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Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB Review
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... across the drive; when accessing data stored towards the outside edge of the drive platters speeds are much higher, with write speeds peaking at over 120MB/s! These awesome theoretical speeds translate directly into both our MP3 and ISO file patterns in FC-Test. With the MP3 test in particular the F3 is an absolute monster, writing the 1GB file pattern in less than 11 seconds, copying on the drive in an incredible 5.49 seconds and reading the file in an awesome 4 seconds flat! http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/sto...3-1tb-review/1
Kingston SSD NOW V+Series 64GB SSD review
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... Even with superb examples like the Samsung Spinpoint F3 , there’s no denying that hard disk drives now hang a long way behind the solid state drive when it comes to performance. We know we’ve said it before, but the SSD truly has the potential to have the most palpable impact on your PC’s performance since the rise of dual core processors; boot times, game load times, application start times, installing patches and service packs – they all benefit enormously from the move to solid state memory. Of course, if you’ve been reading bit-tech or Custom PC over the last year, ...
Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB: Intel X25-X
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... or not. The huge impact they can make on a performance PC, especially when it comes to boot times, installing patches and the general responsiveness of a system really can’t be understated. Unfortunately SSDs remain prohibitively expensive and as much as we marvel at sub 30 second cold boot times and being able to install an OS service pack in less than five minutes, we know the majority of users will look at the price tag, compare it to that of a high performance hard disk like the Samsung F3 , and opt for reliable platter power over solid state style. However, Kingston’s ...
