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Adata XPG Lancer RGB DDR5-6000

You can watch RAM prices going up almost in real-time on Amazon and it's only likely to get worse

By Jeremy Laird published

news PC memory prices have doubled since the summer.

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Dave Plummer's RA82 disk drive

Ex Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer says 'SD cards are lame!' and opts to rescue a 200 lb 14-inch magnetic disc drive from the '80s with just 622 MB of storage

By James Bentley published

News Just listen to that noise.

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Adata XPG Lancer RGB DDR5-6000

Uh oh, it's happening: ADATA chairman says the perfect storm of simultaneous DRAM, SSD and HDD shortages is already upon us and it looks like prices are only going in one direction

By Jeremy Laird published

news All in the name of AI slop.

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G.Skill's DDR5 Ripjaws S5 memory modules on a steel bench

Decade-long SSD and RAM 'pricing apocalypse' predicted as AI data centers gobble up hardware on an epic scale

By Jeremy Laird published

news Are SSDs and memory prices headed the same way as graphics cards?

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Shredbox

With this HDD mashing machine, you can watch your old hard drive being squished in half and then wonder if the spooks could still get at your data

By Jeremy Laird published

news Good enough for most peeps, but probably not sufficiently secure for the No Such Agency.

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An image of the best external hard drives on a red background with the PC Gamer recommended badge

Best external hard drives in 2025: the storage media I'd take on my own gaming adventures

By Nick Evanson last updated

TB on the go Grab one of the best external hard drives to increase your storage space or backup your PC.

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Two angles of Buffalo's HD-SKL, a HDD mounted in a picture frame-style. The surface has a transparent window, allowing users to see the HDD function while in use. Two of this HDD float in a blue-pink gradient void.

This transparent HDD from Buffalo is both beautiful and woefully impractical—just how I like my tech

By Jess Kinghorn published

News She is beauty, she is grace, she's got my finger smears all over her transparent face.

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A still from a YouTube Short showing an HDD that's been converted into a disc sander, sharpening a scalpel blade

I'm getting major tool envy from this hard drive converted into a variable speed disc sander and I don't care who knows it

By Andy Edser published

News Do I need one? Not really. Want one? Oh yes.

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A photo of a robotically disassembled hard disk drive

Microsoft's recyclobot uses machine learning and computer vision to open and recycle 90% of hard drive components

By Nick Evanson published

news Beats smashing them up with a big hammer, though it's not quite as therapeutic.

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Nextorage SSD on a blue background.

Final Fantasy 16, Black Myth: Wukong and Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade all require over 100 GB, so I thought you might like this 2 TB SSD for $140

By James Bentley published

Deals Consider it an investment in cutting down your backlog.

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