The OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD is absolutely a fast solid state drive. Recently I started picking up on doing more SSD benchmarking for the site. A lot of users had been requesting that I do some independent testing of the SSDs out there, and specifically ones that are likely to be consumer drives found in servers and workstations....
Joining the Intel Xeon E5-2400 series launch is Gigabyte with a few new dual socket LGA 1356 motherboards. Gigabyte is working to enter the US market with its server boards having already established itself as a major player on the desktop enthusiast segment. Let's have a look at what Gigabyte has to offer in terms of the dual socket...
As we have seen with the latest server processors such as Sandy Bridge-EP and Ivy Bridge, PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 is becoming widely available. To address this LSI has released a PCIe 3.0 controller, the LSI SAS 2308 to provide additional bandwidth over its PCIe 2.0 SAS 2008 controllers. The LSI SAS 2308 is a 6.0gbs SAS 2 or...
Spoiler alert, USB 3.0 UASP mode does provide tangible benefits for storage applications. I have had a few readers ask recently whether the buzz around USB Attached SCSI Protocol or UASP, something that ASUS in particular has been promoting, offers a real performance benefit, or if it was a marketing point. I decided to pull this out of a...
Today we are looking at the new Supermicro dual LGA 1356 lineup for Intel Xeon E5-2400 series CPUs. Recently, we looked at the Tyan dual LGA 1356 motherboard lineup for dual Intel Xeon E5-2400 series CPUs, so it is about time that we look at Supermicro's offerings which in some cases are better equipped.
The Intel Xeon E5-2400 series...
In this review, you will see how the ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe packs just about every feature one would want when building a HTPC (or general purpose PC for that matter) into a very small mini ITX form factor. I will say this, ever since I received this board and opened it, my jaw dropped. ASUS fit every single feature...
Today we are looking at the Corsair Force GT 60GB, which is a LSI-SandForce SF-2281 based solid state drive (SSD) that uses Synchronous ONFi NAND. Previously we reviewed the Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD that used asynchronous NAND and found that while less expensive, the asynchronous NAND did give back some performance versus other drives. The Corsair Force GT 60GB...
Moving up the stack, today we are taking a look at the Intel Xeon E3-1270 V2, which is a new Ivy Bridge Xeon E3 series CPU built on Intel's new 22nm process. Like last year where most of the original E3-1200 series was reviewed, we will be reviewing the vast majority of Intel's Xeon E3 V2 lineup. The Xeon...
Tyan was the first to show us specs of their upcoming E5-2400 based server motherboards recently. The LGA1356 platform is the successor to the LGA1366 platform which was the mainstay dual Xeon platform for years. For those that are wondering about the difference between LGA 2011 and LGA 1356 platforms, the LGA 2011 gets quad channel memory while the...
Today we are taking a look at the Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2, which is a new Ivy Bridge Xeon E3 series CPU built on Intel's new 22nm process. Like last year where most of the original E3-1200 series was reviewed, we will be reviewing the vast majority of Intel's Xeon E3 V2 lineup. The Xeon E3-1240 V2 is a...