Upgrading a computer's boot drive from a traditional hard drive to an SSD is one of the single best performance upgrades ever. But, if you're like many of us, when you did it SSDs were expensive, and ...

Picking the best solid-state drive (SSD) for your needs seems easy on the surface. Even when you dig a little deeper, it’s still not as hard as choosing the right motherboard or graphics card. However ...

Because of what SSDs are, solid-state drives (SSDs) are a core component of any modern PC, whether it’s a traditional SATA SSD or a more modern NVMe drive. Knowing the difference between these two ...

Solid-state drives are universally faster than old-school hard-disk drives, but not all SSDs are the same. They come in different shapes and sizes, have different maximum speeds, and as you might ...

The realm of storage, as is the case of any other technology, is full of jargon and terminology unique to the technology itself. The sheer volume of terms can quickly become baffling to the average ...

NVMe is no longer a nice-to-have storage technology—if you’re shopping for a new PC, it’s a feature you should actively seek out. Moreover, if your PC is of fairly recent vintage, you should upgrade ...

Following our description of the various kinds of NAND flash memory used in SSDs, in this second part of our explanation of modern storage technology, we present an overview of the technical ...

Primary storage devices directly connected to the computer's main bus have excellent latency and throughput, but on the other hand, they have the problem of small capacity. If you are focusing on the ...

When it comes to PC storage, NVMe M.2 SSDs are significantly faster than their 2.5-inch SATA predecessors - and in 2023 they're often cheaper for the same capacity too. However, most PCs only come ...

I'm plotting my first native NVMe build, and intend to reuse the existing Windows 10 install on a Samsung 850 EVO SSD. I haven't done this before, and falling back on "just reinstall from cold" is an ...