Formatting an SSD is the best way to boost its performance or clear out any potentially malicious malware whenever you move it to a new system, purchase one second hand, or plan to sell yours on to someone else. While SSDs do offer incredible performance, that can degrade over time, and the last thing you … Read more
SK Hynix Some of the best SSDs we use are usually 1TB or 2TB, but consumer models go up to 8TB — which is nothing in the context of a datacenter, and the latest announcement from SK Hynix puts that into perspective. The company revealed that it’s currently developing a solid-state drive with a capacity … Read more
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends As far as hobbies go, PC hardware is neither the cheapest nor the easiest one to get into. That’s precisely why you may often run into various misconceptions and myths. These myths have been circulating for so long now that many accept them as a universal truth, even though they’re … Read more
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Upgrading your PC is a good way to give it some extra juice without having to spend money on a whole new build. Unfortunately, that’s not always a universal truth. Certain components can become real money wasters, and you’ll never know it unless you dig deeper into what’s worth it … Read more
What is SATA? In short, it’s how almost everything storage-related connects to your motherboard. If you’ve owned a desktop PC or laptop in the past decade and a half, you can be confident it was a Serial ATA (SATA) compatible piece of hardware. Whether it was a hard drive (HDD), a solid-state drive (SSD), or … Read more
With pricing lower than ever, running your PC or device on a solid-state drive (SSD) is a must. Forget hard drives for anything but long-term storage. The PlayStation 5 lets you add an additional SSD now, too, and Windows 11 supports Direct Storage, giving you the same speedy loading times as the Xbox Series X … Read more
Almost nothing is worse than realizing you don’t have enough space on your PC to store your latest files. External drives can be a great solution to that problem, as well as a good backup source to keep your most precious data protected. As outlined in our article on how to choose an external hard … Read more
