The next-gen consoles will use SSD technology rather than a hard drive (HDD) to store your game installs. What is the main difference between SSD vs HDD? That is easy. An SSD, a solid state drive, is ...

SSDs don't live forever. Just like a hard drive, an SSD has a limited lifespan, denoted (most commonly) by the number of terabytes of data that can be written to it (TBW). Most SSDs have TBW ratings ...

When it comes to storing data on your PC, you essentially have two options: a traditional Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or a Solid State Drive (SSD). Both store your operating system, apps, games, and files, ...

Derek is a writer and marketing pro specializing in communicating complex or technical issues in a way that is accessible to wider audiences. When it comes to selecting the PCs, laptops and servers ...

Update 3/24/2023: Secure Data Recovery provided us with a little more information on the defective HDDs tested. It said that 37 percent of the Western Digital and Seagate drives analyzed featured SMR.

Your PC's SSD is responsible for storing everything from your operating system to your most important files. But did you know that a default Windows 11 setting could slowly wear it down? That setting ...

I’ve upgraded dozens of systems with solid-state drives. In every case I’ve gotten a “W” reaction, as in “Wow!” “Whoa!” and “No way!” (not to mention “Kewl!”). Given a relatively modern CPU, an SSD ...

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 ...