A few months ago, we awarded the Kingston HyperX series SSDs an Editors’ Choice Award for very sound reasons: great performance, excellent firmware, and a great upgrade bundle. All of this helps ensure that you benefit from…
Patriot Memory’s Pyro SATA6Gb series are among the most affordable asynchronous SSDs available. Their price is aimed at attracting early adopters and pro users looking to give their computers a much needed performance boost. They also offer…
A few weeks ago, I took a close look at Intel’s own premium 520 series SSD which uses a SandForce SF-2281 controller and 25nm synchronous NAND inside. Like any premium performance SSD, it also carries a premium…
The number one question for Intel a few months ago was where were their higher end, fast SATA6 SSDs. There were plenty of Sand Force SF-2281 controlled SSDs pushing 6Gb/s speeds on the market yet many were…
For those that don’t know, SSD caching (Intel Smart Response) is a feature built in to Intel Z68 Sandy Bridge motherboards where you can add a smaller volume SSD to your existing platter based hard drive to…
The Kingston HyperX 120GB/240GB SSD is the current champion SATA3 SSD that earned our esteemed Editor’s Choice in our recent Round Up of SATA3 Sandforce Controller SSDs. Not only does it perform quite well in any basic configuration, but…
The SSD market is finally at price levels I would call palatable. There are 120GB SATA2 SSDs for $179.99 or less and SATA3 SSDs for $184.99 and above. This will undoubtedly impact sales for smaller 20-64GB SSDs…
Kingston Technology’s HyperX team was on hand at PAX 2011 providing attendees with the chance to play against some pro gamers on some of their elite gaming systems. The had members from their gaming team pair up with a fan…
One of the coolest new features of INTEL’s Z68 Platform is called Intel Smart Response Technology (ISR). Found only on Z68 motherboards, ISR offers the benefits of SSD technology with smaller and more affordable drives. This is something that Intel…
Not all USB flash drives are made alike. There are reasons why you can find el cheapo knockoff brand drives in the bargain bin, as well as seemingly similar flash drives for much more money. And this goes…
One of the fastest growing companies has to be CORSAIR. When it comes to a successful strategy of diversification, this is one company that clearly does it right and plans to keep on doing it. At COMPUTEX 2011, CORSAIR unveiled…
Kingston Technology had an exciting COMPUTEX 2011 with no less than two major products being launched at the show. Futurelooks was on hand to check out the two new products in person and had them demo’d to us so that…