Drives
Synology USB Station 2 Review
Published in Drives, Peripherals, Reviews | Written by Matt
With the amount of USB devices that you can attach to your computer, people are always running out of room for them. Well, today we’ve got the Synology USB Station 2, which plugs directly into your router to allow access to any USB device over your network. It’s small and can be placed anywhere, but how well will it perform? Let’s find out…
Plextor Portable 500GB Hard Disk Drive
Published in Drives, Reviews | Written by Joe
Plextor’s PX-PH500US is a sleek 500GB external hard drive that is truly portable in the sense that it can fit into most pockets; something many drives marketed as “portable” are unable to match. Besides its handy size, the unit offers the benefits of an eSATA connection alongside the hot pluggable USB option making the drive an attractive purchase for those of us on the move. Read on for a more detailed analysis.
iStorage diskGenie 128GB SSD Review
Published in Drives, Reviews | Written by Matt
For those that want speed and security from their hard drive, a solid state drive is your best option. The diskGenie 128gb is the mid ranged option out of iStorage’s current range. They also sell a 30gb, 64gb, 240gb and 256gb; all of are priced differently at £140, £209, £689 and £919, respectively. iStorage claim that the diskGenie SSD is the world’s most secure, smallest and affordable portable hard drive. With that in mind, let’s see how the diskGenie does in the review…
SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB U3 Review
Published in Drives, Reviews | Written by Matt
Almost everyone owns a Flash Drive nowadays whether it is for work, college or to back up your important files so choosing the right one for you is important. Today we’re reviewing SanDisk’s Cruzer Micro U3 Drive. U3 technology is relatively new and provides portable software solutions that might not be available to you on the host computer. The Cruzer Micro should prove to be an all round great drive so let’s find out…
Vizo Master Panel II Review
Published in Drives, Reviews | Written by Matt
The average computer nowadays has about two USB ports and some audio ports. To be honest this is nowhere near enough with the growing amount of input devices a typical computer user has, such as digital cameras, MP3 players and webcams. Today we are reviewing the Master Panel II from Vizo; a product that will make connecting your devices to the PC, much easier. Let’s see how it does in the review…
Synology DS110J NAS Disk Station
Published in Drives, Reviews | Written by Rhys
In recent years network attached storage devices have gained in popularity as the number of computers per household rises. Once upon a time designed for the business segment of the market, NAS devices now offer households shared file storage and an easy backup solution. Synology’s DS110J is aimed directly at this market. However, not simply offering the basic tasks we’d expect from a cost-effective NAS, the DS110J also packs advance features we’d expect to find in more pricey network storage devices.
Tsunami Ultimate II 3500 2xHDD JBOD Enclosure
Published in Drives, Reviews | Written by Rhys
The Tsunami Ultimate II is a dual hard drive enclosure which is JBOD/BIG capable. This enables it to be used as two independent drives or combining the capacity of two hard drives. Unlike many dual hard drive enclosures, the Tsunami Ultimate II 3500 is priced at only £22. Does this cheap price impact in poor performance and quality? Time to find out…
iStorage diskGenie 320GB Encrypted Portable Hard Drive
Published in Drives, Reviews | Written by Rhys
Data security is a very important issue for some people. For internal hard drives there are many solutions available to ensure your drive cannot be accessed. However, for portable hard drives, there really are very few working solutions. One such apparent solution is iStorage’s diskGenie, a hardware encrypted portable hard drive which utilizes secure PIN code access. Let’s see how it performs…
Eagle Tech Consus P Series 2.5 Inch External HDD Enclosure
Published in Drives, Reviews | Written by Rhys
Depending on what you need an external hard drive for, you’re either going to have a small pocket sized one or a larger one to sit on your desk. The Consus is a great enclosure that fits in your pocket and has some great features. Read on to see what those features are and how the Consus does during testing.
In Win AMMO 2.5 Inch External SATA HDD Enclosure
Published in Drives, Reviews | Written by Matt
External Hard Drives are becoming more and more popular nowadays and with 3.5 Inch enclosures being more suitable for the home, this is where 2.5 Inch enclosures come in. The In Win AMMO Sata HDD Enclosure has many brilliant features that will appeal to many people among the general public but security is the main feature that has been taken into account while developing the AMMO, so lets see if their hard work has actually been worth while.
