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An out-of-focus image of an SSD, surrounded by a colorful border, with a PC Gamer Best SSD 2024 logo in the center

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming SSD of 2024

By Nick Evanson published

Gear of the year Big, little, or just plain portable, which SSD will take the crown this year.

Gear of the year
Corsair MP700 Elite SSD with its packaging on a desk.

Corsair MP700 Elite 2 TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Controlled Impressively chilled, with top-tier random 4K stats.

Controlled
A promotional image of a Crucial MX500 SATA SSD resting on a computer motherboard

It's the end of an era: Crucial starts calling time on its popular SATA SSD, the MX500

By Nick Evanson published

news Was it a good SSD? No. It was the best.

news
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Best external hard drives

By Nick Evanson last updated

TB on the go Grab one of the best external hard drives to increase your storage space or backup your PC.

TB on the go
A photo of a Team Group MP44 SSD next to its retail packaging

Team Group MP44 4 TB SSD review

By Nick Evanson published

Big value Big capacity, big performance, big value.

Big value
A rendered image used to promote the DirectStorage feature test in 3DMark

Check out your gaming PC's storage chops with 3DMark's new DirectStorage benchmark

By Nick Evanson published

news A speedy SSD makes all the difference but the Devil is in the details

news
Phison Pascari D250V 128 TB SSD on black background

World's biggest PCIe SSD immediately squashed by even bigger and faster PCIe SSD

By Jacob Fox published

News Call that an SSD? THIS is an SSD.

News
The Micron 6650 ION E3.S PCIe 5.0 60 TB SSD on a black background

Micron's introduced the first PCIe 5 60 TB SSD and it could house 375 Stalker 2 installs, or even better, 35,294 Crab Champions installs

By Jacob Fox published

News Yoooo now that's a BIG SSD.

News
A close-up of a IT engineer / technician insert a backup tape in a backup robot in a rack.

Due to export restrictions, Huawei has been forced to develop a weird hybrid SSD/tape storage drive for data archiving

By Nick Evanson published

news SSD speed with tape's low cost and reliability. A match made in heaven or the worst of both worlds?

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A photo of a Silicon Power SSD mounted in an M.2 slot on an AMD motherboard, with an 'Ask PC Gamer' logo in the top right hand corner

Five things I always tell people before they buy their first SSD

By Nick Evanson published

I've been buying and using SSDs for over 20 years, and here's my quick guide to making sure you get the right one for your gaming PC.

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