SSDs

Latest SSDs

• How We Test Hard Drives and SSDs

  Our benchmark suite puts solid-state drives and hard drives to the ultimate test. Here's how PC Labs runs and reports its storage benchmarks—and what they mean to you.

  2 months By Tony Hoffman

  
• I Thought SSD Prime Day Deals Would Be a Joke—Until I Saw 62% Off the 4TB WD Black SN850X

  It's a tough SSD market, but Prime Day is bringing some welcome relief. Beyond that WD, Samsung's good, general-use Portable SSD T9 is 39% off, and Lexar's tiny Professional Go (great for iPhone videographers!) is more than half off.

  3 months, 1 week By Tony Hoffman

  
• The Best Early Prime Day SSD and HDD Deals From Samsung, Seagate, WD, and More

  Amazon Prime Day may still be a day away, but deep discounts on SSDs and hard drives are already live.

  3 months, 1 week By George Yang

  
• Have a Spare Xbox Series X/S Expansion Card? You Can Reuse It as PC Storage

  The cards are typically more expensive than standard internal SSDs, but not in the AI era.

  5 months, 2 weeks By Jon Martindale

  
• Savings Up to 60% Off SSD and HDD Storage Is Still Available After Amazon's Big Spring Sale

  You can never have too much storage, especially when Amazon has you covered with both internal and external options from Seagate and Sandisk during its annual Spring sale. Get them before the sale ends!

  6 months By George Yang

  
• Amazon's Spring Sale Brings Big Savings Up to 60% Off SSD and HDD Storage

  You can never have too much storage, especially when Amazon has you covered with both internal and external options from Seagate and Sandisk during its annual Spring sale.

  6 months By PCMag UK

  
• Amazon's Spring Sale Brings Big Savings Up to 60% Off SSD and HDD Storage

  You can never have too much storage, especially when Amazon has you covered with both internal and external options from Seagate and Sandisk during its annual Spring sale.

  6 months By George Yang

  
• Amazon's Spring Sale Brings Big Savings Up to 60% Off SSD and HDD Storage

  You can never have too much storage, especially when Amazon has you covered with both internal and external options from Seagate and Sandisk during its annual Spring sale.

  6 months By George Yang

  
• Amazon's Early Spring Sale Brings Savings Up to 53% Off SSD and HDD Storage

  You can never have too much storage, especially when Amazon has you covered with both internal and external options from Seagate and Sandisk during its annual Spring sale.

  6 months, 1 week By George Yang

  
• Apple Hikes External SSD Prices, Some SanDisk Products Jump Up 200%

  That said, most external storage is sold out on Apple.com, though it may be available in stores.

  6 months, 1 week By James Peckham

  
• Micron Launches First PCIe 6.0 SSDs, But Good Luck Trying Them Out

  Sustained read speeds can reach 28Gbps, but these drives are headed for AI data centers.

  7 months, 1 week By Jon Martindale

  
• Getting Rid of Your Windows PC? Remember to Wipe the Drive First

  Here's how to make sure all the personal files and other data on your storage drive are erased and unrecoverable, whether you're running Windows 11, 10, 8.1, or 7.

  7 months, 2 weeks By Lance Whitney

  
• Western Digital Teases New High-Bandwidth HDD Technology

  High Bandwidth drives with 'dual pivot' technology may be just the start, with the potential to quadruple standard HDD performance.

  7 months, 3 weeks By PCMag UK

  
• At CES, Micron Tips the 3610, Bringing Gen5 SSD Performance to Budget PCs

  Screaming-fast PCIe Gen 5 SSDs were once so pricey that they only made sense for high-end gaming rigs. Not anymore.

  8 months, 3 weeks By Tony Hoffman

  
• Sandisk Kicks Off CES 2026 by Rebranding WD's Blue and Black SSDs As 'Optimus'

  The Optimus family will be segmented into three lines: elite-performing Optimus GX Pro SSDs, gaming-oriented Optimus GX drives, and Optimus SSDs.

  8 months, 3 weeks By Tony Hoffman