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In the mood for some free hardware? Well then you're in luck: our awesome community team in conjunction with Toshiba is holding a giveaway for a quartet of the company’s SSDs. Altogether we have two 240GB OCZ XS700s – Toshiba’s new line of SATA-based USB-C portable drives – along with a pair of literally tiny 240GB OCZ RC100 M.2 SSDs. Toshiba RC100 & XS700 Specifications RC100 240GB XS700 240GB Form Factor Single-sided M.2 2242 B+M key External (USB-C) Controller Toshiba unnamed Toshiba unnamed Interface NVMe 1.2.1 PCIe 3.1 x2 SATA-over-USB 3.1 Gen 2 DRAM None NAND Toshiba 64L BiCS3 3D TLC Sequential Read 1600 MB/s 550 MB/s Sequential Write 1050 MB/s 500 MB/s Warranty 3 years As far as the RC100 goes, our SSD-meister, Billy Tallis, took a look at the new drive earlier this month. The tiny drives are aimed at a small but none the less important...
OCZ Agility 3 (240GB) Review
OCZ has been at the forefront of each generation of SandForce SSD release since the debut of the SF-1500 based Vertex Limited Edition. More recently the Vertex 3 was...
59 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/24/2011
OCZ Vertex 3 (240GB) Review
Three months ago we previewed the first client focused SF-2200 SSD: OCZ's Vertex 3. The 240GB sample OCZ sent for the preview was four firmware revisions older than what...
90 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/6/2011
The OCZ Vertex 3 Review (120GB)
SandForce was first to announce and preview its 2011 SSD controller technology. We first talked about the controller late last year, got a sneak peak at its performance this...
154 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/6/2011
OCZ Grows Up, Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Indilinx
We first met Indilinx in early 2009, with its Barefoot controller at the heart of OCZ's Vertex SSD. Until SandForce showed up in 2010 with the SF-1200/1500 series of...
41 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/14/2011
OCZ Vertex 3 Preview: Faster and Cheaper than the Vertex 3 Pro
Last week OCZ pulled the trigger and introduced the world’s first SF-2000 based SSD: the Vertex 3 Pro. Not only was it the world’s first drive to use SandForce’s...
85 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/24/2011
OCZ Vertex 3 Pro Preview: The First SF-2500 SSD
For the past six months I've been working on research and testing for the next major AnandTech SSD article. I figured I had enough time to line up its...
144 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/17/2011
OCZ'z Vertex 3 Pro Demo: World's First SandForce SF-2000
A few months ago SandForce announced its second generation SSD controller: the SF-2000 series. The specs SandForce released at the time were almost too good to be true. As...
62 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/5/2011
1000W-1200W Roundup: Five High-End PSUs
Christmas time is coming and perhaps you want to give your significant other a new PSU. "Hey honey, check out this awesome new power supply I got you so...
45 by Martin Kaffei on 12/9/2010
OCZ Vertex Plus Preview: Introducing the Indilinx Martini
Last year was dominated by two SSD controller manufacturers: Intel and Indilinx. Intel delivered the performance while Indilinx offered a value alternative. Once SandForce hit early this year however...
61 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/16/2010
A Quick Look at OCZ's RevoDrive x2: IBIS Performance without HSDL
Over the summer we previewed OCZ's first affordable PCIe SSD: the RevoDrive. Made of a pair of SandForce SF-1200 controllers behind a PCI-X RAID controller and a PCI-X to...
46 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/4/2010
550W Roundup: Three PSUs at Different Prices
"You get what you pay for!" Is this maxim realy true? On the one hand there are more than enough expensive PSUs with high ripple and noise results with...
83 by Martin Kaffei on 10/28/2010
OCZ's Fastest SSD, The IBIS and HSDL Interface Reviewed
Earlier this year OCZ announced its intention to bring a new high speed SSD interface to the market. Frustrated with the slow progress of SATA interface speeds, OCZ wanted...
74 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/29/2010
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 & OCZ Enyo, Quick Look at Two USB 3.0 SSDs
Since I reviewed my first SSD, three things have happened. 1) Controllers have improved significantly. My personal favorite, SandForce’s SF-1200, can outperform the original X25-M by more than 3x...
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/14/2010
OCZ Unveils 4GB DDR3-2133 Modules
The amount and speed of the RAM in a system is always indicative of the user and the software. Small home users require nothing more than enough for...
20 by Ian Cutress on 7/13/2010
OCZ's RevoDrive Preview: An Affordable PCIe SSD
Take two SandForce SF-1200 controllers and put them on a card with a boatload of NAND and a RAID controller. Add some special sauce to keep the price low...
62 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/25/2010
2010 Value SSD (~$100) Roundup: Kingston and OCZ take on Intel
Two years ago the best SSD you could buy was made by Intel and it cost $7.44 per GB of MLC NAND. Today Intel is actually the value leader...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2010
ASUS U30Jc Revisited: Adding an SSD
Last week we looked at the ASUS U30Jc and found a lot to like… so much that we awarded it a Bronze Editors' Choice. The stock configuration comes with...
35 by Jarred Walton on 6/1/2010
OCZ Announces SandForce Based PCIe RevoDrive SSD
PCIe based SSDs have been reserved for enterprise use ever since their introduction. Generally limited by pricing, even OCZ's own forays into the PCIe SSD market have been targeted...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/31/2010OCZ Discovers Bug in Onyx SSD, Updated: We're in the Clear
A week ago I got a shipment of a bunch of new SSDs including OCZ's long awaited Onyx. This is based on the Indilinx Amigos controller, which is basically...
19 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/5/2010
OCZ's Vertex 2, Special Sauce SF-1200 Reviewed
Last week we reviewed OCZ's Agility 2 SSD with SandForce's standard, mass production SF-1200 firmware. This week we're back with the Vertex 2. For an extra $20 you get...
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/28/2010
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