SanDisk Extreme II SSD Review: Striking At The Heavy-Hitters
Friday 7 June 2013 – 05:02 –
Internal Storage
SanDisk is looking for a rise to prominence in the SSD segment with a new Marvell 88SS9187-based drive. The Extreme II packs 19 nm Toggle-mode ... read more
OCZ is shaking up its current product stack by replacing the year-old Vertex 4 SSD. The Vertex 450 matches Barefoot 3 controller silicon with 20 ... read more
One SSD is good, right? So, two SSDs in RAID 0 must be better. That’s certainly the case when you're benchmarking sequential performance. But ... read more
Seagate is the world's largest purveyor of mechanical hard drives. As the company prepares for mortal combat in the consumer SSD space, are its ... read more
After years of halfhearted attempts to join the solid-state storage market, Seagate is finally ready to reinvent itself with a new family of ... read more
Today's fastest SSDs already bounce off the SATA 6Gb/s interface's throughput ceiling. Does a 3 Gb/s link kill the performance of those drives? ... read more
We've already reviewed Intel's SSD DC S3700 and determined it to be a fast, consistent performer. But what happens when we take two-dozen (or ... read more
We take our lab's MacBook Air, yank out its stock Toshiba-sourced SSD, drop in OWC's 480 GB Auro Pro 6G, and chart the performance of both ... read more
Intel has a new family of mSATA-based SSDs powered by SandForce's second-gen controller. Dubbed the SSD 525, we have all five capacities in our ... read more
If a Thunderbolt port isn't in your computing life yet, it will be soon. But just how much abuse can the little port handle? Storage manufacturer ... read more
There isn't much happening in the SSD world right now, but prices continue to shift. Some are up, while others are down. Fortunately, most still ... read more
So you like our System Builder Marathon? Ever come up with your own idea for a killer rig? Don't forget to tell us about it on the Tom's Hardware ... read more
Endurance. Reliability. Data protection. They're all important factors when it comes time to evaluate high-end storage technology. Micron's ... read more
With the recent announcement of the SSD DC S3700, Intel is firmly targeting enterprise customers with something not normally seen on spec sheets: ... read more
In the wake of our mSATA round-up, we updated our SSD hierarchy chart and tweaked our recommendations. Prices have also shifted in this ... read more