 I was recently in the market for a large USB 3.0 drive. Looking at Amazon, I found the Corsair 64GB Survivor, for $67. This pricing places it at just over $1/GB, and right in the middle of the pack with regards to pricing. I picked one up and ran some benchmarks on it, and tossed it into the washing machine to test its water resistance claims. The drive performed well in the Quick Bench tests, almost hitting it max read speed of 85MB/sec. It came through the washer cycle just fine. I Highly Recommend this drive for anyone needing mobile storage.
Summary:
+ Large size makes it hard to misplace
+ Very fast
+ Good price/MB
+ Water resistant
- Bulk makes it hard to use on thin notebooks
- No lanyard included
Click to see the full article, which includes performance graphs and a YouTube video.
 A while back (a year actually) AMD sent me an FX-8150 CPU (and motherboard). I didn't end up doing much with the hardware, except for building a second test rig that sat on a shelf in my office. Around this same time, AMD sent me chips and boards in their APU line line. During this timeframe I was able to get reviews out for these APUs - the E-350 and the A8-3850, but the FX-8150 sat dormant on my shelf.
So, I thought I'd dust off the old FX-8150 and set some baselines here at the WSGF. Last year I did some benchmarking with a Radeon HD 6970 card, and that is the benchmarks you see here. Granted, that is now an "old" card, but I think the data we present will be applicable none the less. I have started retesting my current platforms I have on hand with newer GPUs (the Radeon HD 7k series), and I think that data will be interesting as well - especially considering that I'm now testing APUs that aren't on the market quite yet...
If you are the type that likes to tune into a good gameplay video now and then I am hosting a full playthrough of Borderlands 2 with a 4 Player static team. The gameplay is balanced with each person using one character to give you a well rounded content experience. All of us have good high quality mics and are mature adult gamers.
You can catch the stream live every week Friday 12AM EST for 2 hours @ ViciousXUSMC's Twitch.TV
If you miss the live event the videos are always archived to the 4K Games @ 4KGames YouTube Channel
More details and any important information on the stream will be posted to the official stream thread on the Gearbox Forums.
This is the second entry in my series of reviews for the Steam Indie Bundles. Each review is short and subjective, and is geared to give you a quick look at the game. Indie Bundle 2 includes: Botanicula, E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy, Lunar Flight, Splice and Universe Sandbox.
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