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Black Friday SSD deals 2025

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Black Friday Black Friday is over, but if you're looking for the ultimate storage upgrade, it's over to the Cyber Monday SSD deals.

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Maingear MG-1 | Arc A750

'The prices will continue to rise': Better get your new gaming PC or system upgrades now because this problem isn't getting any better, says Maingear's CEO

By Monica J. White published

Shop now, because it's all downhill from here.

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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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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.

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'We're facing [what has] never happened before: HDD, DRAM, HBM, NAND... all in severe shortage in 2026' says Silicon Motion's CEO as memory prices continue to soar

By Andy Edser published

News Good news, everyone! I mean, terrible news, everyone!

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Seagate FireCuda 540 SSD Phison E26 controller

Flash storage has doubled in price over the last few months, says Phison: 'All the capacity is sold out'

By Jacob Fox published

News At least memory prices are fi- oh, wait.

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A side-by-side comparison from left to right of the PS5 slim, Not From Concentrate's tiny PS5 rebuild, and a standard, fullsize PS5 on top of a blue desk.

Tiny PS5 build reduces size of original console by 60%, making it look like a mini PC while slashing its power draw and temps too

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Console yourself, Sony fans—it's a really neat reimagining.

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A Team Group T-Create Expert P34F Find My External SSD on a blue gradient background

Team Group has built the world's first external SSD with built-in Apple-based location tracking and it's padlock-shaped

By Andy Edser published

News Where did I leave my... oh, never mind.

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A massive industrial plant surrounded by towering machinery and pipelines, with flames shooting skyward from a flare stack, casting an intense glow against the sky.

A data center fire in South Korea sees 858 TB of government files and 'eight years’ worth of work' stored in the cloud go up in smoke

By Jess Kinghorn published

News The second best time to back up your files is right now.

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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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