Previously reviewed by Trembledust last month, this review is covering more modern Intel systems. Both the P67 family these sticks are designed for as well as some X79 results. As this is part two of a review we will not continue with our usual methodology of discussing the sticks themselves the company as a whole [...]

Memory kits are sold every day in various shapes, sizes, speeds and timings. There is a  general rule of thumb; more is better than faster. It was not long ago when 1GB of RAM for Windows XP was the considered adequate. Vista doubled that, although many were using 4GB of RAM by that point with [...]

About Silverstone The SilverStone DC01 Network Data Center is a simple to use Network Storage Device that supports an internally mounted 2.5” storage device. RAID is supported (0/1/JBOD) through the External SATA port located on the back of the device. 2 USB ports provide further expandability using either external USB drives or to use the [...]

On the test bench today will be the Patriot Pyro SE 240GB SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive. With reads up to 550 MBps, writes at 520 MBps and up to 85K IOPS, the Pyro SE looks to be a crowd pleaser. First lets take a look at Patriot themselves. About Patriot Located in Fremont, California [...]

The Kingston Technology Company, casually referred to as Kingston by many PC users who are into memory modules, has for years had a reputation for putting out reliable memory modules that last, and won’t break your bank account. You won’t find too many people complaining about this companies’ RAM sticks being a waste of money. [...]

Solid State Drives Are becoming much more common in everyday Computers and Laptops. Why? Performance, Performance, Performance. Nothing works as well as a storage medium with almost no measurable access time for data, no moving parts to get damaged by impact and data speeds that push the threshold of the controller. In the past they [...]

On the test bench this week is a Corsair Performance Series Pro 128GB Solid State Drive. Running on the SATA 6Gbps bus, the model line will run as high as 515 MB/s read speeds and 440 MB/s write speeds. The 128GB offers a slightly more modest 500/340 but advertises 60K IOPs. This translates to 240 [...]

Standard USB 3.0 flash drives are fast. Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 is touted to be even faster with its data transfer rates. The portability and convenience of USB drives has always meant putting up with delays while waiting for files to copy, but with USB 3.0, that should be thing of the past. Chances [...]