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Silicon Power Armor A70 USB Hard Drive Review

Uzair Sajid

Specifications

Dimensions

139.45 x 85.7 x 18.1 mm

Weight

250g

Interface

USB 2.0 / 1.1

Peak Transfer Rates

480 Mbps (USB 2.0) / 12 Mbps (USB 1.1)

Power

5V DC (through USB cable)

OS Support

Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000; Mac OS 9.0.4 and above; Linux 2.4 and above

Operating Temperature

5°C to 55°C

Storage Temprature

-40°C to 70°C

Available Colors

Black / Red

Available Capacities

250GB / 320GB / 500GB / 640GB

Test System Setup

Hardware Platform

Processor

AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition @ 3.4GHz

Chipset

AMD 790GX Northbridge, AMD SB750 Southbridge

Motherboard

ECS A790GXM-AD3 Black Series

Memory

Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory

Graphics Card

HIS Radeon HD 5770 1GB

Primary Hard drive

WD Caviar Green WD6400AACS 640GB

Power Supply

ASUS U-75HA 750W PSU

Operating System and Software Benchmarks

Operating Sysetm

Windows 7 64-bit

Graphics

AMD Catalyst 10.7 64-bit

PCMark Vantage

HDD Suite – 3 runs – 64-bit Executable

HD Tune Pro 4.5

Disk Speed Benchmark, Access Time Benchmark, Random Access Benchmark

I’m only using HD Tune Pro 4.5 and PCMark Vantage in my test runs because both of these combined cover almost every aspect of performance that matters. The tests were run with the hard drive connected to the rear ports of the board, and the only USB peripheral connected besides the hard drive during testing was the mouse.

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About the author: Uzair Sajid is a Technologist, Blogger and Developer who believes that technology and machines should replace humans one day.

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