“What can you expect when you get your new Windows 7 install working with those crisp new solid state hard drives? SSD drives are not what they used to be already. And just how is that Intel ICH10R chipset serving you?”Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Toward a more rational backup strategy @ The Tech Report
- Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- Patriot Torqx 128 GB SSD review – An SSD in Top Gear @ Guru of 3D
- Western Digital RE4-GP 2TB Enterprise Hard Disk in RAID 0 @ Tweaktown
- Fusion-io vs Intel X25-M SSD RAID, Grudge Match @ HotHardware
- Eagle Tech Consus 2.5″ M-Series @ PureOverclock
- Super Talent UltraDrive 128GB SSD @ motherboards.org
- Patriot TorqX 64GB SSD Harddrive Review @ Rbmods
- 2x OCZ Vertex 30 GB Solid State Drives in RAID 0 Review @ OCIA
- Super Talent Luxio 64GB USB Flash Drive @ Reviews
- Kingston DataTraveler DT200/64GB @ Bjorn3D
- EnhanceBox E4 External Storage Solution @ Techware Labs
- A few weeks with LaCie’s iamaKey thumb drive @ The Tech Report
- WWF Panda 16GB USB Drive @ Bjorn3D
- QNAP TS-809 Pro Turbo 8 Bay NAS Review @ Tweaknews
7 + 4 = FAST!
While you are still not going to see a PC capable of an instant on, SSD RAID performance on Windows 7 in quite spectacular. In their testing of the instant on capability [H]ard|OCP discovered that you are much better off with a single drive to get the fastest boot times. The converse is true for those looking for the best performance once booted up, the more drives the better. Using an onboard Intel ICH10R Southbridge or a Highpoint RocketRAID 4310 RAID card, you are still going to see close to 700MB/s, with the RocketRAID holding the top spot.