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Crucial's MX100 solid-state drive reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 2:00 PM on June 2, 2014 The Crucial MX100 is the first solid-state drive to use Micron's 16-nm MLC NAND. It's also one of the most affordable SSDs around, with... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	53
A first look at SATA Express with Asus' Hyper Express storage device by Geoff Gasior — 11:41 PM on May 1, 2014 SATA Express combines Serial ATA and PCI Express on the same physical interface. Some next-gen Intel motherboards support the standard, and Asus has developed... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets Storage	46
Behind the scenes with Intel's SSD division by Geoff Gasior — 10:39 AM on April 10, 2014 Last month, we met with the Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group responsible for Intel's SSDs. We got hard numbers on failure rates, details about efforts... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	52
TR's April 2014 peripheral staff picks by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:41 PM on April 6, 2014 When we introduced our new System Guide format in February, we cut out peripherals in order to focus more closely on internal PC components. Our... Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia Storage Systems Displays Input devices	89
Adata's Premier Pro SP920 solid-state drive reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 8:30 PM on April 1, 2014 Adata's latest Premiere Pro SP920 SSD bears an uncanny resemblance to a big-name drive that was released recently. This isn't a straight copycat, though.... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	27
Crucial's M550 solid-state drive reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 7:00 AM on March 18, 2014 The Crucial M500 is one of the most popular SSDs around. Now, there's a updated version with higher capacities, better performance, and more sensible... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	34
TR subscriptions: our progress so far by Scott Wasson — 1:53 PM on March 16, 2014 Several days ago, we introduced our pay-what-you-want subscription system. We asked for you all to support us, and we offered a handful... Type: Blog post Tags: The Tech Report	134
Introducing TR subscriptions by Scott Wasson — 11:52 AM on March 12, 2014 We've been independently publishing The Tech Report for nearly 15 years, and today, we've come to a crossroads. You see, TR has... Type: Blog post Tags: The Tech Report	558
Intel's 730 Series solid-state drive reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 11:00 AM on February 27, 2014 Intel's new 730 Series desktop SSD is rather unique. It's based on the company's datacenter drives, it has an extra flash die onboard, and... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	68
The SSD Endurance Experiment: Data retention after 600TB by Geoff Gasior — 11:35 PM on February 23, 2014 Our SSD Endurance Experiment has crossed the 600TB threshold, and we've performed an extended data retention test to celebrate the occasion. Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	103
The SSD Endurance Experiment: 500TB update by Geoff Gasior — 9:34 PM on January 9, 2014 Our SSD Endurance Experiment has reached the half-petabyte mark, so it's time for another checkup. Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	97
Clash of the terabyte titans: Crucial M500 960GB vs. Samsung 840 EVO 1TB by Geoff Gasior — 10:22 PM on December 18, 2013 Despite the fact that they both sell for over $500, the Crucial M500 960GB and Samsung 840 EVO 1TB are relative bargains. These SSDs... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	71
The SSD Endurance Experiment: Testing data retention at 300TB by Geoff Gasior — 10:02 PM on November 25, 2013 We're slamming six SSDs with a nearly continuous stream of writes to see what happens as the flash wears out. Our subjects have now... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	109
WD's Black² notebook drive combines 120GB SSD with 1TB HDD by Geoff Gasior — 7:00 AM on November 25, 2013 Unlike SSHDs that augment mechanical hard drives with small flash caches, WD's Black² stacks a 120GB SSD on top of a 1TB notebook drive. This... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	36
OCZ's Vector 150 solid-state drive reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 8:00 AM on November 7, 2013 There's a new SSD in town. OCZ's Vector 150 combines the Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller with 19-nm Toshiba NAND and additional spare area. ... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	39
The SSD Endurance Experiment: 200TB update by Geoff Gasior — 1:50 AM on October 28, 2013 We're in the process of hammering six SSDs with an unrelenting torrent of writes to see what happens as the flash wears out. Today,... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	97
Seagate's NAS HDD 4TB reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 2:52 PM on October 10, 2013 Seagate's NAS HDD 4TB is optimized for network-attached storage and desktop RAID implementations. It promises better reliability than typical desktop drives, too. We... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	23
Seagate's Desktop SSHD 2TB hybrid drive reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 12:25 PM on October 3, 2013 Seagate's hybrid tech has finally been deployed in a desktop drive. The Desktop SSHD combines an 8GB flash cache with 2TB of mechanical storage.... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	50

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K-L-Waster

I wonder if NVidia is using the GPP to strong-arm NVidia into only selling NVidia models.

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chuckula

Remember when we all whined that Founder's Edition parts were overpriced ripoffs... +33

sweatshopking

ANYONE SELLING A CPU WITHOUT AN LED COOLER DOESN'T UNDERSTAND MILLENIALS +27

sreams

I suppose that's better than not quite running. +26

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