Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR3

Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB DDR3 Review

" Crucial has been making high performance memory for many years; stretching all the way back to before I actually became familiar with what a PC enthusiast was. In that time I was actually using a kit of Ballistix in my old DFI Lanparty Expert, pushing every ounce of performance I could get out of them. Moving forward Crucial went bursting vigorously into the DDR2 market releasing some of the best kits and blowing the doors of the competition with the infamous “D9GMH” ICs. Lately though we haven’t seen that same prowess and high performance, and for some of us it seems Crucial has taken a back seat in the memory market and focused on other things. "

 Crucial RealSSD C400

Crucial RealSSD C400 256GB Review

" Crucial's latest m4 SSD is packed with the same controller as the first 6Gbps SSD. We put it against OCZ Vertex 3 (SandForce 2281) to see if it can the drive for you in this holiday. "

 Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR3 2000MHz CL9 Memory Kit

Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR3 2000MHz CL9 Memory Kit Review

" In today’s modern computers, large amounts of RAM are becoming ubiquitous. Due to the cheap price of system RAM, as well as the desktop PC’s ever-growing need for memory, the vast majority of PCs available for purchase at retail outlets are equipped with at least 4GB of RAM. A quick check of Best Buy’s website indicates 90% of the desktop systems they are currently selling are equipped with 4GB or more of RAM. More than a third of the systems they’re selling come equipped with 6GB or more. Particularly when multitasking, RAM becomes an essential ingredient to a pleasant and responsive computing experience, so adding more RAM to a system is a quick and cheap way to help ensure slowdowns are avoided as much as possible. "

 Crucial m4 512GB Solid State Drive

Crucial m4 512GB Solid State Drive Review

" If you own a Crucial m4 solid state drive, we have good news. The company has released a firmware update that is said to increase sequential performance by up to 20%, lower latency and lower system boot up time negotiating with host controllers faster. Compatibility with certain chipsets has also been improved and we suspect some undisclosed fixes were also stuffed in as well. We've updated our entire portfolio of Crucial m4 products with the new 0009 firmware, all the way from the 64GB to the newest 512GB model. The updated benchmark results will be in our performance charts from this point forward. "

 Crucial M4 SATA 6G SSD

Crucial M4 SATA 6G 256GB SSD Review

" The M4 series hits maximum performance at the 256GB density; smaller SSDs will not come close to the write performance of the 256GB/512GB numbers, and the larger model does not change specifications at all. Skepticism initially weighed heavy in the air here at TechREACTION Orbital HQ after reviewing a few SATA 6G drives before this unit based on the SF-2200 controller, which were capable of much higher read and write speeds, and seeing the paper specs of the Crucial M4 drive designed on SATA 6G specifications. However, after use of the Intel 320 series SSD last month (which is entirely Micron/Intel designed and based on SATA 3G specifications), hope bubbled to the surface. "

 Crucial Ballistix 12GB CL10

Crucial Ballistix Sport PC3-12800 CL10 12GB Kit Review

" In anticipation (still) for the arrival of the upcoming quad channel capable motherboards based on the latest X79 chipset by Intel which should finally launch in around 5 months we are still focused on the next best thing which is of course triple channel memory kits for the Intel X58 based mainboards. Inside June we had the chance to thoroughly test the fastest 12GB 1600MHz kit in the market made by GSkill (Sniper) and an mid-level 6GB 1600MHz kit by Patriot (Viper Xtreme) and so since lately people seem to prefer such solutions after many email requests today we will be taking a look at the latest Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600MHz 12GB CL10 memory kit by Crucial (Lexar Media). "

 Crucial SSD M4

Crucial 128GB m4 SSD review

"  A growing crop of second-generation solid-state drives (SSDs) have shown us that we're well on our way toward realising the full potential of the proliferating SATA 6Gbps interface. But as is often the case with high-performance SSDs, second-gen drives such as Intel's 510 Series and OCZ's Vertex 3 offer blazing performance at an increased cost of almost £2-per-gigabyte. Sure, the speed bump on offer from the latest SandForce controller is nothing short of astonishing, but outside of benchmarks, will most users be able to tell the difference between a fast SSD and a very fast SSD? We're not so sure, hence why we'd still give the £155 120GB OCZ Vertex 2 a nod over the £215 Vertex 3 model of the same capacity.  "

 Crucial SSD M4 C400

Crucial M4 256GB SSD Review (C400)

"  When Crucial released the C300 series of Solid State Drives last year they outperformed anything else available at the time. With read speeds around 340MB/s the Sandforce drives had a serious performance disadvantage, only offering around 280MB/s. The market today is in a very different state and the new SATA 6bps Crucial M4 has to compete against the stunningly good Sandforce 2281 controller featuring in OCZ, Corsair and ADATA drives.  "