The “Break it Down” Blog

Not All SSDs Are Equal – Some Will Kill Your Computer’s Performance

Not all solid state drives (SSDs) are created equal it seems. Taking a quick glance at the Newegg SSD product listings for 32GB drives, you can get an idea that there is something different between a $300 OCZ and a $600 Intel SSD. A big thanks to Patrick Norton for sending this information in — it [...]

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Western Digital Raptor or Seagate? RAID 0 or No RAID?

Are you getting ready to build a new PC and trying to figure out which hard drive to get? Have you always heard your friends talk about the “10k Raptor” from Western Digital as the defacto fast hard drive to get regardless of if you are putting together a work or gaming machine? Does the [...]

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