In this news roundup G.Skill has added three capacities to their SandForce powered Phoenix Pro SSD line, IcyDock has a new USB 3.0 2.5" drive enclosure that’s tool-less, Samsung has added USB 3.0 to their external drives and Sans Digital has a great-looking 8-bay RAID unit.
In this news roundup G.Skill has added three capacities to their SandForce powered Phoenix Pro SSD line, IcyDock has a new USB 3.0 2.5" drive enclosure that’s tool-less, Samsung has added USB 3.0 to their external drives and Sans Digital has a great-looking 8-bay RAID unit.
G.Skill Adds SSD Capacities
Following in the steps of Corsair and others leveraging the SF-1200 processor, G.Skill has announced capacity extensions to their Phoenix Pro SSD line. The new units come in 40GB, 80GB and 160GB models. G.Skill SSDs come with a three year warranty. No pricing has been announced.
IcyDock Tool-Less Enclosure
Sometimes even a single screw can make swapping drives in and out of an enclosure a pain. IcyDock’s latest USB 3.0 enclosure forgoes screws to give users an easy to operate enclosure, that still keeps the drive inside nice and secure.
Samsung Adds USB 3.0 to S2 Portable Drives
Samsung has updated their portable hard drive line with the 2.5" S2 Portable 3.0. The new HDD features a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface and a 7200RPM spindle speed.
The S2 Portable 3.0 is available in 320GB and 640GB capacities. Shipments globally are expected soon.
Sans Digital TowerRAID TR8XP
Can a NAS look good? Really good? I didn’t think so before, but now I do. The TowerRAID TR8XP is an 8-bay RAID 5 tower with mini-SAS connection, included hardware RAID and support for 6Gb/s SAS or SATA drives. It’s shipping now for $745 diskless.
