SSDs

It's as unassuming as it gets, but it works. Jack Wallen/ZDNETMy work means I'm of the opinion that you can never have enough external storage. Between writing and filming, I can't afford to run out of space. That high demand means both of my main desktop machines have at least three extra drives attached. In the case of my System76 Thelio, there are three internal drives and one external drive. As for my iMac, I have two SanDisk Extreme drives that house video libraries. And because those two drives house video…

There's something for everyone during the Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023 event, which has kicked off today and will be live for Amazon Prime subscribers till 11:59pm on Sunday, July 16. If you're a member of Amazon's reward scheme, you'll be able to grab steep discounts on some popular products across all categories, as well as benefit from cashback and easy EMI offers. This could be the ideal time to stock up on items for your house, and if you've been planning a PC upgrade, there are some compelling deals on hardware too.…

Last updated: July 13th, 2023 at 16:01 UTC+02:00 The Sony PlayStation 5 has 825GB of built-in storage, of which only roughly 667GB are available for games. And although that might sound like it should be enough, games nowadays can take up more than 100GB a piece, and you can run out of 667GB quicker than you might think. Thankfully, Sony lets PlayStation 5 users upgrade the storage on their consoles, and Samsung offers some of the best solutions on the market. There are two ways to upgrade the storage on your…

There are couple of games ruffling feathers in the world of PC gaming right now: Cyberpunk 2077 and Starfield, both of which require that you have them installed on an SSD. For the three-year-old Cyberpunk 2077, the change comes on the back of an overhaul to the system requirements in anticipation of its Phantom Liberty expansion, while Starfield is, well, Starfield.  Some are quick to claim HDDs are dead, or flock to complain about how Starfield is the first game to require an SSD (spoiler alert: it’s not). If you…

Are you still hanging on to that giant 8TB spinning HDD for your PC game installs? Well, it’s starting to look like SSDs will become the new minimum spec for modern PC games. While SSDs have shipped as standard in the latest and greatest PC gaming rigs and laptops, we haven’t seen game developers really push for SSDs as a minimum... until this week.Microsoft held its Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday and revealed that Bethesda’s first new IP in 25 years, Starfield, will require 125GB of SSD storage when it debuts on September…

If you’re in the market for a new SSD, Amazon is holding a sale on . The company might not have the brand recognition that Samsung and SanDisk do, but rest assured, Crucial’s products are known for their reliability. The highlight of the sale is the company’s P5 Plus NVMe drive. If your PC features a Gen4 M.2 connection, the P5 Plus offers sequential read speeds of up to 6,600MB/s. It’s also worth noting the P5 Plus is fully compatible with the PlayStation 5; in fact, it’s one of for the best storage you can get for…

If you're in the market for a fast NVMe SSD for your PC or console, Amazon has some great options in its latest sale. The WD_Black SN850 and P40 models are on sale with steep discounts as high as 56 percent, with sizes ranging from 1TB to 4TB. The best deal is on the latest WD_Black 1TB SN850X NVMe with a heat sink that offers speeds up to 7300/6300 MB/s (read/write) and PS5 compatibility. It's priced at just $80, a savings of 56 percent ($100) over the regular price.…

Western Digital says it will release a firmware update to address a reliability issue with its SanDisk Extreme and Extreme Pro SSDs. Over the past few months, , the and have been littered with people complaining of their recently purchased 4TB and 2TB Extreme V2 and Extreme Pro V2 portable drives suddenly erasing the data they had on them and, in some cases, becoming unreadable. The issue is seemingly limited to drives manufactured since the end of 2022 and appears to affect 4TB models primarily. On Friday, Western…

All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All prices are correct at the time of publishing. It's a great time to shop for SSDs and memory cards if you've been looking to expand your devices' storage capacities. Samsung's products are on sale for up to 57 percent off at Amazon, some of…

Image: SeagateThere was a time in the evolution of the desktop PC that it didn’t really matter what the insides looked like, because they were always hidden away behind a beige metal box. Now, the insides of many high-performance PCs are flashier than their outsides. Seagate wants to make sure the guts of your gaming rig are as impressive as its performance with a new collection of Star Wars lightsaber-themed SSDs. May the Force eject be with you.Image: SeagateSeagate’s lightsaber collection SSDs are special edition…