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Crucial has released an industry first, mobile-friendly web app that provides an easy to follow process for SSD installations. Targeting the novice consumer, the step-by-step guide can be found at www.crucial.com/ssd-install. According to Crucial, this new guide has been tested with regular, non-technical consumers. The web app is designed to make the install process simple […]
Crucial have published an easy guide for first-time HDD installers to swap out their old drives with a brand new Crucial SSD. The guide is in four parts and covers preparation, copying, installation and downloads. Preparation Grab everything you need – Crucial SSD, screwdriver, etc… Put SSD spacer aside Backup your files – just in […]
Sony have introduced 2 new G Series Professional Solid State Drives (SSD). The new drives come in 960GB (SV-GS96) and 480GB (SV-GS48) capacities and have been designed to satisfy the growing needs of the high-performance recording market. These new drives aim to deliver better performance and longer lifetime. Utilising Sony’s Error Correction Code technology, these […]
According to Crucial, storage and RAM make up over half the cost of a typical server build. In an environment where everyone is looking for prudent investment decisions, buying a pre-configured, fully spec’d server may not always be the correct strategy. Crucial propose, that in these scenarios, buying a base server and sourcing the RAM […]
QNAP seem to be sharing the love across multiple processor manufacturers by pairing them with products that match their capability. In their latest lineup, the TVS-x73 series, QNAP have partnered with AMD to deliver a NAS solution based on the AMD R-Series Quad-core SoC. We take a look at the 4 disk model which comes […]
The Thecus N2810 is a linux based 2-bay NAS powered by Intel’s dual-core N3050 (Braswell) Celeron CPU. The N3050 runs at 1.6Ghz and is capable of 4K video transcoding. The N2810 comes configured with 2GB RAM that can be expanded to 8GB through the use of compatible DDR3 modules. A quick CPU check via SSH […]
To date, all the Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices that we have reviewed have been based on the Linux operating system. Thecus have gone against this trend with a range of units that are based on Microsoft Windows Storage Server (WSS) 2012 R2 Essentials. The W2810PRO is one of their newest 2-disk products in this […]
In announcement earlier today, Crucial launched their new range of the Crucial® MX300 solid state drives (SSD). Packed with advanced features, these SSDs promise an immediate performance boost and will be available in 275GB, 525GB, 750GB and 1TB capacities. Some of the reported key features include: Energy efficient and reduced power consumption helps extend laptop battery life […]
Crucial now joins Samsung as another SSD manufacturer to start using 3D NAND flash with the release of the Crucial MX300 750GB Limited Edition SSD. Based on Micron’s 384 Gigabit 32-layer 3D TLC NAND, Crucial has targeted the MX300 750GB as a mainstream consumer SATA drive. In addition to using TLC, they have included all […]
SSD manufacturers aren’t just content with manufacturing internal SSDs for consumers to use in the PCs, Macs, gaming consoles, etc. Now they have entered the portable storage market with a slew of options of portable SSDs. Lexar aren’t ones to be left out the race, they have designed and developed their own Lexar Portable SSD. […]