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JUST IN!!! The SSD Review Bench System

In an effort to provide the absolute best in solid state drive testing, The SSD Review has recently built a new bench system in order to remain a step ahead with the expected release of new USB3/SATA 6Gb/s drives.  The complete system is pictured and described below.  New reviews are expected to be complete in the very near future of the OWC Extreme Pro ssd as well as the newly released Crucial C300 64Gb SATA 6Gb/s ssd.

Of particular interest to anyone building a gaming system though is the newly released ASUS Rampage III Gene motherboard which is not only USB3/SATA 6Gb/s compatible but also capable of both SLI and Crossfire on demand.  It adds to that with 'CPU Level Up' which allows the avid gamer to instantly overclock to any i7 processor level with a simple click and the system takes care of the rest.  Our i7-930 is presently set at 3.2Ghz which now brings it up to the i7-970 level which is a substantial savings between the two processors and covered the cost of the board itself.  Also new to the Rampage and ASUS motherboards is ROG Connect which allows the avid OC enthusiast to simply plug in an external laptop and fine tune their speeds on the fly which gets away from the traditional hit and miss methods many were used to.

MOTHERBOARD:  ASUS Rampage III Gene LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel

CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT:  Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core

RAM:  G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel

GPU:  MSI N460GTX-M2D768D5 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI/XFire Support

POWER:  OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ600MXSP 600W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC 


CPU COOLER:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-G1 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long life sleeve

WIFI:  Rosewill RNX-N300X IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 PCI Wireless Adapter (2T3R) Up to 300Mbps Wireless Download Data Rates 64/128-Bit WEP, WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK (TKIP and AES) Vista/Win7

DVD:  LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Writer

BT:  BELKIN F8T016 Mini Bluetooth Adapter

MONITOR:  Dell E228WFP Widescreen 22" 1680x1050 5ms 300cd/m² 800:1 D-Sub DVI-D HDCP

HD/SSD/USB Dock:  Aluratek eSATA USB 2.0 2.5"/3.5" HD Docking Enclosure Hub

EXTRAS:  Acer 1810T-6188 11.6" Laptop, Dell M1330 13" Laptop

I have to give a shout out and thank you to JJ for putting up with my million emails during the build as well as those at www.Redflagdeals.com who jumped in to offer advice also!!  This machine rocks when playing JustCause2.

TESTING!!!
















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