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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
Corsair MP700 Elite SSD with its packaging on a desk.

Phison launches the first ever SSD controller to have built-in AI processing, along with some monstrous random data performance figures

By Nick Evanson published

Computex It probably won't appear in any gaming PC. Well, not yet, at least.

Computex
WD Black SN8100 and Lexar NM790 SSDs on a blue background with PC Gamer recommended logo on top

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
A WD Black SN8100 solid-state drive on a desk and ready to be installed.

WD Black SN8100 2 TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Wicked drive The fastest drive on the planet, right now.

Wicked drive
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.

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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.

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