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Toshiba’s OCZ RC100 Series Budget NVMe SSDs Now Available
New Budget NVMe Option from Toshiba/OCZ The affordable Toshiba OCZ RC100 NVMe SSD series we saw at CES 2018 earlier this year is finally available. Although it is not as blazing fast as other NVMe options, it is significantly faster than typical SATA SSDs. All while priced like a SATA…
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Toshiba OCZ TR200 480GB SATA3 SSD Review
OCZ has been fully integrated into Toshiba‘s line-up and a perfect example of this is the brand new TR200 SSD. Today I’m taking a closer look at this drive, its features, and its performance. Toshiba is consolidating all their retail offerings under the same product line and branding. The TR200…
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Upgrading Our Test Benches with OCZ and Noctua
Here at eTeknix we always strive to bring our readers the best and most accurate test results we possibly can. That means we need test bench hardware that we know can deliver consistent and reliable performance. Of course, we like to keep our test bench hardware the same for as…
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Toshiba N300 6TB NAS HDD Review
Introduction Toshiba released their new N300 series of hard disk drives designed for use with NAS devices a little while ago, and I’m pleased to have the 6TB capacity version in my lab for a closer look and some benchmarking today. Toshiba is one of the largest growing storage companies at…
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Seagate FireCuda 2TB 2.5″ SSHD Review
Introduction Sometimes you want the fast boot times that solid state drives have to offer and other times you want the large capacity for a low price that hard disk drives have to offer. But what if you want both and you want it in a single drive? Then you…
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Toshiba OCZ VX500 512GB in 4-Disk RAID Review
Introduction Having a single SSD drive in your system is great and a lot of fun, but it doesn’t have to stop there. With multiple drives, you got the option to set them up in a RAID setup and gain improved performance, redundancy, and bind all the drives together into…
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Linksys WRT3200ACM AC3200 MU-MIMO Gigabit WiFi Router Review
Introduction Linksys has had a lot of success with their WRT series, and that can’t come as a surprise to anyone. They look great, are packed with features, and perform great too. Today I have the pleasure to take a closer look at the newest family member in the WRT…
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Seagate IronWolf Pro 10TB NAS HDD Review
Introduction Seagate launched the Guardian series of drives last year and we’ve already seen both the IronWolf 10TB and the SkyHawk 10TB drives perform awesome in our reviews. Today it is time to take a look at the IronWolf Pro 10TB drive which is the latest entry in this family…
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Silicon Power S57 240GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction I recently had a closer look at Silicon Power’s S56 SSD, and today it is time to take a look at its brother, the S57. The two drives are similar in many aspects, but not all. Just as the S56, the Silicon Power S57 is a drive designed for…
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Silicon Power S56 240GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction The Silicon Power S56 is a whole new drive series that comes with a fresh design on the outside and great hardware on the inside. The S56 is categorised as an entry grade solid state drive and is as such meant as HDD replacement. Replacing your old mechanical hard…
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Thecus N4810 4-Bay SMB and Enthusiast NAS Review
Introduction In today’s review, I’m taking a closer look at a NAS that we’ve already featured in an earlier article, the Thecus N4810 which I used for our recently published Use your NAS as a Home Theater System feature. The Thecus N4810 is a High-Value 4-bay NAS server, and it…
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Blitzwolf BW-D1 120GB SATA3 SSD Review
Introduction Today is a little bit of a special day as it is the first time that we have a solid state drive from BlitzWolf in the office for some testing and benchmarks as well as a closer look. The BlitzWolf drive that I’m testing today is called the BW-D1…
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Toshiba X300 6TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive Review
Introduction When it comes to storage, then solid state drives might get most of the hype these days. While that’s true, we shouldn’t forget the mechanical storage that still has some benefits over NAND-based storage. Not only do we get a lot more capacity from hard disk drives than we…
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ASUS PL-AC56 1200Mbps AV2 1200 Wi-Fi Powerline Adapter Kit Review
Introduction Today I’m taking a look at one of the easiest ways to extend both your wired and wireless network into hard to reach places within your household while keeping the costs as low as possible at the same time. I got ASUS’ PL56 Kit in the office a 1200Mbps…
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Patriot Hellfire 480GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review
Introduction Today it is time to take a closer look at Patriot Memory’s flagship SSD and their take on a PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe SSD in my favourite form factor M.2 2280. The Patriot Hellfire M.2 solid state drive comes in two different capacity options, 240GB and 480GB, and…
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