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Monday, October 8, 2007
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The fact is that the Corsair HX620W power supply should appeal to most PC enthusiasts, as it delivers more than enough power, even with SLI setups that require hundreds of watts of electricity. Add into the mix that this unit boasts greater than 80% efficiency, a five-year warranty, a quiet modular design and you'll find one interested geek.
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The Flash Padlock 2GB USB Drive performed as advertised, and as Corsair confirmed it is "not an enterprise secure device", but I have to question why a home user should expect to pay more for security features, and in the end only get marginally better security than could be available on a more typical USB flash drive? It only takes a few minutes and some basic electrical know-how to take the drive apart and bypass the lock.
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Thursday, October 4, 2007
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In the world of flash drives, the Padlock is unique. While in most cases it is a regular, run-of-the-mill drive, the addition of the passcode feature is a welcome addition. Passcodes are easy to set, or you can just leave the drive unlocked until you feel the need for security. Speed is about average, not super fast or deadly slow, and on par with other flash drives of its capacity.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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While I didn't back my car over the Survivor to "crash test" it, the drive has a solid feel, and certainly looks like it could stand up to quite a bit of abuse. The water resistance is a nice plus, given that the drive is meant to be carried around, leading to the possibility of dropping it in a puddle, toilet, swimming pool, etc. You can rest assured that the Survivor will handle it all.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
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Some USB drives use various methods to secure the precious data on the memory stick, but these software methods only logically lock the drive or encrypt its contents. One of the problems with a software method is that the protection can be circumvented by using another OS or running a password-checking program. Corsair has delivered an answer to this problem with their Padlock line of USB flash drives. These drives use a physical numeric keypad, combined with a hardware mechanism to lock or unlock the drive before use. Once locked, no computer will be able to use it, regardless of the platform. The hardware protects the drive at its lowest level, so not even a drive letter is mapped.
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Friday, September 14, 2007
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Is DDR3 worth buying right now? Just how fast is cutting-edge D3? Is Corsair's TWIN3X2048-1800C7 G worth the money?
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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The folks at Corsair recently introduced a new product into their popular range of USB flash drive series, this simply called the Flash Padlock. Corsair are very well known for their Flash GS series of pen drives with insane read and write speeds - among the best in the industry in fact. However, is speed the be all and end all? For some, the answer would be an easy "YES!" but for others looking for features, Corsair looks to have come close to hitting the nail on its head.
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Monday, September 10, 2007
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Corsair's new VX450W power supply comes with a maximum load of 450W. While this may not sound much it is absolutely sufficient to power most of today's systems. The PSU has a very high efficiency of over 83% which allows the fan to run slower because there is not so much excess heat to get rid of. In our fan noise testing this extremely silent unit leads by a large margin over all other PSUs tested so far.
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Monday, September 3, 2007
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Corsair is known for their high-performance system memory and for the past two years or so, we have seen very innovative flash products from this memory leader. The Corsair Flash Voyager marked the era of waterproof flash drives only to be succeeded by the Flash Voyager GT. Both of these USB flash drive series not only performed great and handled all of our durability tests, but it was also backed by a ten-year warranty and official support for Linux. Earlier this year, however, Corsair redefined durable flash drives by unleashing the Flash Survivor GT. In our premiere review of the Corsair Flash Survivor GT 8GB, the flash drive was not only fast but had withstood our harsh torture treatment, which consisted of letting the Flash Survivor GT rest at the bottom of an 8 foot deep pool, smashing it with a hammer, and even boiled it in a pot of water. At the end of the day, the Corsair Flash Survivor GT continued to operate like it was brand new with its leading performance edge. Today at Phoronix we are testing out Corsair's latest flash memory product, which claims to offer affordable security for your data via a hardware-based lock. This product at hand is the Corsair Flash PadLock and in this review we go as far as taking apart the entire flash drive to look at its locking mechanism.
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Friday, August 31, 2007
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Corsair has done an excellent job with a design that is secure without the need for platform dependent software or complex and expensive biometric devices. While the Padlock is not the most fashionable design, this is clearly a product of function over form. Data transfer rates are ample enough for most users and the only real drawback is that the max capacity available is 2GB, which I expect Corsair to expand before long...
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Monday, August 27, 2007
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Enthusiasts and Corsair go together like milk and cookies, and as expected Corsair is one of the first manufacturers to actually get its DDR3 memory modules to the market. Corsair's 2GB DOMINATOR Twin3X2048-1800C7D DDR3 memory kit is wicked fast, but that speed comes with a very high price tag: $784 CDN ($744 US, 371 GBP). Compared to what we're used to seeing from ultra high end enthusiast grade DDR2, it's pricey. Compared to a similar class of high end DDR3 memory on the market, it's actually quite comparable.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
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Now it is Corsair's turn to bring something new to the market; A padlock drive with Pin number protection. I like the concept but the idea alone can carry the product only so far. Let's find out how the Padlock fairs up.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
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The Corsair TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF G DDR3 1800MHz CAS 7 DOMINATOR with Airflow Fan memory kit is a dream come true for enthusiasts worldwide as it will eliminate the system memory from being a performance bottleneck on todays cutting edge DDR3 platforms. With the Intel X38 Express chipset coming out sometime in September 2007 one can only hope for even better DDR3 memory performance as Intel originally designed the X38 Express chipset for DDR3 memory...
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
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Looking over the specifications, the VX450W has just about everything we would expect from a PSU of this caliber, although there are some interesting aspects which should be noted here. The power supply's rated 85% efficiency is a great selling point, as the industry's focus on "green" power supplies has taken root with consumers.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
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We're writing to let you all know that we've just posted a new article at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features and performance of Corsair's new Flash Padlock USB drive. If you or your readers have ever been concerned about data security, the Flash Padlock may appeal to you. It works just like any other flash-based USB thumb drive, but features a keypad for entering a PIN code that locks or unlocks the data stored on the device. Head on over to the site and check it out?
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