Everything you need to know about Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drive technology is here. Updated to include important information on the SATA-150/SATA-300 jumper.
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Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS Hard Disk Drive Review
VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS is a 10,000 rpm SATA-300 hard disk drive and in this review we will answer two questions: how much faster is a 10,000 rpm disk compared to a mainstream 7,200 rpm one? What is the best option, to have one 10,000 rpm disk or two mainstream 7,200 rpm disks in RAID0? Results corrected.
HighPoint RocketRAID 2302 RAID Controller Review
Our review of HighPoint RocketRAID 2302, a simple RAID controller with two SATA-300 ports and two eSATA-300 ports based on PCI Express and supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD.
Thermaltake Max 4 Active Cooling HDD Enclosure Review
Max 4 Active Cooling is a hard drive enclosure from Thermaltake featuring both USB 2.0 and eSATA connections.
Thermaltake BlacX HDD Docking Station Review
BlacX is an external hard drive docking station that allows you to connect hard disk drives externally to the PC thru the computer USB 2.0 port by just inserting them on the available slot.
How to Install a Floppy Disk Drive
A step-by-step guide showing you how to install (or replace) a floppy disk drive.
Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD
Learn about the main technical differences between the two main candidates for the DVD succession: Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.
Does RAID0 Really Increase Disk Performance?
We set a RAID0 system with stripe sizes from 4 KB to 128 KB to answer two questions: Does RAID0 really increase disk performance? If yes, what is the best stripe size to use? Check it out.