SSDs can't retain data too long when unplugged, may suffer sudden failures, and are more expensive than HDDs, making them a poor choice for long‑term storage.

If you feel like your computer has grown a little more sluggish lately, this one nifty settings might be the answer to your ...

Your SSD may be slowing down, but performance decay may not be as bad as it sounds.

Could the future of the PC really lie with the cloud? Jeff Bezos certainly seems to think there’s a future for rental cloud ...

You can buy this HP 15.6 FHD Business Notebook for $380 on Amazon, down from the normal retail price of $840, for a $460 reduction, or 55% savings.

Building a PC costs more than ever. Prebuilt Costco PCs, on top of having standout warranty terms and a great return policy, are now much cheaper.

There’s no shortage of SSD enclosures that let you build your own high-speed flash drive by stuffing an M.2 SSD into a small case and plugging it into the USB port of a computer. But up until recently ...

Building a PC right now is risky in strange ways. From RAM scams to fake GPUs and used part pitfalls, Amazon isn’t the safe bet it looks like.

One simple trick to extend SSD lifespan is to enable the Trim command for your SSD. This tells the drive which data blocks ...

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TL;DR: At CES 2026, Sandisk introduced the Sandisk Optimus SSD line, rebranding former WD Blue and WD_BLACK drives. The Optimus GX targets gamers with high-performance PCIe Gen5 SSDs, while the ...

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