IcyDock has been kind enough to sponsor a competition on StorageReview where we look for members with the slowest and fastest hard drives. The first stage is a search for users with the slowest drives still functioning – producing a super slow hard drive benchmark result. The second stage of this content is looking for users with the fastest hard drives, or hard drive arrays (yup, RAID included).
IcyDock has been kind enough to sponsor a competition on StorageReview where we look for members with the slowest and fastest hard drives. The first stage is a search for users with the slowest drives still functioning – producing a super slow hard drive benchmark result. These must be platter based drives (not flash media). The two members who are selected as having the slowest drives will win either the MB881U3-1SA SATA/IDE USB 3.0 Pro Adapter or the MB981U3-1SA 2.5"/3.5" USB 3.0 SATA Docking Station. By handling both SATA and IDE interfaces for both 2.5" and 3.5" drives, users will easily be able to transfer data from their older hard drives to newer, faster models. Both of these adapters also support USB 3.0 for fast data transfer speeds.
The second stage of this content is looking for users with the fastest hard drives, or hard drive arrays (yup, RAID included) to win the MB982SP-1S Full Metal 2.5" to 3.5" SATA HDD & SSD Converter or the MB882SP-1S-1B 2.5" to 3.5" SSD & SATA Hard Drive Converter. Considering users with very fast hard drives will most likely have or be transitioning to faster 2.5" SSDs, the adapters will be perfect for mounting new drives in a desktop setting. The same rules apply to this part of the contest, where you must post a benchmark screen shot to be judged.
The benchmark of choice for this contest will be CrystalDiskMark for its ease of use and simple installation. Perform the benchmark with a 1GB test size and 5 averaged values, and the two users with either the fastest or slowest results win. The admins on StorageReview will be the judges of this contest, although the results will speak for themselves in this case.
You may submit a result for either part of the contest. To qualify, you must list your system configuration, drive information, and benchmark result for each drive entered. The contest will begin today and extend to August 12th.
Post your entries to this forum – Good Luck!
