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Thinking of buying an SSD? You'd better do it soon, as exec predicts prices of more affordable drives will soon rise — here are our top 3 picks

While we've witnessed some nasty price hikes with higher-end SSDs, budget drives are being affected too – and the situation is set to get worse, according to one executive at a big storage firm. This ...
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Is There Any Point In Buying An Expensive SSD In 2026?

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The best solid-state drives (SSDs) money can buy today use the PCIe 5.0 standard with the M.2 NVMe protocol. This generation of SSDs can boast ...
techtimes

Should You Buy a Portable SSD or External Hard Drive? Which Storage Option Is Better in 2026

A portable SSD and an external hard drive are both widely used forms of external storage, but they solve different problems depending on how files are handled in daily use. In this portable storage ...
Engadget

The rise in drive prices is being driven by AI and even HDDs can't hide

First it was RAM. Now it's the hard drives. Is nothing sacred? The AI data center boom has transformed once-cheap solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard drives (HDDs) into luxury items. We're now living ...