News of Hard Drives and Solid State Drives (SSD)

CDRLabs kicks off the week with a review of Crucial's new MX300 solid state drive. Powered by Marvell's 88SS1074B1 controller and available with up to 1050GB of Micron's 3D TLC NAND, this new mainstream SSD delivers 530MB/s read and 510MB/s write speeds for faster boot times, quicker application launches and better overall system performance. The MX300 also offers a long list of features including AES 256-bit encryption, thermal and power loss protection, TRIM support and ...

CDRLabs has taken an in depth look Toshiba's new OCZ RD400 SSD. Designed with enthusiasts and hard-core gamers in mind, the RD400 is the company's first consumer-ready Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) SSD. This NVMe 1.1 compliant, M.2 form factor drive is powered by Toshiba's TC58NCP070GSB controller and is available with up to 1TB of their 15nm MLC NAND flash. With its PCIe Gen3 x4 lane interface, the RD400 also shatters the traditional SATA bottleneck by ...

Thinking I might try out a Solid State Drive. Never had one before. [-X
Will probably install in a laptop or netbook to try and boost performance, or a desktop as a system drive only.

Wanting to keep the cost down but get quality components, and don't need large capacity unless that would help slow performance degradation.
Currently using SATA II HDDs, in SATA II ...

Today, CDRLabs brings you a review of PNY's next-generation XLR8 series SSD, the CS2211. Designed with gamers and enthusiasts in mind, the CS2211 offers both extreme performance and enhanced durability. Powered by Phison's quad-core, eight-channel PS3110-S10 controller and available with up to 960GB of Toshiba's 15nm MLC NAND flash, the drive is capable of 565 MB/s read and 540 MB/s write speeds for faster boot up times, quicker application launches, and a better overall computing ...

CDRLabs kicks off the week with a review of Crucial's new BX200 solid state drive. Aimed at the budget-conscious consumer looking to upgrade to an SSD, the BX200 offers substantial yet affordable performance gains compared to a standard hard drive. Powered by Silicon Motion's SM2256 controller and available with up to 960GB of Micron's 16nm TLC NAND, the drive delivers true 540 MB/s sequential reads on both compressible and incompressible data for faster boot up ...

CDRLabs has taken an in depth look at Kingston's new HyperX Savage SSD. Designed to satisfy the most demanding consumers, enthusiasts and gamers, the Savage is the fastest SATA-based SSD in the HyperX family. The drive is powered by a quad-core, eight-channel Phison PS3110-S10 controller and is equipped with up to 960GB of Toshiba's Advanced 19nm (A19) MLC NAND flash. With sequential speeds of up to 560 MB/s read and 530 MB/s write, and IOPS ...

I'm guessing I'm probably one of the few people that uses an SSD cache but if you do and you're using NVELO's Dataplex software, you'll probably want to read this.

We here at NVELO are passionate about performance. Dataplex was our first step towards unlocking the potential of intelligent caching technology, and has allowed our customers to enjoy SSD-level performance across the full storage capacity of a standard HDD.

In December 2012, NVELO became a ...

CDRLabs kicks off the week with a review of Crucial's new BX100 solid state drive. Aimed at the budget-conscious consumer looking to upgrade their system to an SSD, the BX100 offers substantial yet affordable performance gains. Powered by Silicon Motion's SM2246EN controller and available with up to 1TB of Micron's 16nm 128gb NAND, the drive delivers true 535 MB/s sequential reads on both compressible and incompressible data for faster boot up speeds and shorter application ...

In addition to our review of Samsung's new 850 EVO M.2 SSD, CDRLabs has taken an in depth look at the 850 EVO mSATA. Designed for ultra-thin laptop PCs, this new addition to the 850 EVO family is available with up to 1TB of Samsung's 3-bit 3D V-NAND and, depending on the capacity, is powered by one of two different controllers. To compensate for the slow write speeds typically associated with 3-bit NAND, the 850 ...

Today, CDRLabs brings you a review of Samsung's new 850 EVO M.2 SSD. Designed for Ultrabooks, ultra-thin computing devices and motherboards with built-in M.2 (NGFF) slots, this new addition to the 850 EVO family isn't much larger than a stick of chewing gum. The 850 EVO M.2 is powered by the same MGX controller found in the 850 EVO and is available with up to 500GB of Samsung's 3-bit 3D V-NAND flash memory. The drive ...