The MacBook Air has been my favorite computer since its “rebirth” back in 2010. At that time Apple replaced the internal mechanical hard drive with an SSD making it one of the fastest laptops on the market. These models and…
USB 3.0
by Tomas Ratas • July 24, 2012 •
Review of Verbatim USB 3.0 Universal Card Reader
by Kristofer Brozio • January 13, 2012 •
Card Readers, Product Reviews, USB 3.0
Let’s take a break from the CES stuff for a review. Up for review today I’ve got another product from Verbatim and it’s another card reader but this one is USB 3.0. I have to wonder about this as memory…
Review of Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
by Tomas Ratas • December 15, 2011 •
Product Reviews, USB 3.0, USB Flash memory
Kingston’s HyperX brand originally garnered its reputation making high-speed memory for PC enthusiasts. During this past year Kingston has been branching the HyperX labeling into other products; most recently with their SSD drives and now with today’s review item –…
Review of HyperX MAX 3.0 128gb Portable USB 3.0 SSD
by Tomas Ratas • January 31, 2011 •
Product Reviews, Solid State Disks SSD, USB 3.0, USB Flash memory
This past month’s release of Intel’s Sandy Bridge platform will help build the USB 3.0 user base since this interface comes installed in most motherboards designed for this new CPU. Since USB 3.0 features transfer rates up to 4.8Gbps there…
Review of OCZ Enyo 64gb USB 3.0 Portable Solid State Drive
by Kristofer Brozio • October 12, 2010 •
External Hard Drives, Product Reviews, Solid State Disks SSD, USB 3.0, USB Flash memory
External storage is a big business, look around and you’ll see all sorts of flash drives and portable hard drives for sale. People use them for everything from backups to transferring files to media uses and they all work well,…
Review of Cirago CST6000 250gb USB 3.0 Hard Drive
by Kristofer Brozio • September 25, 2010 •
External Hard Drives, Product Reviews, USB 3.0
Cirago has decided to further join the USB 3.0 revolution with the introduction of their new CST6000 portable hard drive. It’s a 250gb 2.5” drive that runs on the USB 3.0 interface so it should achieve some decent speeds for…
Review of Kingston Data Traveler Ultimate 3.0 64GB USB 3.0 Flash drive
by Kristofer Brozio • September 14, 2010 •
Product Reviews, USB 3.0, USB Flash memory
Today Kingston just launched their first USB 3.0 flash drive called the Data Traveler Ultimate 3.0 and I’ve got it for review, specifically the 64gb version. This is, as I said, the first USB 3.0 flash drive from Kingston, so…
Review of Siig SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to SATA Hard Drive Dock with Fan
by Kristofer Brozio • July 4, 2010 •
External Hard Drives, Product Reviews, USB 3.0
External hard drives are nice for their portability but when you’re not going anywhere and you need to transfer files there’s nothing better than a dock to do that. Docks are easy to use, there’s no messing around with installing…
Review of Vantec NexStar 3 SuperSpeed 3.5” SATA to USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure
by Kristofer Brozio • March 28, 2010 •
External Hard Drives, Product Reviews, USB 3.0
It’s been a while since I’ve taken a look at any USB 3.0 products here at TestFreaks, but today I’ve got one that I think is worthy of a review. It’s a 3.5” SATA HDD enclosure from Vantec called the…
Review of ASUS U3S6 USB 3.0/SATA 3 6Gbps PCIE Card
by Kristofer Brozio • March 8, 2010 •
Product Reviews, USB 3.0, USB/Firewire Hubs
I’ve taken a look at a couple USB 3.0 PCIE card here at TestFreaks. I’ve got another one today, but this one is quite a bit different. It’s the ASUS U3S6 PCIE card that actually uses a standard PCIE slot…
Review of UNITEK 2 Port USB 3.0 PCI Express Card
by Kristofer Brozio • February 26, 2010 •
Product Reviews, USB 3.0, USB/Firewire Hubs
Hey it’s Friday, I’m sure most of you are happy about that, but not me as we got hit with more snow overnight a few inches but enough to close the schools and since it’s below freezing the roads are…
Review of Seagate BlackArmor 500GB PS 110 USB 3.0 Performance Kit
by Kristofer Brozio • February 22, 2010 •
External Hard Drives, Product Reviews, USB 3.0
Happy Monday to you all! Today for review I’ve got another USB3.0 enabled product, this time it’s actually a kit from Seagate. This kit includes the new BlackArmor PS110 500gb 2.5” portable hard drive that is equipped with a 7200RPM…
Review of USB 3.0 2.5" SATA HDD Enclosure
by Kristofer Brozio • February 20, 2010 •
External Hard Drives, Product Reviews, USB 3.0
…and I’m back with the second review for today, or it could be considered part two of the earlier review I posted today. I couldn’t exactly test a USB3.0 PCIE card without something that was USB3.0, so I used a…
Review of PCI-Express USB 3.0 Host Controller Card and USB3.0 Extension Cable
by Kristofer Brozio • February 19, 2010 •
Product Reviews, USB 3.0, USB/Firewire Hubs
It’s 2010 and it’s the year of SuperSpeed USB3.0, and that means I’ve to get my hands on whatever I can for review to let you guys know what’s going on with it. Over the next couple weeks you’re going…



