Category: ssd

Seagate’s 1TB Game Drive for Xbox Series X, Series S costs $220

[ad_1] At this price (and with no other sizes or manufacturers available so far) adding storage to the cheaper console costs two-thirds of the system’s price. If you’d like to have some extra space to install those launch-day games, then you can pre-order the 1TB Game Drive for Xbox Series X and Series S right […]

You’ll need more than $299 to truly enjoy next-gen gaming

[ad_1] So yes, you can technically play next-gen games for $299. Or $399, if you prefer the PS5 ecosystem. But realistically, you can’t. The digital version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, for example, currently demands 185GB on a PS4 or Xbox One. The much-anticipated Cyberpunk 2077, meanwhile, is expected to be an 80GB download. […]

Grab Samsung’s 500GB T7 external SSD for just $80 at Amazon and Best Buy

[ad_1] All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. If you buy something through one of the links on this page, we may earn an affiliate commission. It just became easier to rationalize an external solid-state drive if you need fast backups or just an easy way […]

Will QLC SSDs make hard drives extinct?

[ad_1] Flash memory has had a huge impact on the way we use computers. Flash, which powers everything from thumb drives, SD cards and the memory chip in your phone up to high performance SSDs in computers and data centers, stores information in a network of specialized transistors, and has big advantages over traditional hard […]

Seagate’s Xbox Series X storage card has 1TB of space, but no price

[ad_1] The company hasn’t provided pricing or a release date, but we’d expect the Storage Expansion Card to be expensive when it ships. PCIe SSDs in this class are expensive as a general rule (Samsung’s 1TB 970 Evo Plus is on sale for $200 on Amazon as we write this), and making one available in […]

Samsung’s T7 Touch SSD can be locked with a fingerprint

[ad_1] “Consumers who are constantly on the go between work, play and passion projects want to be able to securely carry their content with them,” said Mike Mang, vice president of Samsung’s Brand Product Biz Team. In addition to the built-in fingerprint scanner, the T7 Touch includes password protection and AES 256-bit hardware encryption. It […]

The best SSDs | Engadget

[ad_1] Why you should trust us Andrew Cunningham spent more than six years testing and reviewing PCs and other gadgets for AnandTech and Ars Technica, and has been building and upgrading PCs for more than 15 years. Nathan Edwards, the senior editor on this guide, tested dozens of SSDs for Maximum PC between 2008 and […]

The best portable SSD

[ad_1] Why you should trust us Wirecutter has been researching and recommending solid-state drives since 2013, and our PC team has more than 35 years of combined experience testing solid-state drives and hard drives. As Wirecutter’s storage expert, I’ve evaluated all sorts of storage devices—from portable and desktop hard drives to teensy SD and microSD […]

Gigabyte’s next-gen SSD shows the incredible potential of PCIe 4.0

[ad_1] Gigabyte isn’t the only company to launch a PCI 4.0 SSD, as Corsair also unveiled the MP600 NVMe SSD with very similar performance. Both products use the Phison PS5016-E16 controller and 3D TLC (triple-level cell) NAND flash memory chips (from Toshiba, in the case of the AORUS). The AURUS NVMe Gen4 SSD has a […]

Save $80 on Samsung’s 2TB T5 portable SSD

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