Looks as though Intel has got some SATA 6gbps drives up their sleeves as well. OCZ just announced some, and now Intel has announced their 510 Series SSDs. Prices are a bit high as to be expected coming in at…
2011 seems to be the year that Solid State Drives (SSD) will move into the mainstream. Manufacturers are dropping the prices of this technology to help integrate them into more user systems. It has been well documented that SSD perform…
Western Digital has just announced that they’re shipping massive 3TB hard drives, a little behind since Seagate already shipped them, but at least they’re catching up right? These new drives are the Caviar Green and are available in 2.5TB or…
Portable hard drive are great, but did you ever notice it’s cheaper to get the hard and buy the enclosure separately? it seems there’s a premium price when they put it together for you, then again a lo of companies…
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…
…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…
The Solid State Disk or SSD is here to stay, they are the future of storage. I see them eventually almost fully replacing the mechanical hard disk. They use less power, they make no noise, they’re much more durable and…
Marvell , a leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, today announced the industry’s first 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller, the Marvell 88SE9128. The Marvell 88SE9128 is cost effective and features advanced AES 256 bit data encryption and a blazing…
Network Attached Storage or NAS boxes are something that has become very popular over the last couple years, the main reason being of course that we’ve got more stuff, and we want to share it. Some NAS boxes though are…
More SSDS, with a cool name! Active Media Products Introduces Predator GT SATA-II SSDs 8-Channel Controller and 128MB of SDRAM Cache Combined with Flex-Fit AdapterMake these SSDs Ideal for High-End Desktops Fremont, California – June 23, 2009 – Active…
Geeks.com carries many external hard drives, and most are the same with a standard hard drive inside of them and they’ll all perform as you might expect. Today I’ve got a Cavalry branded 500GB USB 2.0 and eSATA External hard…
It’s been said that solid state drives are going to soon replace our ‘regular’ hard drives, well I call BS on that, mechanical hard drives have been around for along time and they will be around for much longer. Yes…
Today for review I’ve got a product that some people might not find very exciting, but I personally find them very useful, especially if you’ve got two of them. It is what’s called a mobile rack, or an internal hard…
Hard drive enclosures today come in many shapes and sizes, but they usually have one inherent flaw, that is compatibility, in that they can only use one type of drive, either 2.5" or 3.5", meaning that you’ll have to purchase…
