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WD SN 7100 and Biwin NV7400 SSDs on a pink background with a PC Gamer logo in the foreground

Best SSD for gaming in 2025: the fastest and the best value solid state drives to perk up your PC

By Dave James published

Speedy storage Give your gaming PC a serious speed boost with the best SSD for gaming.

Speedy storage
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB NVMe SSD on a white background

AI cloud companies have guzzled up so much HDD storage that they might be coming for our SSDs next

By Jacob Fox published

News *Smiles nervously*.

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The WD Black SN7100 SSD floats in the PC Gamer deal void.

My favorite 2 TB PCIe 4.0 SSD now costs only 6¢ per gigabyte, meaning I can totally justify using it to battle my Steam backlog, right?

By Jess Kinghorn published

Deal Silksong isn't going to play itself…nor are the 1000s of other games in my library.

Deal
A collection of NVMe SSDs on orange.

Best SSD deals for gaming today

By Jacob Ridley last updated

deal Cheap and speedy NVMe drives to boost your gaming PC's capacity and lower those load times.

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A Crucial T710 SSD on some fans ready to be installed inside a gaming PC.

Crucial T710 2 TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Score: 90% The battle for PCIe 5.0 supremacy is heating up.

Score: 90%
A Crucial X10 external SSD in blue with USB Type-C connector cable.

Crucial X10 review

By Ian Evenden published

Score: 85% Big and fast, if you’ve got the right port.

Score: 85%
The WD Blue SN5100 NVMe SSD floats in a blue-pink gradient void

Sandisk is back at it again, launching a speedy WD 1 TB SSD that will only set you back $80 straight out of the gate

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Nippy and spiffy at a reasonable price even without a discount.

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A promotional image by SK Hynix, showing two 321-layer QLC NAND flash modules with a flash memory wafer in the background.

SK Hynix's 'world first' 321-layer QLC flash memory chips, boasting 100% faster transfer speeds and up to 56% greater write performance, will be in gaming PCs next year

By Nick Evanson published

News This could be the turning point where we all stop going 'Eww' when we see a QLC SSD.

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A 1 TB Biwin Mini SSD being splashed with water

Biwin has announced a teeny-tiny new type of SSD with shock and water resistance built-in, but it might be a while before you see one in your next mobile device

By Andy Edser published

News MicroSD, eat your heart out. Prepare for Mini SSD.

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The Crucial T710 1 TB SSD floats in the teal PCG deal void.

PCIe 5.0 SSDs can still be pricey—but I've found one with a $40 discount that may justify the upgrade for my rig

By Jess Kinghorn published

Deal After years of degrading my attention span, I simply must have the fastest boot drive.

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