If there's one tech company that rarely makes a misstep, it's Corsair. From cooled memory to stalwart power supplies to big, fast USB drives, the well-regarded company's reputation is one of innovation and quality.
Capacities double in the flash world, and hence this latest Flash Voyager packs twice as much storage space as its 32GB predecessor. Having reviewed a 16MB Q drive from ei, one of the first USB flash drives, we're still somewhat impressed that we're talking about double-digit gigabytes in the same form factor. Eight years ago, 64MB cost $200. Today, you can get 1,000 times the capacity for just $50 more.
Corsair calls the bootable Flash Voyager shockproof, thanks in large part to its fully rubber sheath. Even the cap is rubber, although its ridged opening fits the drive's USB connector precisely enough to eliminate worries about it slipping off. Goodies include a tradeshow-caliber lanyard with a chromed thumb clip, a USB extension cable, and a branded drawstring bag. There's also a rubber cap retainer on a chain. The lanyard atachment point is rubber, too, but it seems tough enough.
The drive comes preformatted with FAT32, but that's easy enough to rectify. Our drive did't come with any of the bundled software the press release mentioned. Still, its 10-year warranty is attractive.
It took 3;13 (min:sec; 0.52MBps) to copy 100MB to the Flash Voyager with write caching enabled, but then Vista seems to make even a quad-core with VelociRaptop ridiculously slow at file transfers. The Corsair did read the test folder back in a mere 11 seconds, or at 9.1MBps.
If you're into carrying around your own bootable desktop and apps, but you're frustrated by the limitations of a smaller drive, a 64GB Flash Voyager can let you have your cake and eat it, too.
by Marty Sems
www.corsairmicro.com
Computer Power User January 2009
December 07, 2008
Corsair Flash Voyager 64GB
December 06, 2008
Corsair Flash Voyager 64GB
If there's one tech company that rarely makes a misstep, it's Corsair. From cooled memory to stalwart power supplies to big, fast USB drives, the well-regarded company's reputation is one of innovation and quality.
Capacities double in the flash world, and hence this latest Flash Voyager packs twice as much storage space as its 32GB predecessor. Having reviewed a 16MB Q drive from ei, one of the first USB flash drives, we're still somewhat impressed that we're talking about double-digit gigabytes in the same form factor. Eight years ago, 64MB cost $200. Today, you can get 1,000 times the capacity for just $50 more.
Corsair calls the bootable Flash Voyager shockproof, thanks in large part to its fully rubber sheath. Even the cap is rubber, although its ridged opening fits the drive's USB connector precisely enough to eliminate worries about it slipping off. Goodies include a tradeshow-caliber lanyard with a chromed thumb clip, a USB extension cable, and a branded drawstring bag. There's also a rubber cap retainer on a chain. The lanyard atachment point is rubber, too, but it seems tough enough.
The drive comes preformatted with FAT32, but that's easy enough to rectify. Our drive did't come with any of the bundled software the press release mentioned. Still, its 10-year warranty is attractive.
It took 3;13 (min:sec; 0.52MBps) to copy 100MB to the Flash Voyager with write caching enabled, but then Vista seems to make even a quad-core with VelociRaptop ridiculously slow at file transfers. The Corsair did read the test folder back in a mere 11 seconds, or at 9.1MBps.
If you're into carrying around your own bootable desktop and apps, but you're frustrated by the limitations of a smaller drive, a 64GB Flash Voyager can let you have your cake and eat it, too.
by Marty Sems
www.corsairmicro.com
Computer Power User January 2009
September 16, 2008
Corsair Dominator TW3X2G2133C9DF
Corsair Dominator TW3X2G2133C9DF
Corsair continues its seemingly never-ending assault on the high-end memory market with yet another premium DDR3 kit rated to operate at a much higher frequency than much of the competition. As its name implies, the Corsair Dominator series TW3X2G233C9DF is a 2Gb memory kit rated for operation at 2,133MHz with a CAS latency of 9. Like all the other members of the Dominator series, the DIMM in this kit feature the company's excellent DHX cooling technology. Other specs include a rather demanding 2.0V requirement (for DDR3 anyway) and support for EPP 2.0.
I tested the Corsair Dominator TW3X2G2133C9DF memory kit in an Asus Striker II Extreme nForce 790i SLI Ultra-based motherboard, powered by a Core 2 Extreme QX9650 processor, a GeForce 8800GTX, and Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Although the motherboard recognized support for EPP 2.0, it seemed unable to run the memory at 2,133MHz. By manually tweaking settings, howerver, I was able to hit 2,050 MHz with the motherboard running in Unlinked mode, which is no small feat. With the RAM running at 2,050MHz, it offered up about 7GBps of memory bandwith in SiSoft Sandra XII SP2 and 121.6fps in a low-resolution, low-quality Crysis benchmark.
The TW3X2G2133C9DF memory kit didn't fully cooperate with our test system, but it's still a killer product. The kit is obviously geared for hardcore overclockers, though. Those who run their systems at stock speeds need not apply.
by Marco Chiappetta.
Specs: Capacity: 2,048MB (2 x 1,024MB); Frequency: 2,13MHz (PXS-17066); Latencies: 9 9CAS), 9 (RAS Precharge), 9 (RAS to CAS), 24 (RAS Active to Precharge), 2T (Command rate); Voltage: 2.0V; lifetime warranty.
source: Computer Power User October 2008.
www.corsairmemory.com
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