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Five things I always tell people before they buy a new gaming PC

By Jacob Fox published

New PC Guide I bought my first gaming PC almost two decades ago, and here are the things I've learnt since then that I think you should know.

New PC Guide
A photo of a Silicon Power SSD mounted in an M.2 slot on an AMD motherboard, with an 'Ask PC Gamer' logo in the top right hand corner

Five things I always tell people before they buy their first SSD

By Nick Evanson published

I've been buying and using SSDs for over 20 years, and here's my quick guide to making sure you get the right one for your gaming PC.

SSDs
A WD SN5000 SSD out of its box and installed in a PC's NVMe slot.

WD Blue SN5000 4TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Big, not bold Big ticket capacity held back by poor pricing.

Big, not bold
Samsung 990 Evo Plus installed inside a gaming PC's NVMe M.2 slot.

Samsung 990 Evo Plus 1 TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Sammy Powerful sequentials on the cheap.

Sammy
Raspberry Pi 5 on top of SSD base

You can now turn your Raspberry Pi 5 into a proper retro gaming PC with official hardware as the manufacturer just released its own PCIe 3.0 SSDs

By Jacob Fox published

News No third-party HATs or SSDs needed.

News
Western Digital WD Black SN770 on a motherboard

As Microsoft rolls out its Windows 11 24H2 update, owners of certain Western Digital SSDs have been greeted with constant Blue Screens of Death

By Nick Evanson published

News Has there ever been a major Windows update that hasn't messed up something somewhere?

News
SanDisk Desk Drive 8 TB external SSD

SanDisk Desk Drive 8 TB external SSD review

By Jacob Fox published

Hefty puck Not the most portable drive but great for system backups, giant game libraries, and media storage.

Hefty puck
The same image everyone else is using for SK Hynix's 238-layer 4D NAND Flash announcement.

Excess stock and poor SSD sales look set to pull flash memory prices down by up to 10%

By Nick Evanson published

news It's the same old story, folks.

news
Adata SE920 external SSD turned on and plugged in

Adata SE920 2 TB external SSD review

By Jacob Fox published

Glass cannon The glass cannon of portable drives: fast but expensive and possibly even risky.

Glass cannon
The Crucial P310 SSD on a box and installed in a motherboard.

Crucial P310 2230 2 TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Handheld upgrade A solid all-rounder, but it offers little over capacity.

Handheld upgrade
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