SandForce Announces 2nd Gen SSD Processors By Kevin Parrish published 26 February 11 SandForce has officially announced the SF-2200 and SF-2100 SSD processors.
The OCZ Vertex 2 Conspiracy: Lost Space, Lost Speed? By Chris Angelini published 21 February 11 Several readers contacted me in the past two weeks, complaining about OCZ's recent adoption of 25 nm NAND and its effect on the capacity and performance of certain SSDs that they expected to be both larger and faster. I bought my own drives to compare.
OCZ's Vertex 3 Pro: Second-Gen SandForce Perf Preview By Andrew Ku published 18 February 11 Intel's X25-M revolutionized the SSD market. But then SandForce turned it upside down, coming out of nowhere to establish a dominant position. Today we see the company preview its second-generation controller, unleashed over a native 6 Gb/s interface.
OCZ: Die Shrink Will Lead to Cheaper SSDs By Kevin Parrish published 17 February 11 OCZ claims to be the first SSD manufacturer to use 2Xnm NAND flash.
Three 1000 W 80 PLUS Gold-Certified Power Supplies Tested By TG Publishing Team, Patrick Afschar published 11 February 11 We received a trio of 1000 W power supplies priced between $200 and $300, so we ran them through our usual suite of tests to see if they really live up to their 80 PLUS Gold certifications. Surprisingly, all three hiccuped during efficiency testing.
Next-Gen SandForce Controller Seen on OCZ SSD By Kevin Parrish published 12 January 11 OCZ's Vertex 3 Pro, seen at CES 2011, was shown to have sustained read speeds of 550 MB/s and sustained write speeds of 525 MB/s. Kapow!!
OCZ to Stop Memory Biz, Focusing on SSDs By Kevin Parrish published 12 January 11 OCZ said on Monday that it's leaving the DRAM market.
OCZ’s RevoDrive X2: When A Fast PCIe SSD Isn’t Fast Enough By Chris Angelini published 12 January 11 In a storage market where it's easiest to take one vendor's controller, another vendor's NAND flash, and put the two in a standard 2.5" SATA drive, OCZ continues innovating, giving IT professionals and power users more performance with its RevoDrive X2.
OCZ Beefs Up Solid State Drive Portfolio By Thomas Soderstrom published 10 January 11 Z-Drive R3 and Vertex 3 Pro top long list of new parts.
Roundup: 12 Gaming Power Supplies Compared By TG Publishing Team, Patrick Afschar published 30 December 10 Gamers demand a lot from their computers, starting with the PSU. Therefore, almost every PSU manufacturer sells products optimized for gaming PCs. We introduce ripple and noise testing in this roundup to further improve our power supply evaluations.
Tom's Hardware's 2010 Gift Guide: Part 1, For System Builders By Bestofmedia Team published 8 December 10 Welcome to Part 1 of Tom's Hardware's 2010 Holiday Gift Guide. This first installment is geared toward system builders planning to pool some Christmas cash to build a new performance- or value-oriented system. We have something for everyone this year.
Who's Who In Power Supplies: Brands, Labels, And OEMs By Igor Wallossek, Tom's Hardware Community published 12 November 10 Did you think all power supplies were manufactured by the brand selling them? We show you what makes a good PSU and reveal who actually builds PSUs. You can actually find lots of quality, instead of just scrap metal, behind some of the budget labels.
OCZ Reveals New Bootable PCIe SSD By Kevin Parrish published 29 October 10 Users can boot their PC using OCZ's new 2nd-generation RevoDrive.
Gaming Across Three Screens: GTX 460, GTX 480, And Quad-SLI By Thomas Soderstrom published 12 October 10 Display spanning is quickly becoming the high-mark for serious gaming machines of all budgets, with more powerful cards allowing higher resolutions. Yet, as panel resolutions higher than 1080p become harder to find, do we really need more than two cards?
The Game Rundown: Finding CPU/GPU Bottlenecks, Part 2 By Tino Kreiss published 8 October 10 We're back with Part 2 of our bottleneck exploration in a mainstream gaming PC equipped with a Core i5 and GeForce GTX 460, ready to dive into test results from ten additional games. All of the results are summarized and analyzed in our conclusion.
The Game Rundown: Finding CPU/GPU Bottlenecks, Part 1 By Tino Kreiss published 7 October 10 Wondering if your favorite game wants more CPU or GPU muscle? We tested 20 different titles using a GeForce GTX 460 and a Core i5 processor (one of our favorite configs) in order to figure out where a solid mainstream machine gets hung up.
OCZ's HSDL: A New Storage Link For Super-Fast SSDs By Chris Angelini published 29 September 10 SATA 6Gb/s not fast enough? OCZ's new High-Speed Data Link serves up to 2 GB/s through a PCIe-like connection. Complementing the interface technology is a similarly-new 3.5" SSD called IBIS. Rated for up to 120,000 IOPS, enthusiasts should take note.
New Onyx 2 SSDs from OCZ Spell Affordability By Kevin Parrish published 28 September 10 OCZ is offering new SSDs for the mainstream desktop and laptop PC.
Time To Upgrade, Part 2: Picking The Parts To Replace By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 1 September 10 After looking at whether or not it makes sense to replace a PC built back in 2007 with a more modern machine, we decided to examine three component upgrade options—graphics, storage, and the motherboard/CPU/RAM platform—separately.