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OCZ Vertex 450 256GB SSD Review
11 hours, 13 mins ago
The rapid drop in 25nm flash availability and slow RAMp up of 20nm production puts OCZ in a tough position. Vector availability is about to get scarce and Vertex 3.20 can't be profitable at less than $...
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Bang for Your Buck: Best 256GB Class SSD's under $200
1 week ago
The best capacity size and the highest value, today Chris walks us through the best buys. Through extensive investigation, we uncover the fastest SSD's that give your computer a performance kick, not...
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KingFast F3 Plus Series KF2510SCF Enterprise SSD Review
1 week, 1 day ago
KingFast recently merged with the SSD manufacturing juggernaut RunCore. The two companies blend the high-end products of RunCore with the value-oriented client and enterprise SSD's from KingFast. Today...
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PNY Prevail Elite 240GB SSD Review
1 week, 6 days ago
With all the talk about TLC, 20nm and other new forms of flash that reduce the number of P/E cycles - it's nice to see one company fight against the flow. PNY's Prevail Elite is a 10K P/E cycle SSD that...
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Corsair Neutron 128GB and 256GB (2013 Hynix Edition) SSD Review
May 8, 2013 10:31 pm
Recently Corsair made some changes to their popular Neutron Series products. Both the base model and GTX have new firmware, new flash and new price points. The Neutron 256GB is now one of the best value...
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Seagate 600 SSD ST480HM000 480GB SSD Review
May 7, 2013 1:00 pm
Continuing our coverage of the new Seagate 2013 SSD line up, Chris tests the largest capacity size in the consumer model category.
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Seagate 600 SSD ST240HM000 240GB SSD Review
May 7, 2013 12:05 pm
We have a number of Seagate SSD articles hitting TweakTown today. Let's start with the cornerstone of the mainstream consumer class.
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ADATA XPG SX900 128GB with SandForce B02 controller SSD Review
Apr 10, 2013 6:01 am
ADATA is first to market with a retail product using SandForce's new B02 stepping controller. SURPRISE! TRIM is also fixed thanks to ADATA's new 5.0.7a firmware that's available for ADATA drives with...
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Crucial M500 960GB SSD Review
Apr 9, 2013 1:00 pm
The Tera-Era has begun! Crucial leverages its 20nm NAND flash to achieve a major milestone, the first consumer 2.5" SSD to reach 1TB. Since parent company Micron owns the flash fab, the price is much...
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Intel 335 Series 180GB SSD Review
Apr 8, 2013 2:32 pm
The Intel 335 Series is known as 'That Intel Drive with 20nm Flash', but it's so much more. The 180GB capacity size gives you comfort room with Windows 8 and does very well in our power test.
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Plextor M5 Pro 128GB with Xtreme Firmware SSD Review
Apr 5, 2013 11:01 pm
Plextor has given its M5 Pro 128GB SSD the Xtreme firmware treatment. We put it up against the 128GB kings from Samsung (840 Pro) and OCZ (Vector) to see how it goes.
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Intel 525 Series mSATA SSD Review: Five Capacities Tested
Apr 3, 2013 11:01 pm
Chris takes five Intel mSATA SSDs from the 525 Series for a spin. The mSATA standard is all around you in new products and you might not even know your new notebook has an open mSATA slot.
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OCZ Vertex 3 .20 120GB SSD Review
Mar 27, 2013 9:16 pm
Today Chris tests the new OCZ Vertex 3.20 120GB and finally gets a chance to put IMFT 20nm next to Toshiba 19nm NAND.
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OCZ Vertex 3 .20 240GB SSD Review
Mar 26, 2013 8:05 pm
OCZ brings makes changes to an old favorite and repositions SandForce to the mainstream market.
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Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SSD Review
Mar 14, 2013 3:06 pm
Kingston brings SF-2281 to the mainstream with 19nm Toggle NAND and new 5.0.5 firmware. We look at this new mainstream role for LSI SandForce SATA 6G controllers and how it changes the market from now...
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Samsung 840 Pro 512GB SSD Review
Mar 8, 2013 4:54 pm
The battle for the enthusiast crown continues. Today Chris finishes the series of the 840 Pro verses Vector in this showdown between the two highest performing enthusiast class SSDs.
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Monster Digital Daytona 240GB SSD Review
Mar 7, 2013 3:10 pm
We finally received TRIM enabled firmware for the Daytona, a SSD we've had for several months. The late firmware was just the start of issues that surround the Daytona and the sum of all of these problems...
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Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256GB SSD Review
Mar 6, 2013 8:06 pm
Plextor's new flagship M5 Pro Xtreme hits our lab in the 256GB capacity size. Can Plextor break into the top performance tier with this product or will Xtreme just be another mainstream drive with aspirations...
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Plextor M5 Pro 256GB SSD with Xtreme 1.02 Firmware Review
Mar 5, 2013 9:40 pm
Plextor announced its new M5 Pro Xtreme SSD at CES 2013, but M5 Pro owners also received a free performance increase thanks to new Xtreme firmware.
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Kingston LSI SandForce B02 for Low Power SSD's - Power Consumption Investigation
Feb 28, 2013 1:15 pm
LSI SandForce announced the new B02 stepping several months ago. Now companies are starting to build hardware. SF-2281VB2 uses technologies introduced by LSI to reduce the power consumption of the successful...
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Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD Review
Feb 14, 2013 7:56 am
In the enthusiast SSD market two products stand taller than the rest - the OCZ Vector and Samsung's 840 Pro. Today we're looking at the 256GB capacity size. Two drives enter, one drive leaves the champion...
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MyDigitalSSD BP4 120GB 2.5-inch SSD Review
Feb 7, 2013 7:18 pm
Yesterday we published our review of the new MyDigitalSSD BP4 240GB. Today we're running the smaller 120GB model through the ringer. This drive costs less than $100 and uses the latest NAND technology...
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MyDigitalSSD BP4 2.5-inch 240GB SSD Review
Feb 6, 2013 8:45 pm
Always on the cutting edge of flash technology, leading the capacity vs. price ration, MyDigitalSSD is back with a new, faster Bullet Proof. BP4 uses new Toshiba Toggle 2 NAND with 16K page sizes for...
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SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB SSD Review
Jan 31, 2013 3:59 am
SanDisk brings another consumer friendly SSD to the market. This four-channel controlled drive should hit a very low price point and the programming should keep it very quick.
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Toshiba THNSNF256GCSS 'Thin Sniff' 256GB SSD Preview
Jan 30, 2013 7:10 am
You don't hear a lot about this drive since it's a business class product, but it does pack some new technology and innovative features straight from Toshiba's R&D department.