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• 7200rpm Hard Disk Drives Roundup: Major League   [Roundup, XbitLabs]  
  We will test 5 world’s largest hard disk drives with 7,200rpm spindle rotation speed and 250GB storage capacity. We will look at two models from Maxtor and two models from Western Digital supporting ATA and the latest Serial ATA interfaces, as well as at one model from Hitachi with ATA interface, which appeared a real monster, I should say. New testbed, new testing approach, you will love this article!
   Sat, 15 Nov, 2003 | 332 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Coolermaster Cool Drive 3   [Review, Hexus]
  The Cool Drive 3 is basically a large aluminium heat sink that houses your hard disk drive. At the front is a small 40mm fan which helps cool the heat sink and drive. On the new Cool Drive 3 there are 2 blue LED’s which illuminate the front bezel to give an elegant appearance to the drive bay. What’s good about the Cool Drive 3 is the compatibility of the drive. It can accept all types of hard disks – IDE, SATA, SCSI…
   Sat, 15 Nov, 2003 | 69 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Maxtor, Hitachi, Western Digital 250- GB SATA Controllers Run Riot   [Review, TomsHardware]  
  They hold 250 GB, spin at 7,200 rpm, work on 8 MB of cache and are bared on Serial ATA (SATA) technology. Despite the eyebrow raising features they all share, the emerging breed of SATA storage devices offer individual surprises.
   Sat, 15 Nov, 2003 | 187 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Western Digital Raptor WD740GD Preview   [Preview, StorageReview]  
  Early this year, Western Digital caught the attention of the enthusiast community with its announcement of the world's first 10,000 RPM ATA drive, the Raptor WD360GD. Featuring a serial ATA interface coupled with top-notch mechanics, the Raptor aspired to deliver multi-user performance rivaling that of enterprise-class SCSI drives at a fraction of the price.
   Sat, 15 Nov, 2003 | 167 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Bytecc Aluminum 3.5" USB2.0 HDD Mobile External Enclosure Review   [Review, 3dXtreme]  
  Today 3dXtreme has the pleasure of reviewing another product from our friends over at Byteccusa. The Bytecc Aluminum 3.5" HDD Mobile External Enclosure gives the end user the ability to install a Hard Drive up to 300 GB and access it through a USB 2.0 port on their computer. External Hard Drives are very expensive, this kit allows the user the ability to have an external hard drive for a lot less.
   Sun, 09 Nov, 2003 | 221 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Digitex CF, MMC & SD Flash Cards Review   [Review, Digit-Life]
  Today we are going to test flash memory cards from Digitex: one CompactFlash, one SD 256 MB (earlier we tested a 128MB card which is not of much interest these days), and two MMC cards, 256MB and 512MB. The company didn't have plans for MMC cards over 128 MB. All the latest equipment supports the more advanced format - SD, which is compatible with MMC, that is why MMC didn't seem of any interest. But it turned out that far not everyone needed the new features of the SD format, and the production of the MultiMedia Cards wasn't stopped. Soon the company released 256MB samples, and now the maximum size is 512MB. The volume of such cards doesn't yield to that of the widespread Secure Digital or MemoryStick Procards.
   Sun, 09 Nov, 2003 | 78 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• External Drive Shootout: Maxtor OneTouch vs. Seagate External   [Review, ExtremeTech]  
  In the interim, though, Maxtor's gained some competition, namely the new Seagate External Hard Drive. While The name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, the Seagate drive has a smaller footprint than the OneTouch (though it is thicker), and includes a power switch and a version of CMS Software's BounceBack Express backup utility. We compared convenience, ergonomics, and performance of the new drives to see who comes out on top.
   Sun, 09 Nov, 2003 | 403 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• HighPoint Tech RocketRAID 1640   [Review, AMDZone]  
  With the plummeting price of hard drives and the increase conversion of our lives to digital representations, keeping all that data safe is becoming an increasing problem. While it is possible to do periodic backups, but lets face it, the average person is strapped for time and even the tech savvy do not like to back up.
   Sun, 09 Nov, 2003 | 491 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Plexuscom's 128MB W@lk Key USB 2.0 Flash Drive   [Review, Bjorn3d]
  USB flash drives. You've seen tens, if not hundreds, of reviews of various shapes, sizes and capacities. You would think all USB 1.1 flash drives (key drives, thumb drives or whatever you want to call them) would perform the same. Many of them do perform about the same and offer the same benefits, and a few stand out from the crowd because of features or higher performance.
   Sun, 09 Nov, 2003 | 71 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Highpoint e.SATA Kit V2.0 Review   [Review, TweakTown]
  By now, most of us know of Highpoint Technologies. If you don’t, where have you been the past 3 years? Highpoint made a name for itself back when the UDMA standards had just hit 66Mb/s. Highpoint was the first to market with the HPT336 two port ATA-66 IDE controller chip. This chip was first adopted by ABIT on the BE6 motherboard. From here this chip was pushed to the limits, and even modified to allow RAID on the IDE system - the first ever on a desktop motherboard. Highpoint revised the chip to support RAID functions without having to modify the BIOS. This is where Highpoint took the market on hard and fast.
   Thu, 06 Nov, 2003 | 54 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Bytecc USB 2.0 HDD Enclosure   [Review, AseLabs]  
  With all the new USB flash drives and memory card readers, external storage has never been easier. Gone are the days of the floppy and the crude and small 1.44MB size limitation. Today we have a range of sizes and shapes for your personal needs. But flash memory only goes so far, magnetic storage still reigns supreme as the high storage capacity medium. Taking a hard drive with you on the go used to be a daunting task of removable drive bays, but now we have USB 2.0, and the Bytecc External Hard Drive Enclosure.
   Sat, 01 Nov, 2003 | 192 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Kanguru Wizard Review   [Review, HardwareCentral]
  We all have private information, but not all of us have a private PC. If you can't keep your computer under lock and key, but would rather not let office coworkers wander through customer records or family members peruse your personal or financial files, Kanguru Solutions has a clever solution: The $50 Kanguru Wizard looks like, and is, one of those handy USB flash-memory drives or floppy-disk replacements. But its included software carves out part of your PC's hard disk into one or more new drives -- as many as eight, totaling as much as 16GB of storage -- for you alone. When you unplug the Wizard, your drives disappear.
   Sat, 01 Nov, 2003 | 25 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Maxtor Atlas 15K Hard Disk Drive Review   [Review, XbitLabs]
  Today we are going to offer you a review of one more 15,000rpm SCSI hard disk drive. This time it is a solution from Maxtor (former Quantum). And its performance appeared really impressive. However, it is not only about performance, check it out now!
   Sun, 26 Oct, 2003 | 50 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Hitachi Travelstar 7K60 (7200RPM)   [Review, HardwareZone]  
  Just when we thought 5400RPM is the next best thing for mobile road warriors, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies took us by surprise with the introduction of the Travelstar 7K60 2.5-inch hard disk drive. The Travelstar 7K60 is the latest 2.5-inch drive that delivers superior performance at unprecendented capacity - a technological feat that is currently way ahead of other manufacturers. Using antiferromagnetically-coupled (AFC) media technology along with giant magnetoresistive heads (GMR), Hitachi was able to achieve a disk areal density of up to 50Gbits/sq.inch. This roughly translates to about 30GB of storage capacity on a single disk using two recording heads. With two disks and four heads, the drive's capacity can easily be pushed up to the 60GB mark with ease.
   Thu, 23 Oct, 2003 | 389 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Review: D-Link Central Home Drive   [Review, ExtremeTech]
  When I noticed the D-Link Central Home Drive at last September's Intel Developer Forum, it looked exactly like what I'd been pining for. As Brad Morse, D-Link's VP of Marketing, noted, "We don't want to be in the hard drive business, but we think this is a good idea."
   Thu, 23 Oct, 2003 | 41 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Samsung SP1203N 120 GB   [Review, ByteSector]  
  Samsung is known for its quality products and SP1203N is no different. This hard drive is a step into the future thus allowing the market to have quieter & more efficient hard drives. Samsung has developed a few new technologies making this hard drive very unique.
   Thu, 23 Oct, 2003 | 227 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Fujitsu MAS Hard Disk Drive Review   [Review, XbitLabs]
  In this article we are going to take a really close look at the features and performance of the new Fujitsu hard disk drive family with 15,000rpm spindle rotation speed, 18GB platters and Ultra320 SCSI protocol support.
   Sun, 19 Oct, 2003 | 27 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• MO Storage Means Mo Safety   [Review, TomsHardware]
  Hard drives, CDs or DVDs do not offer enough protection against losing sensitive data. One nick or scratch, and the workstation backup you need from a CD or DVD is wiped clean. Enter magneto-optical drives, a less-known but more reliable alternative. We test Fujitsu's latest family of MO products.
   Sun, 19 Oct, 2003 | 15 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Hard Disk Drive Family   [Review, XbitLabs]  
  Today we are going to introduce to you 9 new Seagate hard disk drives from the next generation Barracuda 7200.7 family. Four different storage capacities, two buffer sizes and two great interfaces: the classical ATA and the brand new Serial ATA are available in this product family. Check out our article to find your drive now!
   Sun, 19 Oct, 2003 | 217 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• RAIDing with Maxtor   [Article, Bjorn3d]
  We reviewed a 200GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Series hard drive in July 2003. We found it to be a very fast drive that works great for multimedia storage and streaming video. All that speedy storage raised our interest in a RAID solution, and we began to wonder how two of the 200GB drives would perform in a RAID 0 configuration.
   Wed, 15 Oct, 2003 | 92 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail