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SSDs in the sweet spot: Modern contenders at 120-128GB by Geoff Gasior — 11:01 PM on September 25, 2011 The latest generation of SSDs is out in full force. We've rounded up nine of 'em to see which offers the best performance... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	169
Intel's 320 Series solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 10:00 AM on March 28, 2011 Intel has another new solid-state drive, and this time it's an all in-house affair with 25-nano flash. Keep reading for the skinny on... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	67
A late adopter's guide to USB 3.0 by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:34 AM on March 25, 2011 SuperSpeed connectivity may be a nice additional perk as part of a future system, but is it worth the trouble as a standalone upgrade? Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	34
Crucial's m4 solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 3:57 PM on March 24, 2011 Crucial's long-awaited successor to the RealSSD C300 has arrived. Join us as we take a closer look at the performance of the RealSSD... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	36
An early look at OCZ's Vertex 3 solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 12:26 AM on March 23, 2011 OCZ's long-awaited Vertex 3 solid-state drive is due out in a couple of weeks. Join us for an in-depth look at the drive and... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	37
Intel's 510 Series solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 4:14 PM on March 17, 2011 Intel's latest 510 Series SSD combines custom firmware with a 6Gbps Marvell controller. We take a closer look at the drive's performance to see... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	49
Hitachi's Deskstar 7K3000 3TB hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 11:59 PM on March 13, 2011 Hard drive makers have been slow to release new models with three-terabyte capacities. Hitachi was the first to reach 3TB with a 7,200-RPM desktop... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	25
Exploring the impact of memory speed on Sandy Bridge performance by Geoff Gasior — 10:09 AM on February 9, 2011 K-Series Sandy Bridge CPUs have unlocked memory multipliers that make it easy to take advantage of faster memory modules. We explore performance with... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Memory	124
Thermaltake's BlacX 5G USB 3.0 docking station by Matt Trinca — 9:21 PM on February 7, 2011 External docking stations are a great way to quickly swap hard drives into a system. Gather round to see if I made a connection with... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	14
A quick look at Kingston's HyperX Max USB 3.0 SSD by Geoff Gasior — 11:48 PM on January 27, 2011 USB 3.0 is the most sorely needed peripheral interface upgrade in recent memory. Cheap notebook drives can make good use of the extra bandwidth, and... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	9
Western Digital's Scorpio Black 750GB notebook hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 3:16 PM on January 20, 2011 When we rounded up 7,200-RPM notebook drives last month, Western Digital's Scorpio Black 500GB was our clear favorite. Today, we explore whether a... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Mobile computing	25
Samsung's 470 Series solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 12:14 AM on December 13, 2010 Samsung's latest 470 Series SSD has a new controller, dual cache chips, and a fresh kind of flash dubbed Toggle DDR NAND. We take it... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	42
WD's TV Live Hub media box by Matt Trinca — 3:17 PM on December 9, 2010 WD's TV Live Hub media player has a terabyte of network-attached storage and works with just about any media file under the sun. We... Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia Storage Personal tech	38
Notebook hard drives square off at 7,200 RPM by Geoff Gasior — 5:22 PM on December 2, 2010 SSDs may be the new hotness, but 7,200-RPM notebook drives are a more realistic option for most laptop users. We round up four of... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Mobile computing	34
StarTech's USB 3.0 docking station by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on November 1, 2010 External hard drive docking stations are the perfect accessory for PC enthusiasts. We test USB 3.0-powered one from StarTech to see if it's any... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	40
Western Digital's Caviar Green 3TB hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 2:46 PM on October 28, 2010 WD's 3TB Caviar Green is the first internal hard drive to breach the 2.19TB barrier. We probe its performance, noise levels, power consumption, and... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	61
A tribute to my under-appreciated home file servers by Geoff Gasior — 11:37 PM on August 19, 2010 I spend an almost embarrassing amount of time in front of my desktop PC. It's my workhorse, and the system that I endeavor to... Type: Blog post Tags: Storage Systems Servers	46
7,200-RPM terabytes from Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, and WD face off by Geoff Gasior — 10:04 PM on July 27, 2010 Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, and WD all have two-platter terabytes spinning at 7,200 RPM. We've rounded up all four to find the sweet spot... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	77

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