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Verbatim Announces New Store’n’Save HDDs up to 8TB
Verbatim is a company that I mostly remember in combination with writable optical mediums, but they also have a wide range of flash and mechanical storage drives available. Now Verbatim announced a range of new drives which include the Store’n’Save USB 3.0 desktop HDDs with up to 8TB capacity. At…
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WD’s HGST Ultrastar SN200 NVMe SSD Hits 1.2mil IOPS
Western Digital had a big day today as they unveiled the latest generation and their take on some top-class storage drives. Among the new drives is the HGST-branded Ultrastar SN200 SSD which delivers next-generation NVMe PCIe storage capacity and speed. It should be said right away that these aren’t designed for…
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Plextor S2C 512GB Entry-Level SATA3 SSD Review
Introduction Deciding whether you want to enter the SSD market can be a tricky one, especially if you want both capacity and performance, preferably for a small asking price. The good news is that Plextor made a drive series for just such an occasion and it is called the S2.…
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ASRock Updates Beebox-S with Kaby Lake Core Processors
ASRock is ready with another update to their BeeBox series of mini desktop PCs and this time the tiny series gets the Kaby Lake treatment and the power of Intel’s Core CPUs. The newly announced line of BeeBox-S systems come with either an Intel Core i5-7200U dual-core CPU or an…
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Apacer AS682 ARMOR+ 250GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction Apacer isn’t one of the first companies that you would think of when it comes to storage drives, but they actually have quite a nice line-up of available drives in various form factors and protocols and with common capacity options. Today I’m taking a closer look at the Apacer…
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Zotac’s Introduces VR-Ready 10 Year Anniversary MAGNUS EN1080 Mini-PC
Zotac was full of surprises for their 10th anniversary and we’ve already seen an impressive GeForce GTX 1080 liquid cooled GPU and a faster Sonix PCIe NVMe SSD – but that’s not all they had to show. Zotac also readied a new mini-PC that is a bit larger than their…
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IcyDock Releases ExpressCage MB326SP-B 6-Bay Hot-Swap Cage
IcyDock announced the release of their latest hot-swap cage and it is quite the nifty little one. The MB326SP-B allows you to install up to six 2.5-inch drives within a single 5.25-inch drive bay while it also provides you with the convenience of easy drive swapping in general as well as…
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Plextor Launches S1 Series SSD – But Only in Asia
Plextor released a new solid state drive series, but this one is only for the Asian market. The new Plextor S1 series meets the users who want an entry-level solid state drive that uses MLC NAND rather than the TLC NAND found in most entry-level drives these days. There is…
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Apacer Releases New ASMini USB and AS682 ARMOR+ SATA3 SSDs
Apacer is taking memory seriously and that statement is backed by more released products. You might remember the AS720 dual-interface SSD that I reviewed here at eTeknix a while ago or the Z280 NVMe drive that the unveiled at the end of August. Now they are back with two new…
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QNAP Launches 16-Bay TS-1635 NAS with Dual 10GbE
QNAP released the new 16-bay TS-1635 business NAS which is a cost-effective yet powerful storage solution for an impressive amount of total storage, performance boost, and with great connectivity which includes dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet. The TS-1635 supports twelve 3.5-inch HDDs and four 2.5-inch SSDs to accommodate massive data storage. The cost-effective quad-core…
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X2 Launches Twisted SIRYUS Chassis
X2 has launched some unique looking PC cases in the past, but the new SIRYUS chassis comes with a twist, pun intended. The SIRYUS is a new open frame concept constructed of a 0.6mm SECC metal structure and 0.3mm aluminum panels while the sides are closed by real tempered and tinted glass,…
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OWC Introduces USB 3.1 Dual Drive Dock
OWC introduced a new drive dock for two drives and with USB 3.1 connection, but I can’t help to feel that it is somewhat a swing and miss product. But before we get to that part, let us take a look at some of the good things, because it does…
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SilverStone Releases 4-Bay Dual-Thunderbolt 2 RAID Enclosure
While NAS setups are the way most people go for their external storage needs, DAS (Direct Attached Storage) does have its benefits despite not having their own network connection. While they only connect to one system at a time and not an entire network, they come with an increased data…
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