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A Crucial P310 SSD installed inside a gaming PC.

Crucial P310 1 TB (2280) review

By Zak Storey published

Plucky Little to big, this budget QLC drive certainly delivers.

Plucky
A WD Black SN7100 SSD installed inside a gaming PC.

WD Black SN7100 1 TB review

By Zak Storey published

Top quality Top-quality drive with a confusing price tag.

Top quality
Crucial T705 NVMe SSD on a desk.

Crucial T705 1 TB review

By Zak Storey published

Speed machine Once the world's fastest sequential SSD, this plucky stick still holds its own.

Speed machine
WD black drives might exist, maybe.

Looks like PCIe 5.0 WD Black SSDs are hopefully definitely maybe possibly on the way, at long last

By Hope Corrigan published

news We've got whispers of rumours and taken down listings, all with those big WD letters on the side.

news
The WD Black SN850X and the Lexar NM790 NVMe SSDs on a pink gradient background with the PC Gamer recommended logo in the top right

Best SSD for gaming in 2025: the speediest SSDs I personally recommend

By Jeremy Laird last updated

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

Speedy storage
A collage of M.2 SSDs from Lexar and Western Digital against a gradient blue background, with a PC Gamer Recommended logo in the corner

Best M.2 SSDs for gaming in 2025: my top picks for blazing fast storage

By Jeremy Laird last updated

High speed Our choices for the best NVMe M.2 SSDs give you blisteringly fast load times.

High speed
Two external SSDs on a green background with the PC Gamer recommended badge in the top right corner

Best external SSDs for gaming in 2025: These are the portable drives I'd use for backups, game libraries, and travel storage

By Jacob Fox last updated

SSDs to go Bag one of the best USB Type-C SSDs for game storage on a PC or console.

SSDs to go
A Samsung 9100 Pro SSD in both 2 TB and 4 TB sizes.

Samsung 9100 Pro 2 TB review

By Zak Storey published

Too late? Nearly two years on, and Samsung's first PCIe 5.0 drive is, well, average.

Too late?
WD Black SN850X SSD on a gaming PC case.

Looks like we won't be seeing Western Digital SSDs in our gaming PCs as the company hands the reins back over to SanDisk

By Jacob Fox published

News The reins have officially been handed over to SanDisk.

News
A SanDisk Desk Drive external SSD on a blue background

I adore this chunky, reliable external SSD, so for a third off the 4 TB version I will absolutely recommend it in a heartbeat

By Jacob Fox published

Deal There's no more satisfying a thunk than plopping one of these on your desk.

Deal
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