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Lite-On External USB 8x LabelTag DVDRW eNAU608-111 February 21, 2011 - We have said that optical drives and media are on the way out. It is just how technology churns. Still, we are happy to keep a few spare optical drives around and an external drive means portability. The Lite-On eNAU608 brings more features than the previous eNAU108 we reviewed earlier. LabelTag and LightScribe are the biggest additions. Read full article

Kingston HyperX MAX 3.0 USB SSD February 10, 2011 - While most USB devices are fairly low bandwidth, people need to have external storage that is fast enough for backup. No one wants to wait around for that file copy dialog to finish. Kingston wants to put USB 3 to the test by marrying one of their SSDs and a USB 3 controller in a single package. The HyperX MAX 3.0 is ready to go. Read full article

Thermaltake BlacX 5G USB3 Dock ST0019U December 20, 2010 - Technology moves pretty fast, in this day and age. It was back in April that we said Thermaltake would produce a USB 3.0 BlacX and the BlacX 5G is their newest model featuring the superspeed design. Read full article

Lite-On External USB 8x DVDRW eNAU108-111 November 29, 2010 - Sometimes your stuck with a situation that renders your internal optical drive useless. Either the drive goes bad, or some other random problem occurred. You could opt for another internal drive, but external drives offer portability and ease of installation without hassle. The Lite-On eNAU108 is their newest slim USB drive. Read full article

Sans Digital TR5UTP 5-Bay RAID Tower October 6, 2010 - There are many times that it becomes difficult to add more internal storage to fileservers. The basic one is running out of drive bays. While USB or eSATA drives may seem like a quick fix, it quickly becomes a problem when you need redundant storage. Sans Digital has the answer with its 5-bay TR5UTP. The TR5UTP handles all RAID calculations on its own leaving you with performance externally. Read full article

Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1 July 23, 2010 - You've come to the right place if you want speed. If price is no option, enter the Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB drive. This SSD packs in two ARM9 CPUs for blazing fast transfer speeds of 355MB/s on reads and 215MB/s on writes. It is faster than 3Gb/s Serial ATA can handle! Crucial has upped the ante in the super fast SSD market. Read full article

Kingston SSDNow V Series 30GB SNV125-S2BD/30GB March 8, 2010 - Why would Kingston be coming out with a 30GB SSD boot drive if they already have a 40GB for sale? Without providing TRIM or garbage collection, Kingston scrapped the product and wanted to produce something the community was asking for. The 30GB boot drive was born with a new controller and slightly better specs. Read full article

Imation M-Class 128GB SSD February 27, 2010 - With SSDs becoming more popular and with newer operating systems finally offering native support, it is only natural that more and more companies would be stepping into the ring with products. Today, HardwareLogic has the Imation M-Class 128GB SSD for review, and is one of Imation's many entries into the SSD market. Read full article

Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB SNVP325-S2B/128GB February 23, 2010 - It is always interesting when a new controller steps into the market for SSDs and today we are looking at the Kingston SSDNow V+ Series with the new Toshiba T6UG1XBG drive controller. Will this new controller be a step up or another JMicron disaster? Read on to find out. Read full article