Reviews / Storage

OCZ Vertex 4 is company’s first ever high-end SSD to be based on their Indilinx controller. It is running Everest 2 under the hood along with 256MB of cache and Intel’s 25nm NAND. We test it thoroughly to see how good it is?

Kingston is offering an affordable mainstream USB 3.0 drive for budget-oriented users. The DataTraveler Elite 3.0 16GB offers great performance even in USB 2.0 mode, we put it through some tests to see how good it is.

Kingston HyperX 3K series of solid state drives are essentially same as the original HyperX SSD lineup. Only difference is that the HyperX 3K comes with 3,000 program/erase cycle NAND which theoretically means shorter life along with same performance but transition to this new NAND gives a nice cut in prices which makes the HyperX 3K a better option as compared to its bigger brother. We test the HyperX 3K 90GB SSD to see if it really gives same kind of performance as original HyperX drives.

OCZ Octane is the first SSD based on the Indilinx Everest controller. Its uses SATA III 6 Gbps interface and comes in capacities ranging from 128 GB to 1 TB. Its the fruit of OCZ-Indilinx merger, we put the 128 GB version through several tests to see what OCZ is up-to.

Intel SSD 520 Series is the company’s first SSD with a SandForce controller and Intel spent over one year during the testing and validation of this drive. We’ve have a detailed look at it to see if it was worth all the hassle.

Kingston has conquered the USB 3.0 flash market with their DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 USB stick; its amazingly fast. We have a detailed look at this amazing little piece of hardware.

We take a look at an SSD drive from the last generation, G.Skill Phoenix EVO 115GB, and see if it is still good enough for you to upgrade.

We test Kingston HyperX 120 GB SSD, the most talked about SandForce drive. We put it through different tests to see if all the fame is real or not?