When shopping for an SSD it’s important to know which form-factor fits your system. SSDs come in a bunch of shapes and sizes.

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Despite having an enviable reputation in the consumer SSD market, Samsung is yet to offer a full-fat PCIe 5 M.2 SSD, instead limiting itself to PCIe 5 x2 rather than x4 bandwidth, which means that its ...

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There's no question that two brands represent the gold standard of SSDs: WD (Western Digital) and Samsung. These drives are reliable, they're fast, and perhaps most importantly, they're not hard to ...

A rash of SSD failures have prompted some users to blame a recent Windows Update. Microsoft insist the problem is not its fault.