Modern DRAM-less SSDs are good, but I'd still pay for DRAM.

What kind of SSD do you actually need for gaming? Today we'll answer that question through a series of benchmarks. Should you go all out on the latest PCIe 5.0 technology, is PCIe 3.0 still sufficient ...

The sequential read speeds of the Crucial T705 set a new benchmark for PCIe 5.0 SSDs, but its high cost and thermals hold it back. After achieving the fastest speeds seen on a PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD with ...

Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag’s hardware team, covering at various times printers, scanners, projectors, storage, and monitors. I currently focus my testing efforts on 3D printers, pro and ...

If you want to upgrade the storage on your laptop or fancy creating an ultra-fast external drive, there is very little that can beat the latest generation of NVMe SSDs. The latest SSD to be announced ...

With a raw capacity of 256TB and an IU of only 16K, Micron's 6600 ION can deliver far better random programming speeds than anything else in its class. Micron's 6600 ION 245.76TB SSD is not just ...

Technology is constantly advancing and NVMe SSDs are no exception. Faster SSD read and write speeds mean faster load times in gaming and Sabrent has just announced its Rocket 5 Gen 5 SSD has hit over ...

Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag’s hardware team, covering at various times printers, scanners, projectors, storage, and monitors. I currently focus my testing efforts on 3D printers, pro and ...

If you don't remember a time when SSDs didn't exist, it's easy to take for granted how much of a difference they make in modern gaming. Before the 2010s, HDDs, the mechanical predecessor of SSDs, were ...

The SSD is, undoubtedly, one of the best innovations for consumer storage systems there has been. SSD’s have a massive advantage over traditional platter-based HDD’s and you’d be hard-pressed to find ...