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March 26, 2012 News from Around the Web

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Plextor M3 Pro 128GB (PX-128M3P) Solid State Drive Review
"You may not have noticed but there's been a changing of the guard when it comes to SSDs based on Marvell controllers. The first Marvell SATA 6G drive to enter the market was the Crucial C300. The C300 battled it out with the first generation SandForce controller which at the time were limited to SATA 3G speeds of 285MB/s read. The C300 took advantage of SATA 6G and mustered an impressive 375MB/s read speed in our tests of the 256GB model. At that time Crucial was the only SSD manufacture using a Marvell controller. Last year Crucial released their second product based on a Marvell controller, the Crucial m4. The exclusivity was lost though as more companies started churning out products based on the Marvell design, mainly Intel, Corsair and Plextor.

The competition wasn't favorable for Crucial and the Marvell SSD market was pretty evenly divided amongst the newly formed Team Marvell group. For the most part each of these Marvell products resembled the other and there wasn't a real standout. Intel jumped ship completely and is now playing for Team SandForce, partly because they couldn't compete with their IMFT flash and the Marvell controller. Crucial is in that same boat as of now but with 20nm IMFT flash far on the horizon they are a ship without a paddle. Then there is the unbound."
@ TweakTown


Monday Web Reviews:

HARDWARE

Samsung Galaxy Note Review @ Hardware Canucks
HIS Radeon HD 7770 iCooler GHz Edition 1GB Video Card Review
NZXT Switch 810 Chassis Review at Overclockers Online
AZZA Fusion 4000 ATX Super Full Tower Case Review @ Hi Tech Legion
ARCTIC Accelero Xtreme 7970 VGA-Cooler Review on Technic3D
Blacklight Retribution (Beta) PC Review @ eTeknix.com
NZXT Switch 810 Full Tower Chasis Review @ Rbmods
Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 - The Nitty Gritty @ eTeknix.com
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Review @ HardwareLOOK

Accessories

Mad Catz Cyborg M.M.O. 7 Gaming Mouse Review @ Madshrimps
Cyborg M.M.O.7 Gaming Mouse Review @ eTeknix.com
Case Logic Compact Systems Camera Bag Review @ Tech-Reviews.co.uk

Editorials

Which Apple iPad should you choose? @ Tech-Reviews.co.uk
2012 - The year of the HD re-releases @ eTeknix.com

Media

John Carter 3D (2012) Cinema Review
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