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Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB SATA III SSD Review
 In this review PCSTATS will be testing the 240GB Kingston SSDnow V300 SSD
- a 6Gb/s SATA III drive rated by the manufacturer for sequential read speeds up to 450MB/s and write speeds up to 450MB/s.
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Kingston
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Aug 18, 2018 |
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Seagate Backup Plus Slim External USB 3.0 2TB Hard Drive Review
The Backup Plus Slim is a self-contained 2.5" SATA-600 interface hard drive in a black aluminum and plastic enclosure which connects via USB 3.0 cable to any PC or Mac computer.
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Seagate
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Sep 21, 2016 |
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Seagate Constellation ES 1TB Enterprise Hard Drive Review
All Constellation ES drives are rated to 6Gb/s SATA III speeds, incorporate 64MB of cache, utilize 7200RPM spindle speeds and offer Native Command Queing. The drives are covered by an impressive 5 year warranty and rated to1.2 million hours MTBF.
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Seagate
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May 29, 2013 |
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ICYDock MB981U3N-1SA SATA/IDE Hard Drive Adaptor
I wish there was just ONE little black box that would
allow an IT Admin to connect any kind of hard drive to it, so there's no need to crack open a computer system, mess with BIOS settings or waste time trying to move GBs over a tediously slow USB 2.0 connection.
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IcyDock
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Jan 08, 2013 |
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Crucial M4 256GB SATA III SSD Review
In this review PCSTATS will be testing the 256GB Crucial M4 SSD, a 6Gb/s SATA III drive rated by the manufacturer for read speeds of up to 500MB/s and write speeds of 260MB/s (sequential).
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Crucial
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Dec 04, 2012 |
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OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD VTX3-25SAT3-240G Review
On the test
bench today is a speedy little black box called the OCZ Vertex 3. If you haven't spoiled your computer yet with a Solid State Drive (SSD) yet, now's the time -- SSDs have never been more affordable!
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OCZ Technology
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Nov 16, 2012 |
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SanDisk Extreme 240GB SSD SDSSDX-240G-G25 Review
PCSTATS is testing out SanDisk's Extreme 240GB SSD, a 6Gb/s SATA III drive rated to 550MB/s Read and 520MB/s Write (sequential) in ATTO Disk Benchmark. SanDisk's Extreme SSD uses 24nm Toggle Mode MLC NAND Flash and the popular LSI SandForce SF-2281 controller.
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SanDisk
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Sep 18, 2012 |
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Vantec NexStar HX NST-330SU3 Hard Drive to USB 3.0 / eSATA II External Case
The Vantec NexStar HX NST-330SU3 is an economical external hard drive enclosure for 3.5" SATA II drives that permits extra storage space to be
easily added to any desktop computer via USB 3.0 or eSATA cable.
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Vantec
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Aug 23, 2012 |
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Western Digital 1TB WD RE4 Enterprise Hard Drive Review
In this review PCSTATS is testing out a 3.5" Western Digital RE4 WD1003FBYX hard drive. The WD RE4 WD1003FBYX is a 1.0TB hard drive which utilizes Perpendicular Magnetic Recording and operates on the 3Gb/s SATA II interface. It features StableTrac, IntelliSeek, NoTouch ramp loading head technology, a multi-axis shock sensor, RAFF technology and RAID specific Time Limited Error Recovery.
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Western Digital
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Aug 10, 2012 |
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Beginners Guide: Intel Smart Response Technology and Intel 311 Larson Creek SSD
With the launch of the Intel Z68 motherboard chipset, Intel also unveiled a novel addition to its Rapid Storage Technology v10.5 disk storage and RAID management tool called Smart Response Technology. What's interesting about Intel Smart Response Technology (SRT) is that it can designate a single SSD to cache frequently accessed I/O data in a sort of hybrid RAID 0 arrangement.
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Intel
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May 12, 2012 |
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IcyDock MB994SP-4SB-1 Four-bay 2.5-inch SATA Hard Drive Rack
The IcyDock MB994SP-4SB-1 is just such a unit - it packs (4) 2.5" HDD/SSD drives into the space of a single 5.25" drive bay and provides unified power and SATA hook ups at the rear. On top of its high density convenience, all four SATA drive bays are hot swappable without the need to pop off a side panel or disconnect cables.
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IcyDock
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Apr 17, 2012 |
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500GB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Review
The Seagate FreeAgent GoFlext Ultra-Portable hard drive is more than just a portable 2.5" SATA HDD. key to the system's brilliant usefulness is that Seagate designed this hard drive to interface with a series of modular cable interface adaptors, docks and a media player. It's what you'd call, really very flexible.
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Seagate
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Feb 16, 2012 |
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IcyDock MB994SP-4S Four-bay 2.5-inch SATA/SAS Hard Drive Rack Review
Unless you have a swanky PC case, it's usually not very easy to install a couple 2.5" notebook-sized hard drives into a desktop computer system.... until now.
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Icy Dock
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Jan 06, 2012 |
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Seagate 3TB Barracuda XT 6Gb/s SATA III Hard Drive Review
On the PCSTATS test bench today is Seagate's 3TB, 6Gb/s SATA III Barracuda XT hard drive which gets around the 2.1TB desktop storage capacity limitation by creating two partitions (2.1TB + 0.9TB) with the aid of Seagate's free DiskWizard software.
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Seagate
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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Seagate 750GB Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Hard Drive Review
Looking no different than any common
2.5" notebook hard drive, the trick up the Momentus XT's sleeve that it learns what data you frequently use and
caches this to its 8GB of internal flash memory.
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Seagate
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Dec 05, 2011 |
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Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 6Gb/s SATA III Hard Drive Review
In this review PCSTATS will be testing out Seagate's 2TB, 6Gb/s SATA III Barracuda XT hard drive. This 3.5" desktop hard drive features an increased 64MB onboard cache where other 2TB drives only have 32MB and it supports Native Command Queing (NCQ).
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Seagate
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Jan 14, 2011 |
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IcyDock MB973SP-B Tray-less 3-Bay SATA Hard Drive Bay Module
A hot swap backplane module like the IcyDock MB973SP-B is like a hard drive rack, except you don't have to fiddle with plugs and data cables when time comes to install or swap a drive. The disks are always at hand for removal and capacity upgrades. On top of that, forced cooling is built in to prevent excessive heat build up.
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IcyDock
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Dec 21, 2010 |
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Seagate 500GB Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Hard Drive Review
Seagate's Momentus XT is a 2.5" notebook drive of a
half-Terabyte in capacity that stands out from the crowd because
it contains 4GB of SLC NAND flash.
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Seagate
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Jun 12, 2010 |
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Plextor PX-128M1S 128GB Solid State Drive / SSD Review
The PX-128M1S is a 2.5-inch, SATA 3Gb/s drive, which makes it compatible with most notebooks. It can also be installed into a desktop computer with use of a mounting bracket (not included).
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Plextor
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Mar 24, 2010 |
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Seagate Barracuda XT Preview - Worlds First SATA 6Gb/s 2TB Hard Drive
Seagate's desktop 2TB Barracuda XT hard drive is that it's the worlds first 3.5" hard drive to support SATA-IO's Serial ATA 6Gb/s interface.
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Seagate
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Sep 21, 2009 |
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Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1.0TB SATA Hard Drive Review
WD's Caviar Black series SATA II hard drives feature a faster spindle speed
and 32MB of onboard cache. Drive capacities range from 500GB through to 1.0TB, but all the Caviar Black series drives use Perpendicular Magnetic Recording.
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Western Digital
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Jun 17, 2009 |
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IcyDock MB673SPF-B 3-Bay Tooless Hard Drive Bay Module
Just open up one of the three bays, slide a SATA hard drive in and close the door. The hard drive automatically engages with SATA data and power connectors, no screws required!
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IcyDock
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Mar 04, 2009 |
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IcyDock MB674SPF-B 4-Bay Tooless Hard Drive Bay Module
Each hard drive needs rails screwed onto it first, but now Icydock is offering a new hot swap module of the same proportions called the MB674SPF-B which is completely tool free.
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ICYdock
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Feb 26, 2009 |
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Icydock MB664US eSATA/USB External Hard Drive Enclosure Review
The IcyDock MB664US is a 3.5-inch SATA hard drive enclosure that stands upright or lays horizontal, and offers a degree more of protection to your hard disk.
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IcyDock
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Oct 08, 2008 |
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IcyDock MB454SPF-B SATA 4-Bay Hot-Swap 3.5-inch Drive Bay Review
Hot-swap bays are such a convenient way to mount hard drives into a PC system, particularly the new "rails-only" variety, that I can't see ever going back to the old method. But forget about those old 5.25" plastic tanks from the days of IDE.
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IcyDock
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Sep 27, 2008 |
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IcyDock MB453SPF-B SATA Multi-Bay Backplane Module Review
A multi-bay backplane module is a box the size of a couple optical drives stacked on top of one another that
stores a handful of serial ATA hard drives in compact, individually hot
swappable drive caddy's.
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Icy Dock
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Aug 19, 2008 |
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Thermaltake BlacX SATA Hard Drive USB Docking Station Review
The Thermaltake BlacX is a neat little USB-based hard drive docking station that fills a gap left vacant by removable hard drive racks and external hard drive enclosure systems.
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Thermaltake
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Apr 01, 2008 |
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SuperTalent FSD28GC25M 128GB 2.5-inch SATA Solid State Drive Review
The Supertalent FSD28GC25M is capable of a sequential read speed of at least 60MB/s, a sequential write of 45MB/s and access times of 0.1ms. With no moving parts, the Super Talent 128GB SSD is obviously silent.
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Supertalent
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Dec 11, 2007 |
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Western Digital RaptorX WD1500AHFD 150GB Clear Top SATA Hard Drive Review
Western Digital alleviate the storage bottleneck with the 150GB WD1500AFHD RaptorX, a serial ATA hard drive with a clear window into its inner workings.
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Western Digital
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Sep 04, 2007 |
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DataTec DS350 eSATA External Hard Drive Enclosure Review
Connecting an external hard drive to your computer is a quick and simple way to expand storage capacity.
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DataTec
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May 07, 2007 |
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IcyDock MB452 eSATA/USB2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure Review
The Icy Dock MB452 is an external eSATA and USB2.0 hard drive enclosure whose removable drive caddy is compatible with the companies PC mounted MB122SKGF system.
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IcyDock
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Feb 05, 2007 |
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IcyDock MB122SKGF SATA Hard Drive Rack Review
The HDD caddy is made of aluminum which
should help keep high speed drives a littler cooler than plastic would.
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IcyDock
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Nov 27, 2006 |
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Super Talent 2.5" Flash IDE 8GB Solid State Drive Review
SuperTalent's 8GB storage capacity will limit the applications of the FIDE-8GB Flash drive to compact WindowsXP installations, or better yet Linux.
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Supertalent
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Sep 14, 2006 |
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Vantec NexStar GX USB2.0 Hub & HDD Enclosure Review
The Vantec NexStar GX (NST-370GX) is the ideal solution for anyone looking for more flexible external HDD space.
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Vantec
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Nov 22, 2005 |
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Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD4000KD 400GB SATA Hard Drive Review
The Caviar SE16 WD4000KD supports the 150MB/s Serial ATA I standard, and sports a mammoth 16MB onboard cache buffer.
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Western Digital
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Nov 08, 2005 |
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Vantec SATA EZ-Swap MRK-200ST-BK Hard Drive Rack Review
The Vantec EZ-Swap MRK200-ST-BK only comes in black, and it supports the Serial ATA I standard although Serial ATA II drives will function too.
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Vantec
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Nov 07, 2005 |
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Vantec NexStar 3 USB2.0 HDD Enclosure Review
This sleek black case accomodates any standard 3.5" IDE hard disk.
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Vantec
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Apr 11, 2005 |
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Western Digital Raptor WD740 SATA Hard Drive Review
These are the first SATA drives we've seen that reach 10,000 RPM, and we're going to be testing them both singly and in a RAID stripe and mirror.
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Western Digital
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Mar 09, 2005 |
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Bytecc ME-350US USB2.0 HDD Enclosure Review
Bytecc ME-350US apart is the
significantly more compact size, external power brick, and smooth aluminum
chassis.
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Bytecc
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Nov 25, 2003 |
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Samsung SP8004H 80GB-7200RPM HDD Review
Today we're looking at their 80 GB
7200 RPM Ultra/100 SP8004H hard drive which retails for $180 CDN.
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Samsung
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May 18, 2002 |
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Quantum Fireball CR 8.4B HDD Review
As it stands right now, not even the fastest ATA/66 drives are able to exploit the ATA/66 interface to its fullest extent.
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Quantum
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Apr 20, 2002 |
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Quantum Fireball CX 13 GB HDD Review
Many moons have passed since the initial release of hard disk drives that have come with the ATA/66 feature. We folks here in India have just recently felt the presence of ATA/66 drives on the market. This market of ATA/66 drives in India is predominately owned by hard drive manufacturers such as Seagate, Samsung, IBM, and of course Quantum
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Quantum
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Apr 12, 2002 |
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NoiseControl Novibes III HDD Isolation
Noisecontrol have made it their business to make your computer
dead, dead silent!
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NoiseControl
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Apr 02, 2002 |
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IBM DeskStar 60GXP 40GB HDD Review
BM has been making some of the fastest drives in the market for the last little while now and their 60 GXP line is no different.
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IBM
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Feb 11, 2002 |
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Maxtor D740X-6L 80GB HDD Review
Maxtor have been producing hard drives steadily for the last 20 years, and
the new 80GB D740-6L line of drives is an example of their continuing efforts to produce faster storage media.
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Maxtor
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Jan 29, 2002 |
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Quantum Fireball Plus AS 40GB Hard Drive
The Quantum Fireball Plus AS is
a two platter 7200RPM 40GB hard drive with Ultra ATA/100 support
and 40GB of storage.
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Maxtor
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Dec 16, 2001 |
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Samsung SP4004H 7200RPM 40GB Hard Drive
The Samsung SpinPoint SP4004H is a two platter 7200RPM 40GB hard drive with Ultra
ATA/100 support.
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Samsung
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Dec 12, 2001 |
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Maxtor 5T060H6 60GB Hard Drive
Maxtor is the old standard and a personal favorite
around here.
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Maxtor
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Dec 11, 2001 |
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Samsung SV6004H 60GB Hard Drive
Generally, the 7200RPM drives are preferred
these days for their quick access times.
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Samsung
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Dec 10, 2001 |
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Samsung SV8004H 80GB HDD Review
The hard drive we are looking at today is the flagship model from Samsung, a
name you generally don't associate with hard drives in the first place.
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Samsung
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Dec 10, 2001 |
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Maxtor DiamondMAX 30Gig Hard Drive Review
New hard drives can bring on an overall increase in system performance, a gigantic leap in storage capability and more.
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Maxtor
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Apr 26, 2001 |
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Quantum Fireball Plus LM 20.5 GB HDD
Since my first Fireball had served me so well, and I wanted a lot of space, the next drive I bought was a 6.4-gigabyte Fireball ST.
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Quantum
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Oct 29, 2000 |
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EZ-Backit PCMCIA 12Gb Drive Review
So, with this in mind we took extra interest in this weeks product on our
review chopping block. Namely the EZ-BACKIT - essentially a 12GB Hitachi 2.5"
drive, PCMCIA card and adapter cable.
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Apricorn
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Aug 04, 2000 |
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Evergreen 20Gig Hot Drive Review
Right out of the big blue box came what looked like an iMac accessory. It
was sleek, it was translucent, and part of it was blue.... and it was fast!
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Evergreen
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Jul 21, 2000 |
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Free Web Hard Drives
There was a time when we relied on a thing called a floppy disk, now the web is there to meet our growing storage needs... but who is the best one?
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none
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Jun 28, 2000 |
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Amacom Flip Disk
Robust and portable high capacity storage is the goal of just about anyone with more then one computer. This is one solution, does it work?
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Amacom
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Jun 14, 2000 |
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Seagate Barracuda ST328040A 28GB HDD Review
As we all know your regular PC system components such as the CPU, RAM, motherboard and chipset can play a big part in determining overall performance of your everyday computer system. And though we all are aware that a hard disk plays a similar role, not as much emphasis is put on it.
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Seagate
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Apr 26, 2000 |
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Fujitsu 6.4GB HD - New old tech
Why would we review a 6.4Gb harddrive? Because this drive was made in 2000, and boasts new features that blow away its older brothers - and it smokes some 10Gb HD's (names withheld to protect innocent).
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Fujitsu
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Apr 23, 2000 |
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Quantum Fireball 26GB HDD Review
A hard disk is a hard disk, right? Well not anymore. The variety of drives on the market can give us a hard time in deciding which one is most suitable for our needs. We are now starting to see hard disk drives going into 15,000rpm rotational speeds and reaching never before achieved storage capacities.
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Quantum
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Apr 20, 2000 |
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Iwill SIDE-RAID66 IDE Controller Review
Until recently the implementation of RAID or Redundant Array of Independent Disks, was focused towards SCSI based servers which demand extremely high speed data throughput and the security that data on the server will remain intact under any given circumstance.
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Iwill
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Apr 04, 2000 |
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ABIT Hot Rod 66 ATA-66 Controller
A couple of years ago the newest greatest IDE standard was first introduced. The ATA-33. Although we were promised great gains in performance preliminary performance...
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ABIT
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Mar 02, 2000 |
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