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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

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Lexar and WD SSDs on a teal gradient

Cyber Monday SSD deals 2024: The fastest PC storage at the lowest price per GB

By Dave James last updated

Apparently, Cyber Monday is now a whole "Cyber Week," despite the deals day being done. Well, whatever the case: there are SSD offers a-plenty.

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Lexar and WD SSDs

Black Friday SSD deals 2024

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Black Friday is over for another year but if you're looking for the ultimate storage upgrade, then here are all the best SSD deals still live.

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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.

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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.

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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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A WD SN5000 SSD out of its box and installed in a PC's NVMe slot.

WD Blue SN5000 4TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Big, not bold Big ticket capacity held back by poor pricing.

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Samsung 990 Evo Plus installed inside a gaming PC's NVMe M.2 slot.

Samsung 990 Evo Plus 1 TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Sammy Powerful sequentials on the cheap.

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Western Digital WD Black SN770 on a motherboard

As Microsoft rolls out its Windows 11 24H2 update, owners of certain Western Digital SSDs have been greeted with constant Blue Screens of Death

By Nick Evanson published

News Has there ever been a major Windows update that hasn't messed up something somewhere?

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