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Looking to add a lot of storage in a small amount of space? Or perhaps you simply want a super fast Raid array without the associated cost. The Patriot Convoy 425XL is a 5.25” SATA storage enclosure which holds up to four drives in a hot-swappable configuration. Does the convoy deliver? Read our review to find out.
Desktop docks are nothing new. We first looked at the Thermaltake BlacX two years ago and love the idea of being able to use raw HDDs without opening our computer cases. If you are someone like me with several drives sitting around, the idea is brilliant. The early models had a few shortfalls, though; mainly their reliance on the aging USB 2.0 protocol and placing the power button on the back of the dock. The later issue was due to the urge to save money at the R&D level. With the button at the back you had to reach around the dock which was kind of a pain in the butt.
Earlier this year, The SSD Review was offered the opportunity take the newly released OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 40GB SSD for a spin as it was about to hit the streets as the lowest priced SandForce driven SSD on the market at $99. In speaking to the OWC Marketing team, we also learned that word had just been received of an exciting new firmware release which we might want to wait for. The wait was just a bit longer than expected so lets start this review off with an apology and an assurance that the reasoning for such is very good news. As tested, this little SSD is still one of the most value conscious SandForce Driven models available and is presently the top performing SSD we have put through our Test Bench to date. Read on!
Zalman's entry into the SSD market has left me impressed. The S-Series 128GB drive with its JMicron JMF616 controller performed well in benchmark tests, easily reaching the advertised 260mb/s read speed. Write speeds didn't quite reach the advertised 210mb/s, but they came close and you can count on this being a very quick drive for everyday computing as well as for gaming and other intensive tasks.
Most PC cases sold today don't have any provision for directly mounting a 3.5" device in the front panel. Floppy drives are a thing of the distant past, and most accessory units designed for mounting in this location have adopted the 5.25" format. The Patriot Convoy 425XL takes advantage of this larger environment to provide space for four 2.5" format drives. It's ideally suited for an application where a RAID solution is needed in a small space, particularly the higher RAID levels that require 3-4 drives for a combination of speed and redundancy. Commonly called "laptop" drives, the smaller format is also the most common platform for SSDs. There has been an explosion in the last two years of 2.5" SSSDs on the market; silent and fast, with low power requirements, they would seem to be an ideal companion for this new class of drive enclosure. Benchmark Reviews takes a look at the ins and outs of the Convoy 425XL and ! then puts it through its paces with a full suite of benchmarking tests.
The Synology DiskStation DS211j is operating system agnostic so it can be used on home/work networks running either Windows, Mac or Linux systems. The built in Media Server is DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) capable allowing the NAS to stream seamlessly to DNLA ready devices such as the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
It seems like every week another company joins the SSD fray with a drive of their own. Granted, there's still a lot of users that still haven't made the leap from the trusty old platter hard drive. Does Zalman, a company best known for their cooling and cases, have what it takes to get a piece of the SSD pie? They're making an effort with their launch of two different SSD lines. We'll have a look at the N Series to see if it stacks up with the other SandForce drives already on the market.
Samsung bringt mit der S2 Portable 3 eine klassische externe Festplatte auf den Markt, welche als Besonderheit über einen USB-3.0-Anschluss verfügt. Gegenüber den extrem schnellen USB-3.0-SSDs bietet die S2 Portable jedoch für circa ein Drittel des des Preises die fünffache Speicherkapazität - lohnt sich der Kompromiss, denn Sie bei der Geschwindigkeit eingehen? Der PCGH-Praxistest beantwortet diese Frage.
Until Marvell and SandForce released their first solid state drives Intel had a performance lead on all of their competitors. Unfortunately in our testing we found the 80GB Postville SSD lacked capacity and at the time the 160GB version cost substantially more than most consumers were willing to spend. Intel's ten channel controller was revolutionary, but forced Intel to release drives in odd capacity sizes.
It was just a few days ago that the internet was abuzz with news of Super Talents new offering of its UltraDrive MX 480GB SSD which promised a new era in consumer SSD capacities. The idea of 480GB of SSD property on a single SSD immediately became the driving force to our contacting Super Talent and suggesting a review of this monster drive. This idea was sidestepped rather quickly with information that there were only 12 prototypes available, each of which was making its rounds through expected hierarchy within the company. We definitely didn’t expect a return telephone call from Peter Carcione, Super Talents Director of Marketing, suggesting that we may be able to have a quick ‘hands on’ with the monster if we considered also taking a look at one of Super Talents smallest and cheapest offerings as well, the Super Talent 16GB VSSD. How could we resist? This review will be our first of two in upcoming days and will focus on the Super Talent UltraDrive 480GB SSD but stay tuned because the VSSD Review is not far behind.
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