Tag: SSD
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How to replace a hard drive with an SSD in four steps
If you buy a new PC, you will have little choice when it comes to storage, because practically all of them will use solid state drives. If you have a somewhat older computer, you should know that replacing a hard drive with an SSD is one of the most interesting upgrades you can make to […]
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We tried Steam Deck’s first dock that adds M.2 SSD storage to offload your entire library, is it worth it?
Steam Deck continues to receive unique accessories, this time a dock or docking station that adds a bay for M.2 SSD drives, with which storage problems are over. We tell you how it works, which discs are compatible and everything you need to know, including whether or not it’s worth it. A few months ago […]
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How to improve the temperature of your SSD
Like other components, storage disks can also have temperature problems. It is something that SSDs have inherited and, especially, the M.2 NVMe, which can see their performance affected by the heat they generate. Here we give you some tips and tricks to reduce its temperature. For those of you who regularly visit hardware pages to […]
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SanDisk Professional PRO-G40, a rugged and lightning-fast external SSD
Western Digital has expanded its storage solutions with the SanDisk Professional PRO-G40an external SSD specially conceived for content creators or for any user looking for a rugged, high-speed drive, In our last SSD Guide we said that the advantages of solid state drives for internal storage have been transferred to external storage solutions and SanDisk’s […]
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BackBlaze confirms results: SSD reliability is superior to that of hard drives
A couple of weeks ago we wondered about the useful life of SSDs and today we have new data that confirms their high reliability, higher than hard drives according to BackBlaze tests whose conclusions have been published by our colleagues at MCPRO. BackBlaze is a company specialized in cloud storage that uses nearly 100,000 storage […]
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Kingston NV2, an entry-level SSD to PCIe Gen4
Kingston NV2 is the new solid state drive from the Californian manufacturer. It will replace the NV1 as the entry-level range of PCIe SSDs and comes with a fundamental change, the jump to Gen4. Although the future of SSDs goes through the news that will arrive for PCIe Gen5, their deployment will be very gradual […]
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Lexar NM800, another high-performance SSD awaiting PCI Gen5
Lexar NM800 is another high-performance SSD that follows in the footsteps of and like the recently announced Samsung SSD 990 PRO focuses on all types of use, both gamers on PC or consoles, and professionals on work machines. As for equipment, it works equally well for desktops or laptop upgrades. As we said with the […]
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A 30 terabyte SSD for $38.99? Unbelievable… but false
We have been talking about the drop in prices of graphics cards for some time now (which came from the terrible situation of said market throughout 2021), and just a few days ago we told you that stock is beginning to accumulate in warehouses, which indicates that in the short term we can wait for […]
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Samsung introduces the blazing-fast SSD 990 PRO, but it’s not the Gen5 we expected
Samsung has officially introduced the SSD 990 PRO to expand your storage catalog. It is one of the fastest and most advanced solid state drives on the market, but it’s still a Gen4 and not the new solutions that we expected to take advantage of the benefits of the PCIe 5.0 interface. You already know […]
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Samsung 990 Pro: this is the new SSD that aspires to speeds of up to 7,450 MB/s
The new Samsung 990 Pro is an SSD hard drive that has just been introduced and will arrive next year with breakneck read and write speeds. SSDs are an important part of any desktop or laptop computer, causing the companies that manufacture them to innovate from time to time. In recent months we have had […]