OCZ’s Colossus desktop SSD gets reviewed: oh yeah, it’s fast

It’s been a long time coming, hasn’t it? OCZ Technology’s Colossus is the outfit’s first in the desktop SSD space, and with capacities scaling as high at 1TB, it’s certainly tempting for performance junkies who just can’t pry themselves away from their tower. The benchmark-minded kids over at PC Perspective were able to get a drive in with final firmware a few weeks back, and they’ve pushed out a full review just prior to these things hitting retail en masse .

Western Digital rolls out SiliconEdge SSD

Solid State Drives (SSDs) are getting more and more popular these days for obvious reasons – after all, who doesn’t want superior data transfer speed as well as less bulk in their notebooks and netbooks? Well, Western Digital seems to be moving towards the SSD segment by rolling out their first consumer-oriented SSD in the form of the new WD SiliconEdge 2.5″ SSD family. For those who want speedy read and write speeds alongside high capacities, then they will be able to look forward to the WD SiliconEdge Blue SSD range, making it ideal for read-intensive applications requiring high performance and plug-and-play compatibility.

Corsair rolls out Reactor Series and Nova Series Solid-State Drives

When it comes to data storage for your massive collection of audio and video files, many people traditionally turn to the hard drive as their storage medium of choice, although that trend is slowly but surely changing thanks to the introduction of Solid-State Drives (SSDs), and as prices start to tumble even further from their once stratospheric heights, we can be pretty sure that more people will jump aboard the SSD bandwagon without having the worry of the cost factor hanging over their heads. Corsair, a household name and worldwide leader in high-performance computer and flash memory products, has just announced the expansion of their Reactor Series and Nova Series by adding more members to its family of SSDs. Regardless of whether you decide to settle on the Nova Series or on the Reactor Series, you are more or less assured that the performance benefits of solid-state technology will be made available to you at an attractive cost per gigabyte

Windows 7 gets a thorough SSD optimization guide

We all know we want an SSD , but do we truly know what to do with one when we get it? Sure, you could plug it into the familiar SATA and power cables and consider your job done, but that’s not really the way of the geek. To educate us wistful, hopeful, soon-to-be SSD owners, TweakTown have put together a comprehensive guide on optimizing your solid state storage — starting from the very first step of picking out the right drive.

Seagate teams with LSI to enter PCIe-based SSD game

Seagate didn’t bother serving up a gaggle of new wares at CES this year, but judging by its release shot out today, it’s hoping to make a serious splash in the SSD market a bit later on.

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