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SSDs float in the Cyber Monday deal void.

Cyber Monday SSD deals 2025: The fastest PC storage at the lowest price per GB

By Dave James last updated

Apparently, Cyber Monday is now a whole "Cyber Week," despite the deals day being done. Well, whatever the case: there are SSD offers a-plenty.

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Black Friday listing image with a Silicon Power SSD featured

Black Friday SSD deals 2025

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Black Friday Black Friday is here, and if you're looking for the ultimate storage upgrade, then here are all the best SSD deals.

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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 last updated

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.

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WD_Black SN7100 and BiWin NV7400 SSDs on an orange background

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

By Dave James last updated

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

Speedy storage
An image showing three internal NVMe SSDs angled and lined together, against a pink background with a white border

Amazon October Prime Day SSD deals

By Nick Evanson last updated

Prime Day Deals An SSD can do wonders for your load times and we're still seeing some great deals on them even though the October Prime Day sales have officially ended.

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A screenshot from a video by DirectorFeng on YouTube, showing the use of a CNC mill to remove the SSD module from an iPhone 17 Pro Max SOC.

Milling the SSD back into sand is one way of upgrading your iPhone 17's storage and it makes a laptop upgrade look like a four-piece jigsaw puzzle by comparison

By Nick Evanson published

News Main difference just happens to be a casual bit of CNC milling.

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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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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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