At CES in January of this year, Corsair surprised us by announcing a line of SATA 6Gb/s SSDs based on the Marvell 9174 processor. What appeared to be a departure from Corsair’s use of the SandForce line of processors turns out to be a supplemental deal. The Marvell partnership let Corsair get a SATA 6Gb/s SSD
Samsung Spinpoint MT2 1TB Review (HM100UI)
Up until now, if a drive had 1TB or more of capacity it was automatically assumed to be a desktop drive. Not anymore – the Samsung MT2 1TB is a 2.5-inch, 12.5mm height hard drive for use in external enclosures and notebook computers. Check out our review to see the upsides and downsides of this
Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 6 Review (RNDU6000)
Netgear offers a tremendous range of storage products – from 248GB enterprise rack units to the little two-bay ReadyNAS designed for home, small office use. Few companies can say they bring Enterprise-level experience to the job when designing home or small business gear, but for Netgear it’s the truth. Today we’re looking at something in
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB Review (HDS723030ALA640)
3TB is the highest capacity you can get in a single hard drive – for now. We take a look at Hitachi’s flagship consumer drive, the Deskstar 7K3000. Key features include a 6.0Gbps SATA III interface, 64MB buffer, and a five-platter design (600GB each).
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Review (WD10EALX)
2TB and larger drives may be all the rage these days, but that doesn’t mean 1TB drives should be ignored. Take a look at Western Digital’s latest Caviar Blue 1TB drive – it costs less than a 2TB drive and has more than enough storage for most folks. What’s not to like? Read our review.
Lenovo ThinkPad W520 Review: First Thoughts
What do you turn to when a standard notebook just won’t cut it in the performance department? Well you could try lug a desktop around with you… or you could turn to a business-class workstation notebook. Today we take a quick look at the new Lenovo ThinkPad W520, equipped with an Intel Core i7-2920XM Extreme
Lenovo ThinkPad T520 Review
Certain notebooks gain a reputation over the years, be it good or bad. The Lenovo ThinkPad-series has been one of those families that has grown for almost 20 years, while still retaining the namesake of being one of the best business notebooks money can buy. Today we look at the new Lenovo ThinkPad T520, which
LSI WarpDrive SLP-300 Review
The LSI WarpDrive SLP-300 is an enterprise-class SSD solution that leverages the x8 PCIe expansion slot in a server or desktop. With features like 300GB of SLC flash, six SF-1500 controllers, and a SATA6 533Mhz LSI RAID controller tying it all together, this card promises extremely high transfer speeds, extremely low latency, and an extremely
Lenovo ThinkPad T520 Review: First Thoughts
After our early experimentation with ThinkPad T410 review, we have the opportunity for a follow-up with Lenovo’s new Sandy Bridge ThinkPad T520. The T520, like most of Lenovo’s new kit, offers support for bootable mSATA SSDs, like Intel’s SSD 310. On the performance side, the T520 gets a second generation Intel Core processor and either
Intel SSD 320 Review (300GB)
The Intel SSD 320 is the much anticipated follow-up to the Intel X25-M, easily the most popular consumer SSD to date. The SSD 320 (commonly referred to as the X25-M 3rd Generation) is a mainstream SSD, letting the big brother SSD 510 go after the enthusiast space. Mainstream doesn’t mean boring though, the SSD 320




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