Blu-ray Burners, HDD and SSD Reviews

Seagate Backup Plus 500GB USB3 portable HDD Review

Today I'm taking a look at the Seagate Backup Plus USB3 portable HDD. The drive I'm testing is the 500GB version, but there are other capacities available in the Seagate Backup Plus range, 750GB and 1000GB. Let's find out how this drive performs in this review.

• 16 January 13 22:12 by Dee Hard Disk Drives

ADATA DashDrive Elite 500GB USB3 review (2)

MyCE take a close look on the world's thinnest and sexiest USB3 external hard drive that there is available at the moment. However there are a lot more than just looks and size, and we will be looking at all this on this full review of the ADATA DashDrive Elite.

• 27 December 12 13:06 by Vroom Hard Disk Drives

Samsung 840 Pro 512GB SSD Review (11)

In this review I will taking a look at the new Samsung 840 Pro series SSD, in fact the 512GB version. Samsung are in a very strong position when it comes to sourcing components for their SSDs. They don't have to look far as they make all the major components in-house, and that includes the SSD controller, the NAND, and even the cache. Let's find out how this SSD performs.

• 15 December 12 16:17 by Dee Solid State (ssd)

Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512GB SSD review (10)

The Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS range of SSDs is the first in world to use 19nm toggle MLC NAND. We already know that toggle NAND is fast, but will this speed still be available with a NAND node shrink? Let's find out how this new SSD performs in this review.

• 09 December 12 17:12 by Dee Solid State (ssd)

Silicon Power Armor A80 1TB external USB3 HDD Review

The Silicon Power Armor A80 is in compliance with US military grade transit drop test (MIL-STD-810F 516.5 procedure IV) and it also passed IEC529 IPX7 (waterproof test), but what about it's performance? Well MyCE is taking a close look on the Armor A80, you can continue reading the review to find out all about it's performance.

• 02 December 12 20:23 by Vroom Hard Disk Drives

OCZ Vector 256GB SSD Review (33)

The OCZ Vector is OCZ's first fully in-house designed and built SSD, using the brand new Indilinx BareFoot 3 SSD controller. BareFoot 3 actually has 2 processors, an ARM Cortex and OCZ's own Aragon co-processor. Aragon is a R.I.S.C. design, specifically made for SSDs. Let's find out how this brand new SSD performs.

• 27 November 12 18:56 by Dee Solid State (ssd)

Toshiba 1TB 2.5" SATA HDD Review - Model MQ01ABD100

Myce takes an in-depth look at the Toshiba 1TB 2.5" SATA HDD, one of the largest capacity HDDs available in a 9.5mm height. How does it compare against a full size 1TB desktop HDD or even a 320GB HDD commonly found in laptops? Let's find out in this review, where we also take a look at the impact of multitasking and disk fragmentation on its performance.

• 11 November 12 23:08 by Seán Hard Disk Drives

Nero 12 Platinum Preview (12)

Find out what the latest Nero 12 Platinum multimedia package is like in this detailed preview brought to you by MyCE.

• 07 November 12 23:11 by Wombler Software

Plextor PX-612U review (6)

MyCE takes an in depth look on the Plextor PX-612U. The PX-612U is a USB2 external DVD-/+RW drive that not only can read and burn CD's and DVD's but it also supports the PlexTV function. You can continue reading the review to find out more about the Plextor PX-612U

• 09 October 12 19:59 by Vroom CD/DVD Writers

Samsung 830 SSD Review (7)

The Samsung 830 series of SSDs has become popular with MyCE members, and that is hardly surprising as the Samsung brand name has a huge reputation for reliability, and also for bringing excellent quality products to the market. One thing that is very different about Samsung SSDs. They don't rely on anyone else for components, they are all designed and built in-house, and that includes the SSD controller, NAND, and even the SDRAM cache. Let's find out how this SSD performs in our range of tests.

• 25 September 12 00:14 by Dee Solid State (ssd),Uncategorized

Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD Review (13)

With a brand new SSD controller from Link_A_Media Devices, the Corsair Neutron GTX SSD stands out from the crowd as being the only SSD to use this controller. But can it compete head on with other state of the art SSDs? Let's find out in this review.

• 19 September 12 20:39 by Dee Solid State (ssd)

7DayShop 64GB USB3 Swivel flash drive review (3)

While large store-brand flash drives is nothing new, what caught our attention is its USB3 capability, usually only available on premium branded flash drives. This flash drives claims 80MB read & 35MB/s write, so how does it perform? Find out in the review.

• 17 September 12 19:52 by Seán USB Sticks

OCZ Agility 4 - 256GB SSD review (5)

In the second of my series of reviews on budget SSDs, I was lucky enough to get hold of OCZ Technologies latest mainstream SSD, the OCZ Agility 4. Can this budget priced SSD compete with the big guns? Let's find out in this review

• 25 August 12 14:47 by Dee Solid State (ssd)

Silicon Power Marvel M60 32GB USB3 Review (2)

The prices of USB3 flash drives are now very low, and with the native support that they will get from Windows 8 they should be the only solution for your storage needs, even if you don’t have a motherboard with USB3 ports. However the one thing that is also very important is speed. So we decided to take a closer look on the Marvell M60 USB3 flash drive from Silicon Power, you can find out all about the performance of the3 drive by reading the full review.

• 23 August 12 09:35 by Vroom USB Sticks

Lexar JumpDrive Triton 32GB USB3 Review

Myce reviews the top of the line USB3 drive from Lexar, the Lexar Triton is a drive that pushed the limits on what a USB# flash drive can do for the moment, you can continue reading to find out more about the performance of the drive.

• 30 July 12 22:08 by Vroom USB Sticks

'Blue is large update for Windows 8, Windows Phone and Hotmail' (13)

• Fri 8 Feb 20:22 by DoMiN8ToR
• Software, Windows 8

Blue would not only be the codename for a large update for Windows 8 but also a large update for Windows Phone, Windows Server, Hotmail and Skydrive. Microsoft will update its products every year from now on, according to ZDNet.

Google Pixel: new Ivy Bridge Chromebook with 2560x1700 touchscreen

• Mon 11 Feb 20:50 by DoMiN8ToR
• Industry

Google is about to launch a Google branded Chromebook with a 2560x1700 resolution touchscreen and an Ivybridge CPU.

Sony is struggling with falling demand for its products (17)

• Thu 7 Feb 18:16 by DoMiN8ToR
• Industry

Once again Sony made losses in the third quarter due to the falling demand of its products, the company did benefit from a weak Yen.

Chinese factory workers leak iPhone 5S photos

• Tue 12 Feb 22:14 by Wombler
• Industry, Mobile Phones

Chinese factory workers leak exclusive iPhone 5S preproduction photos