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Ah, poor old HDDs! They served us, and served us well for decades, but today…
The Sun Sets Over the Old HDD Warrior
- The Falcon
- 3rd Nov 2025
- Logical Increments Updates
Posts Tagged Under: M.2 NVMe SSD
The “HDD Era is Almost Over” Update
- The Falcon
- 2nd Oct 2023
- Logical Increments Updates
We all know that HDDs are essentially obsolete as a technology, as SSDs now do everything better. But HDDs have continued to be manufactured and recommended, as they have one very desirable advantage: A lower price.
SSDs have been getting cheaper though, and have overtaken HDDs in some price segments…
Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X: Picking the Right Extra SSD Storage for You!
- Chris Cunningham
- 23rd Dec 2020
- Guides
One of the key features in the marketing of the new PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X was the blistering fast storage drive contained in each of them. Welcome to the big leagues, console players! You’ll finally be able to understand why us PC gamers have been harping on about the excellence of SSDs for the past decade.
However, with great speeds come greater costs for additional storage, so we’re going to do a quick dive into picking the right storage for a PS5, Xbox Series X, or even Xbox Series S. We’ll even include one non-SSD choice, for the budget-conscious gamers.
Let’s get into some details!
Quick Update on SSDs in the Main Chart
- The Falcon
- 12th Jul 2019
- Logical Increments Updates
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare famously said: “Keep the body free from disease, what affects RAM affects SSDs.” As always, this ancient wisdom has proven to be correct, and the recent (enormous) RAM price dive is being mirrored in SSDs.
So, let us update our SSD recommendations!
How to Choose the Right Storage for Your Gaming PC
M.2 SATA, M.2 NVME, SSD, HDD—if any of those abbreviations make your head spin faster than a hard drive platter, look no further. This article outlines the different storage options on the market today, highlighting the best use-cases for each and recommending the best product in every class.
Upgrading an older storage drive to an SSD is one of the surest (and cheapest) ways to give a boost to an older PC, but where should you begin? There are three main options on the market today: HDDs, SATA SSDs, and M.2 SSDs. Here’s a look at each.