First seen at CES 2013 exhibition, Asus ROG RAIDR solid-state drives are on their final stage of development before an official release in May. Unlike the majority of contemporary SSD solutions in the market, the product from Asus features quite distinct form-factor, similar to expansion cards. The new drive is known to employ PCI Express 2.0 x2 interface with the support of x16/x8/x4 slots.



According to the preliminary data, ROG RAIDR solid-state drives will be available in two capacity variations – 120 GB and 240 GB. Both models will run under a couple of SandForce SF2281 controllers, comprised into RAID 0 array. MLC NAND flash-memory chips from Toshiba (designed under 19 nm technological process) will be the heart of revolutionary SSDs. Irrespective of the overall differentiation, ROG RAIDR will support a range of technologies traditional SSDs support, including S.M.A.R.T., TRIM and NCQ.


With the respect to the performance, both drives will be able to demonstrate …

Geil has highlighted certain information about its new DDR3 memory series, codenamed Evo Veloce. According to the claimed by the manufacturer specifications, Evo Veloce will become a master sample for all similar DDR3 modules. This declaration is vindicated by the product's speed performance due to which the series will be of major interest to gamers and PC enthusiasts. The product has been primarily introduced within the measures of international exhibition Computex 2012, and is now officially presented at the Geil's website.



Evo Veloce series is represented by a range of two-channel and four-channel kits to suffice the needs of any customer. The main destination of these DDR3 modules is to be applied within platform systems on Intel X79/Z77 Express chips base. They are delivered with the integrated Maximum Thermal Conduction and Dissipation technology that stipulates the availability of dedicated fins of red or white colors. Those fins are predestined to ensure an effective …

Patriot Memory, a leading American supplier of solid-state drives and memory modules, introduces a new external wireless HDD. Codenamed Gauntlet 320, the drive features 139x86x24 mm dimensions and offers 320 GB capacity. The possibility of connection to this HDD up to eight devices is supposed to be the basic privilege of this model. Besides, the data might be streamed to five devices simultaneously. This is an outstanding showing comparing to analogous solutions.



Gauntlet 320 is furnished with an onboard lithium-ion charger that is able to work in autonomous mode up to five and a half hours in succession. Network opportunities are introduced by an integrated Wi-Fi adapter of 802.11 b/g/n standard; this adapter is able to support WEP, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK security systems. High data transfer speed is ensured by the implementation of two USB 3.0 ports which are backwards compatible with USB 2.0 interface. It provides for unimpeded music, video and image streaming facilities with …