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G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 memory

Tech price rises: Tracking the PC memory and SSD supply crisis, now with added GPU fun

By Jeremy Laird last updated

News Affordable DDR5 and PC storage is but a sweet, well, memory. Will graphics cards follow?

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

These glorious little animations offer the best visual explanation of the benefits of SSDs over hard drives I've ever seen

By Jacob Fox published

News Great for visual learners.

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Biwin CL100

This SIM-card-sized 2 TB SSD hits 3.5 GB/s and has full NVMe functionality, but it's arriving just in time for the memory apocalypse

By Jeremy Laird published

News PCIe 4.0 support in a sort-of SIM card.

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A WD Blue SN5100 ready to be installed inside a gaming PC.

Sandisk WD Blue SN5100 NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Score: 88% Massive generational leap takes the 5000 line to the next level.

Score: 88%
SSDs float in the Cyber Monday deal void.

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

By Dave James last updated

Cyber Week Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be receding into the past, but the deals season isn't over just yet.

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A photo of an 8 TB Kingston Fury Renegade G5 SSD, resting on the open page of a book

Kingston Fury Renegade G5 8 TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Score: 88% A spectacular hardware combo that we've seen before, packing mountains of storage. And a moutainous price tag, unfortunately.

Score: 88%
A Lexar NQ780 SSD installed inside a gaming PC and on top of a graphics card.

Lexar NQ780 4 TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Score: 75% Old tech for a modern era.

Score: 75%
A photo of two Samsung NAND flash chips

'Just last week alone, we were notified that costs had risen by 50–100%': SSD maker Transcend further tightens its belt amid delayed Samsung and Sandisk shipments

By Jess Kinghorn published

News No one is safe from the memory apocalypse.

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A group of gaming laptops on a blue background.

Five things I want you to think about before you buy your first gaming laptop

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Laptop livin' Gaming laptops can be excellent, but you need to shop wisely to avoid making a mistake. Here's my advice.

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Samsung 990 Pro 2TB on a grey background

It's not just RAM—SSDs could soon cost way more too, and it's all downhill from here

By Monica J. White published

News Throw the GPUs in there too, why don't you?

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