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Investigating SATA 6Gbps Performance

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Storage | 16th Nov 2009

We add Seagate's latest Barracuda XT hard disk with new Gigabyte and Asus P55 motherboards featuring SATA 6Gbps to see what performance potential, if any, the latest SATA standard offers.

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Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB: Intel X25-X

[26] 27th Oct 2009

Kingston SSD NOW V+Series 64GB SSD review

[24] 16th Oct 2009

Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB Review

[68] 6th Oct 2009

Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Review

[27] 5th Oct 2009

Western Digital 2TB Caviar Black Review

[35] 2nd Oct 2009

SSD performance tweaks for Vista

[29] 27th Aug 2009

Three SSD caddies reviewed

[25] 16th Aug 2009

Kingston DataTraveler 300 256GB USB Review

[35] 2nd Aug 2009

Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD Review

[33] 3rd Jul 2009

G.Skill Falcon 128GB SSD Review

[44] 24th Jun 2009

Corsair P256 256GB SSD Review

[31] 5th Jun 2009

Icy Box IB-MP309HW-B HD Media Player

[45] 28th May 2009

OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD

[49] 15th May 2009

AC Ryan Playon! DVR TV

[25] 25th Apr 2009

Seagate 1TB 7200.12 Hard Disk

[28] 13th Apr 2009

Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green

[54] 13th Mar 2009

Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB

[26] 6th Mar 2009

OCZ Apex 120GB SSD

[19] 9th Feb 2009

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Latest News

OCZ to launch 6Gb/s SSD

11th Nov, 10:25 OCZ has announced a partnership with SSD specialist SandForce to launch a new range of consumer- and enterprise-grade SSDs - including models with 6Gb/s interfaces. [16]

Intel SSD update bricks drives

29th Oct, 10:24 An update for Intel's X-25M SSD range - designed to boost performance by up to 40 percent - has caused issues for those running Windows 7. [12]

Braidwood's SSD cache is cited for 2011

27th Oct, 15:09 Sources tell bit-tech that Intel's Braidwood cache technology is pushed back as far as 2011 now. [8]

Toshiba unveils ultra-slim SSDs

23rd Sep, 12:59 Toshiba has taken the wraps of a pair of new, ultra-small SSDs for slim notebooks and netbooks - including one unit that uses the new mini-SATA connection standard. [14]

Pretec creates self-destructing SSD

9th Sep, 10:07 Memory maker Pretec has announced a new SSD line which features a self-destruct feature capable of completely wiping the device in around 0.1 seconds. [15]

Chip flaw delays Marvell SATA 6Gb/s launch

17th Jul, 14:21 A flaw in the PATA backwards compatibility of Marvell Semiconductors' first SATA 6Gb/s chip has lead to delays. [30]

Seagate responds: SSDs still on for late 2009

13th Jul, 17:54 Despite analysts claiming otherwise, word from the horses mouth is that Seagate will get SSDs out the door by late 2009. [5]

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Jamie Cuthill on 20th Nov, 14:39

Scroll Bar Clock
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Chrome OS imminent?
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Fun Photo of the Week: GF100 (the first GeForce GPU based on Fermi
Nvidia
Not a fake, this time.
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Music Games Aren't Dead, Just Waiting to Be Reborn
Wired.com
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Icrontic Flash 10.1 beta hits; brings GPU acceleration
icrontic.com
About time, Adobe! Cmon, cmon cmon!
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Apple patents worst idea ever
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An ad that "can freeze the device until the user clicks a button or answers a test question to demonstrate that he or she has dutifully noticed the commercial message."
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