The Portable SSD T1 by Samsung was the fastest USB drive of its kind at launch. The brand new Portable SSD T3 is not only faster and more durable but it’s also compatible with Android devices and has a far...
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OCZ Storage Solutions is now a subsidiary of Toshiba, and they’ve been repurposed as Toshiba’s “enthusiast” brand for solid state storage. Prior to the Toshiba acquisition, OCZ’s “RevoDrive” PCIe SSDs used proprietary memory boards with multiple SSD controllers on a...
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The S55 TLC series of SSDs from Silicon Power are offering quite a bit of storage space at acceptable performance levels unless the buffer gets filled; if we are used to transferring frequently large batches of files to the drive,...
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You may have seen it all before, but if you haven’t, there are a lot of computer chassis out there, so which one do you pick? Firstly, you need to forget about your mates, or the flamers and trollers. For the latter groups, they are right about everything, so no matter what you do, it’s wrong. So where does this leave you? Requirements, including budget and style preferences.
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Samsung has released the Samsung 750 EVO SSD in larger capacity size. As such we review the 500 GB version of this SSD that offers enthusiast class speed but is competitive in pricing as the product is priced at €149,...
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Crucial have just released the latest in their MX range, the MX300. The MX300 uses Micron 3D NAND, which Crucial are calling the most advanced storage technology they’ve had in an SSD. Crucial also plan more to come later this year with the technology seen in the MX300 release, including additional capacities and form factors.
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Shuttle Inc., the global leader in small form factor computer technology, today announces the X50V5, an all-in-one PC with a 15.6” touchscreen and powered by an Intel Celeron 3855U dual-core processor. This is an excellent solution to drive kiosks, POS...
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Today we have the Nanoxia CoolForce 2 chassis for review. We have already seen the Deep Silence 1 Rev.B chassis from Nanoxia and we recommended it, it’s a very high quality chassis. The CoolForce 2 is aimed at a similar audience, with a number of the Nanoxia design cue’s and features, it’s another enthusiast level chassis with the watercooler fan in mind.
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Shuttle is a very famous name in mini PC’s. They literally made the barebones market their own about 15 years ago. For a long time, small wasn’t beautiful, so for a long time Shuttle made barebones chassis with bespoke motherboards and PSU’s integrated into them. They were and still are excellent, but they had a market of their own, and only really played within their own market.
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As we have seen with the Trion 100, Crucial is also settling into the affordable and high-capacity SSD market with their BX200 by incorporating Micron 16nm 128Gbit TLC NAND, a Silicon Motion SM2256 and also DRAM cache which varies in...
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We've previously reviewed the Aerocool Aero-1000 White Chassis and liked it. The Aero-1000 chassis got a solid 4.3/5.0 and was also recommended as a great all-rounder. The Aero-1000 is the high end PGS A Series chassis form Aerocool, with the Aero-800 in the middle and the Aero-500 starting the range off.
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We are experiencing interesting times as developers have a hard time deciding what form factor to go for: M.2., U2, Sata Express and PCI-Express based designs all remain undecided. For the interim moment however M.2. seems to become the most...
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Samsung’s 950 PRO m.2 PCI-E SSD set new performance records for a consumer SSD, blasting through the limits of SSDs tethered to the old SATA interface. What could be better than one of these blazing-fast solid state storage monsters? Two...
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For years the Hard Disk Drive was the mainstay of all commercial personal computers around the world. It’s had a bashing lately from the superb Solid State Drive technology, paving the future for fast, low power and robust main system storage. So where does this leave the not so humble HDD?
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We’ve tested one other TLC NAND drive recently, the MyDigitalSSD BP5e. We found that while this drive has made some progress on the performance front relative to other TLC drives, there were still significant limitations in sustained write speeds and...
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