Western Digital's VelociRaptor VR150 hard drive
Few hard drives are iconic as Western Digital's Raptor, and now there's a new one: the VelociRaptor VR150. Read on to see if a radical new design that puts a 2.5" drive inside a 3.5" heatsink can recapture the performance crown. Read more...
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Last post by moritzgedig at 12:51 PM on May 10, 2008
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A quick look at Thermaltake's BlacX SE hard drive docking station
Thermaltake turns the formula for external hard drive enclosures on its ear with the BlacX. This external interface isn't hooked up to an enclosure that's designed to be carried around. Instead, it's connected to a hot-swap hard drive docking station. Read more...
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Last post by Galroc at 8:31 AM on April 4, 2008 -
Western Digital's Caviar SE16 640GB hard drive
Western Digital's Caviar SE16 640GB packs new 320GB platters that could challenge the SpinPoint F1's crown as the fastest Serial ATA hard drive on the market. Join us as we put the latest Caviar to the test against more than two dozen other drives to see where it stands. Read more...
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Last post by ccsharry at 12:21 PM on May 12, 2008 -
Samsung's Spinpoint F1 hard drive
Samsung's Spinpoint F1 hard drive is the first to reach the terabyte mark with only three platters. But can a hefty advantage in areal density lift it above the competition? We've tested the drive against two dozen others to find out, with enlightening results. Read more...
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Last post by prf at 3:56 PM on March 8, 2008 -
Seagate's Barracuda ES.2 hard drive
Seagate's latest enterprise-oriented Barracuda ES.2 hard drive boasts up to a terabyte of capacity spread over 250GB platters and backed up by 32MB of cache. That's a tough combo to beat on paper, but can the drive's real-world performance live up to expectations? Read more...
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Last post by eitje at 8:20 AM on December 11, 2007 -
Western Digital's RE2-GP hard drive
Western Digital has massaged its latest power-efficient GreenPower hard drive into an RE2 model aimed at enterprise environments. Keep reading to see how the new RE2-GP fares against its Caviar cousin and more than 20 other hard drives. Read more...
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Last post by d2brothe at 3:45 PM on November 22, 2007 -
A-Data's FP1 fingerprint flash drive
USB thumb drives are increasingly used to carry personal information you don't want falling into the wrong hands. A-Data has a solution in the form of its FP1 flash drive, which features a fingerprint scanner and automatic 256-bit encryption. Read on to see how it works. Read more...
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Last post by eitje at 10:54 PM on November 8, 2007 -
Seagate's Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive
Seagate may have been beaten to the terabyte punch, but it's finally pulled up to the table with the long-awaited Barracuda 7200.11. Read on to see how the latest 'cuda stacks up against more than 20 other drives. Read more...
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Last post by kujito at 11:39 PM on December 3, 2007 -
Western Digital's Caviar GP hard drive
Western Digital's Caviar GP packs a terabyte on four 250GB platters, but it's been optimized for low power consumption rather than high performance. Read on to see how this GreenPower drive stacks up against its rivals and whether Western Digital's energy efficiency gamble pays dividends. Read more...
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Last post by paulcooperorama at 10:37 AM on January 24, 2008 -
Western Digital's RE2 750GB hard drive
Western Digital's Caviar SE16 750GB hard drive is arguably the best 7,200-RPM desktop drive on the market. Can an RE2 version extend that dominance into enterprise environments? Read more...
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Last post by voxfiux at 8:42 PM on October 5, 2007 -
Super Talent's SATA25 128GB solid-state hard drive
A new wave of solid-state drives is upon us, led into our labs by Super Talent's SATA25. This 2.5" drive packs a stunning 128GB of total capacity and claims sustained read and write speeds of 60MB/s and 40MB/s, respectively--huge improvements over previous SSDs. How does it hold up in... Read more...
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Last post by MrMMills1 at 11:35 PM on January 28, 2008 -
Managing the acoustics of a terabyte
Earlier this month, we lauded Hitachi's Deskstar 7K1000 terabyte hard drive for its industry-leading capacity. We weren't as impressed with the drive's noise levels, though. Can the 7K1000's acoustic management capabilities help? Read more...
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Last post by a_non_moose at 4:42 PM on September 8, 2007 -
Hitachi's Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive
IMAGINE ONE THOUSAND thousand thousand thousand bytes. A terabyte, if you will. But more than just that—a milestone in storage capacity that hard drive manufacturers have been chasing for years. After more than a decade of living in a... Read more...
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Last post by fenacv at 7:19 PM on December 19, 2007 -
Western Digital's Caviar SE16 750GB hard drive
POWER CONSUMPTION HAS BECOME an increasingly important metric for PC enthusiasts and professionals over the last several years, and this trend has touched nearly every component inside modern systems. We now have processors that intelligently throttle clock speeds and... Read more...
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