If you’re weighing up the differences between an SSD and HDD for PC gaming – we’ve covered the essentials for you here. SSDs have been around for a while now, but for many still gaming on a HDD (Hard ...

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I have a friend Steve (not his real name) who still installs his PC games on a large, slow, noise hard drive. You know, the old-school kind that spins up before it can read or write data? I keep ...

All SSDs are fast, but it takes a special breed to perform their best in PC games. From internal M.2 drives to external USB models, these are the top SSDs we've tested for new desktop builds or ...

It's a good time to let the hard drive go. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We've reached a critical juncture in gaming, one which ...

PC and console games have become increasingly demanding in terms of storage. As a result, some of the advances made to ensure that gamers can access games faster involve better connectivity, storage, ...

Computers use two main types of storage: hard disk drives and solid-state drives. Both store your files, applications and operating system, but they work differently. These differences significantly ...

As of December 2025, the largest hard disk drive released has a capacity of 36TB. Seagate added the Exos M (ST36000NM003K) ...

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Elvis Shida is a Tech/Hardware Writer from Kenya. He has been building PCs for a decade and is keenly interested in motherboards, monitors, and gaming TVs. When not building PCs or writing about ...