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OCZ Octane-S2 SSD specs, capacities and price per GB

OCZ Octane-S2 SSD specs, capacities and price per GB

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: October 20, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Storage

If you want fast performance and long battery life from your PC or laptop you have probably been keeping a close eye on solid-state drive technology, recently OCZ released a press release regarding its new Octane-S2 SSD series, not only…

Windows 8 boot time on SSD could beat Mac OS X Lion

Windows 8 boot time on SSD could beat Mac OS X Lion

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: September 11, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Software

When it comes to boot times for computers we’re sure most of our readers are not happy with their current setup, or at least think it could be much better. Windows computers have also been known to slow down after…

OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid specs and price – a step forward for storage

OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid specs and price – a step forward for storage

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: September 2, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Storage

If you are clued up on computer storage solutions you will probably be aware that hard disk drives are great in terms of their storage to price ratio, however solid-state drives offer much faster performance and prices are getting more…

Samsung PM830 SSD series – specs and bold claims

Samsung PM830 SSD series – specs and bold claims

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: August 15, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Hard Drives, Storage

Over the last year or so solid-state storage technologies have come on leaps and bounds, recently Samsung unveiled a new series of SSDs which they claim will raise the performance bar for future tablets and notebooks, these are the Samsung…

Corsair Force GT SSD, capacities, price and specs

Corsair Force GT SSD, capacities, price and specs

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: July 5, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Hard Drives

We have recently heard that new Corsair solid-state drives are coming to authorized distributors and retailers worldwide later this month, these are all part of the new Force GT series and as the flame red color suggests they are faster…

Crucial m4 SSD – Specs, Prices and Capacities

Crucial m4 SSD – Specs, Prices and Capacities

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: April 27, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Hard Drives

Solid state drives are becoming more and more affordable these days and more and more impressive, Crucial has recently launched a new line of SSDs and prices start at just $129.99. All of these new SSDs are part of the…

Samsung 470 SSD, Better than Corsair Nova and OCZ Vertex 2

Samsung 470 SSD, Better than Corsair Nova and OCZ Vertex 2

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: March 22, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Hard Drives

Recently the guys over at NotebookReview tested out some of the best solid-state drives currently on offer, in their recent test they tested out the Samsung 470, Corsair Nova and OCZ Vertex 2 SSDs. Let’s start with a quick overview…

Intel SSD 510 Series vs. 10K RPM Hard Drive: Speed Comparison

Intel SSD 510 Series vs. 10K RPM Hard Drive: Speed Comparison

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: March 2, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Storage

Yesterday we introduced you to Intel’s new solid-state drives, these new SSDs are all part of Intel’s 510 series and we have heard that these are all faster than 10,000 RPM hard drives, we now have some video evidence showing…

Intel SSD 510 Series, fastest sequential performance

Intel SSD 510 Series, fastest sequential performance

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: March 1, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Hard Drives

Intel recently unveiled a new series of solid-state drives, these are called the Intel SSD 510 series and by the looks of things these SSDs will set the benchmark for other SSD manufacturers to follow. According to Intel’s press release…

OCZ Vertex 3 Pro SSD: Review and Benchmarks

OCZ Vertex 3 Pro SSD: Review and Benchmarks

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: February 18, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Storage

If you are looking to buy a solid-state drive in 2011 we may have come across a SSD which should be seriously be considered, this is the OCZ Vertex 3 Pro, this was recently reviewed by LegitReviews.com, to say that…

2011 MacBook Pro With SSD (April) and iPad 2 (Jan) Release

2011 MacBook Pro With SSD (April) and iPad 2 (Jan) Release

By: Peter Chubb | Posted: November 29, 2010
Filed under: Computers

When its comes to predicting new Apple products, Three-Guys-And-A-Podcast was right on the money for the last event. After the September event, which gave us the fourth-generation iPod Touch and the new Apple TV they predicted that there would be…

Kingston 96GB SSD: Specs, No Price

Kingston 96GB SSD: Specs, No Price

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: November 2, 2010
Filed under: Computers, Storage

Kingston has recently announced a new 96GB solid-state-disk, apparently this is aimed towards enterprise and corporate users, however at the time of this post pricing information was unavailable

1TB Colossus SSD Now Available: $3,000 for the Privilege

1TB Colossus SSD Now Available: $3,000 for the Privilege

By: Peter Chubb | Posted: November 23, 2009
Filed under: Computers, Hard Drives

We mentioned in a recent post that a 1TB Colossus SSD was about to be released, we can now inform you that this Solid State Drive has now been made available. There is one problem however, its huge $3,000 price…

Intel 34nm SSD’s: Now Shipping Again

Intel 34nm SSD’s: Now Shipping Again

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: August 14, 2009
Filed under: Computers, Storage

Following the release of the new Intel 34nm SSD’s a problem was found which put a damper on the otherwise successful release. The problem related to a possible occurrence of data corruption following removal of a BIOS password. Before this…

Hands-on: Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD (Solid State Drive)

Hands-on: Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD (Solid State Drive)

By: Peter Chubb | Posted: June 16, 2009
Filed under: Hands On

Patriot Memory has been kind enough to send us a Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD (Solid State Drive) to review. We were sent one of their 128GB SSD Warp v2 for review back in April and were very impressed, so it…