Archive for the ‘HDD’ Category
Saturday, May 31st, 2008 |
This is not really "latest news" right now, since the drive came out about a month ago, but it’s definitely something you Need to Know if you are going to be buying any hard drives soon.
Western Digital has finally "retired" their Raptor hard drive by introducing the new VelociRaptor, a 35% faster, 10,000 RPM SATA Hard Drive. This monster packs a 3Gb/s interface, 16MB of cache, 300GB max capacity, and a cool new look. What’s even more amazing is that it’s actually a 2.5" hard drive, but the IcePack-dubbed cooler it has around it makes it fit into a 3.5" slot 
I just wish I haven’t bought the 150GB Raptor just about 2 months ago 
The drive is, as expected, freakishly fast (most likely faster than the prehistoric animal whose name it bears), with sustainable transfer speeds of about 125MB / second, acceptable operating temperature and noise levels.
If you need performance you know what to get. It can easily par with the SSD drives at a fraction of their cost. If you’re really into performance needs, get 2 while you’re at it and set them in RAID mode. I bet you will not need to get any other drive for years to come
Thanks: Engadget
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008 |
Western Digital’s MyBook hard drives were always nice. They look simple and pretty, and I suppose they do resemble a plain old black book if you turn on your imagination.
Sarotech on the other hand went even further with their new 3.5" HDD Enclosures:
I must admit, they look hot and I rather have one of these on my desk, or bookshelf, than a WD MyBook. First, for the looks, and second, I can decide which hard drive goes in there. We all know buying an internal hard drive is a lot cheaper than getting an equivalent external drive so having a good enclosure that is fairly priced offers more bang for the buck when it comes to choosing a hard drive for it.
Furthermore they come with a software package for easy Backup, Restoration and data encryption. There is also a write-protect switch which I have no idea what it really does, and there’s a one click backup button on the back as well. One thing I really like is that this is the only external enclosure I know of which has a built-in power supply! Quite welcome change since behind my desk I have 10-too-many bulky adaptors and I really do not need one more.
The only downside of this product as I far as I can see is that it comes only with USB 2.0 port. Since some time ago I’ve installed FireWire 800 ports on my PC, and having a double speed than USB 2.0 really feels nice.
No info on pricing yet, so I hope it doesn’t end up being unreasonable. I really want a couple of these
Via: Sarotech.com
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Friday, May 30th, 2008 |
Yeah, me too! Now, though, we have another option than spending $1000 bucks for this; meet the Sans Digital’s CS1T and CR2T devices which turn CF (Compact Flash) cards, into 2.5" HDD enclosures perfect for your laptop.
CS1T is single-card enclosure, while it’s brother CR2T is a dual card enclosure that uses RAID and supports capacity of up to 64GB.
The benefits are same as having an SSD drive: less power consumption, less heat, shock prevention, and silent operation.
Supports RAID 1 (Mirroring) or Spanning, up to 2 x 32GB CF cards, and it connects via SATA.
You can buy it now for $99, no CF’s included of course. Considering CF card prices of about $160GB per 32GB card, it definitely beats the SSD price. I wish there were some benchmarks to show the true speed so we can really conclude on how it compares with true SSD drives.
Buy it @ Sans Digital Store
Thanks: Engadget
Update: Engadget has a video of a similar model from Century together with a video you might be interested in: http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
Posted in CF, HDD, SATA, SSD | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 |
Yea, me too. It seems that I have at least one hard drive from every single computer I ever had. Many times I would very much like to make some use of them and now it seems I’ve found an easy solution.
The problem is connecting them. I need to either open a PC and connect the drive or buy an external enclosure in order to use it with my iMac. While the latter is one of the best way to recycle your old drive - I would like a nicer solution.
Meet this awesome HDD Dock with both USB and E-Sate ports:
It accommodates both 2.5" and 3.5" SATA Drives. While it does come at a steep price of $57.15 (who came up with that), it can come in useful.
Feel free to Chip-in with the widget on the right side If you do, I might just get one for me
Via: GeekStuff4You.com
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