD storage units are not fast enough OCZ decided to upgrade their fastest Vertex series SSD disks .. with an even faster model. What OCZ did with the Vertex TURBO is what can be considered tweaking the product to squeeze some extra performance out of it. The Vertex Turbo Series has an increased host clock-speed and the SDR DRAM Cache clock frequency are now running steady and gentle at at 180MHz.
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OCZ Agility SSD 120GB review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/05/2009 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
The OCZ Agility series SSD is an accumulation of all the latest breakthroughs in SSD technology, including controller design, spiffy read/write speeds, and 64MB of onboard cache, yet with this series, at a somewhat better price. See, by doing so OCZ shaves another 20 to 25% off the sales price.
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Corsair P128 SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/15/2009 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
Corsairs have launched a new P series (Performance) SSD drives. Based on a kickass Samsung controller and Samsung MLC NAND flash memory we'll test a product that is specced with amazing performance. I say dear Sir, let's meet the Corsair P128, have a look at the photo and then head on over to the next page where we'll startup an in-depth look at this dazzling little storage device.
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Patriot Torqx 128 GB SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/08/2009 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
When Guru3D reviewed the OCZ Vertex, we where flabbergasted, when we tested the G.Skill Falcon SSD, we where absolutely amazed. And today's product from Patriot memory is not at all different. Armed with a very sexy multi-channel Indilinx SSD controller and a nice fat 64MB cache we'll be looking at the Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD. A drive that has the latest revision firmware installed and when we bring it onto automotive terms .. an SSD with a lot of torque.
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OCZ Summit 250GB SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/24/2009 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
We test the all new OCZ Summit SSD. OCZ submitted their 250 GB version for a review. The new Summit series SSD drives come with a massive 128MB cache, and that certainly guarantees flawless operation for an operating system like XP of Vista.
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GSkill Falcon 128GB SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/21/2009 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
G.Skill has a product here that they should be very proud off, as they made a touch choice, they also are moving towards the all new Indilinx Barefoot controller inside that SSD drive. As such they can fight off the small-block size issues plaguing SSDs based on the JMicron controllers. This product as that phat 64MB cache inside the falcon to deal with it, and combined with Samsung NAND flash modules we reach over 250 MB/sec read speeds and get this, 190 MB/sec write speeds.
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A-Data 6GB Triple Channel PC3-12800 C8 review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/05/2009 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
We mentioned this a couple of times already, but the memory market is fierce and competitive. All manufacturers are competing with each other on some level. Some go for the crown in high-end performance, others for the most low-budget memory one can sell, and then there's mainstream. Probably the biggest market out there. Especially with the release of Intel's Core i7 processors, a new battleground created itself. In the past weeks we tested many high-end kits in a triple channel configuration. A-Data recently released their DDR3-1600+ series memory. This review kit is in particular a 6GB kit triple channel memory kit that is rated PC3 12800 and comes with a nice CAS 8 latency and a price of just 21 USD per gigabyte.
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OCZ Blade DDR3 2000 C7 memory kit review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/29/2009 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
Today we test the Blade DDR3 C7 memory kit from OCZ. To date this is the fastest memory kit I have ever seen in my test system, showing numbers that are breathtaking. With 64-bit operating systems in mind, the DDR3 kit we'll be testing today comes in a 6GB Triple channel (3x 2GB) flavor and check it .. is clocked at 2000 MHz !
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OCZ Vertex 120 GB SSD review
Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/14/2009 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]
With the Vertex series SSD, OCZ offers an extremely high performing SSD with a new controller and... in addition to that a nice phat 64MB cache to tackle the slow small file write issue. Now taking this course makes SSDs even more expensive then they already are, but hear me out on this one. Technology as shown today at one stage will also reach high volume and yes... then the price will go down as well, much like we have seen with the early generation SSD drives from last year. But sheesh... this thing is fast.
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