While older computers and storage drives might still use the common SATA or the older PCIe 3.0 interfaces to sling your bits of data around, more recent computing equipment typically supports the far ...

You can buy one after checking the type of M.2 slot present on your motherboard (M key or A+E key). Most Wi-Fi cards have Bluetooth as well, so you can get two features for the price of one. If you ...

A single PCIe 4.0 lane offers 2 GB/s of bandwidth. A standard x4 slot meant for network and storage extension cards can provide up to 8 GB/s. Compare that to a typical high-speed USB 3.2 Gen 2 port, ...

Maybe your gaming laptop doesn’t have enough storage. Or you simply want an easy way to make your game library portable. An external SSD can fix both of these issues (and more) by providing an easy ...

The M.2 HAT+ Compact for the Raspberry Pi piggybacks small 30 mm SSDs. The whole thing fits next to the official CPU cooler. Raspberry Pi Plc. is launching a compact SSD adapter for the Raspberry Pi 5 ...

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Toshiba's X300 PRO and N300 PRO CMR-based HDDs for NAS and Plex/media servers are great deals. If you are looking for high-capacity drives for such purposes or even backups, check them out in this ...

What is the best SSD for gaming? Getting the best SSD you can afford in your PC will seriously improve your experience when using your rig, giving your system a speed boost when it's loading the ...

Most of today’s newest internal solid-state drives are M.2-format "gumstick" SSDs that run over the PCI Express (PCIe) bus and employ a standard called Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) to maximize ...

Inside modern laptops, and in the hollows of today's desktop-PC motherboards, you'll find little sticks of storage—M.2 solid-state drives—that are both smaller and faster than classic 2.5-inch SATA ...

A fast, reliable SSD can make a huge difference to how your computer feels day to day. From quicker boot times to near-instant file transfers, solid-state drives outpace traditional hard drives in ...