“Our last SSD round-up caused quite a stir for using an older test system with Windows XP. We’ve now explored SSD performance on more current hardware with Vista x64 SP2, and you might be surprised by the results.”Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Kingston SSDNow M-Series SSD Upgrade Kit @ TweeakTown
- OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD – big and speedy @ HEXUS
- Eagle Tech ET-CSMDSU2-BK 3.5” SATA to USB multitasking dual bay @ COD
- Synology DS209, Budget Alternative to DS209+ @ Bjorn3D
- Rosewill RX81-MP-US External SATA Enclosure Review @ Tech-Reviews
- Vizo Saturno 2.5″ External HDD Enclosure Review @ Tech-Reviews
- Synology DS209 NAS @ CCE Reviews
- Promise Technology SmartStor NS4600 @ Legion Hardware
TRIM those offsets
The Tech Report’s previous review of SSDs, in which they found serious problems with the performance of the Indilinx Barefoot controlled Super Talent and OCZ SSD drives generated some feedback from listeners. Their comments can be summed up as a complaint that if they had used Vista, instead of XP and its default 63-sector partition offset which is a problem for Indilinx controlled SSDs and updated the firmware of the drives, all the problems would go away. Read on to see how the test results differed from their first review.