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The Latest Breaking News from WD

The names of some of the most popular SSDs are changing so their new owner Sandisk gets the glory

Bye, bye, WD Black.

PC Gamer

Sandisk’s new Optimus SSD line-up replaces retired WD color-based models — new Optimus, GX, and GX Pro tiers for 2026

Sandisk has reimagined its WD Black and WD Blue SSDs, unveiling the new Optimus series designed specifically for gamers, creators, and professionals.

Tom’s Hardware

Here are 2025's six highest rated hardware, enjoying tippy-top review scores—plus six dishonorable mentions

From the tippy-top to the flippy-flops, 2025 was a cracking year for hardware.

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PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025: All the winners from a bumper 12 months of PC gaming tech

We've had our hands on the absolute best PC hardware the industry has had to offer in this bountiful year, and these are the winners.

PC Gamer

I compiled a list of 167 hard disk drives worth buying - here are six things I found out

My in-depth look at 167 hard disk drives shows why capacity, durability, and price per TB keep HDDs relevant, despite widespread SSD adoption.

TechRadar

Sandisk WD Blue SN5100 NVMe SSD review

Massive generational leap takes the 5000 line to the next level.

PC Gamer

Lexar NQ780 4 TB NVMe SSD review

Old tech for a modern era.

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TerraMaster made the ultimate M.2 SSD enclosure, and it gets a Cyber Monday discount you don't want to miss

The D4 SSD is TerraMaster's all-SSD enclosure that lets you store four M.2 drives. It connects over every USB protocol as well as Thunderbolt 5, 4, and 3, and it's on sale now.

Android Central

Tech price rises: Tracking the PC memory and SSD supply crisis, now with added GPU fun

Affordable DDR5 and PC storage is but a sweet, well, memory. Will graphics cards follow?

PC Gamer

Act now and you can grab a 4TB SSD for around 5¢ per gigabyte as more early Black Friday deals hit

You can buy a 4TB SSD for as low as 5¢ per gigabyte in early Black Friday deals - here's what we've found.

TechRadar

I used AI to predict prices of Amazon's 20 most popular SSDs for Black Friday and it doesn't look good at all

Gemini predicts Black Friday SSD discounts will be modest, with few major price drops across Amazon’s top 20 drives.

TechRadar

WD launches investigation into problems with its controversial SMR hard drives — same drives that got WD sued in 2021 now reporting failure rates due to 'fundamental' flaws

Western Digital Blue and Red HDDs from 2020 that use SMR technology are experiencing enough failures to prompt an investigation from WD itself. These same drives, which included SMR without telling customers, resulted in a class action lawsuit against WD in 2021.

Tom’s Hardware

Best gaming hard drives 2025: Top picks for gamers

Guilty as charged gaming hoarder, Stuart Pritchard, heads down the route of additional hard drives to help solve his self-made storage issues

Evening Standard

World's largest HDD goes on sale in a most unexpected place - 32TB WD Ultrastar DC HC690 surfaces in Russia, but costs an incredible $1,900

Western Digital’s 32TB Ultrastar DC HC690 is now available in Russia, offering enterprise-level capacity, secure erase features, and limited availability.

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Android Central

Synology comes to its senses, removes all HDD limitations from 2025 DiskStation models

Synology introduced a controversial policy with its 2025 DiskStation models where it prevented the use of WD and Seagate HDDs. Thankfully, it's walking back those claims, and you can use any hard drive with 2025 DiskStation models.

PC Gamer

After 4,500 hours of testing, SSD controller specialist Phison rules out allegations that a Windows 11 update is bricking drives

Correlation without causation, after all?

GamesRadar

This new WD Blue SSD is designed with creators in mind, but its $56.99 price is calling my name

SanDisk has unveiled the WD Blue SN5100 NVMe SSD, a new generation WD Blue drive designed to provide blistering speeds to content creators and gamers alike.

Tom’s Hardware

Sandisk launches WD Blue SN5100 SSD, touting 30% higher performance than predecessor — PCIe 4.0 DRAM-less drives start at $54

Sandisk has launched the WD Blue SN5100, the successor to the WD Blue SN5000, which was introduced in June 2024.

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Windows Central

Reports say Windows 11 update is bricking drives — is yours on the list?

A lengthy report from an X user suggests that after the latest Windows 11 update, KB5063878, some SSDs are flatlining when attempting to move large files. Here's what you need to know.

Windows Central

The latest Windows 11 security update could be nuking SSDs — what you can do to avoid disastrous data loss

A lengthy report from an X user suggests that after the latest Windows 11 update, KB5063878, some SSDs are flatlining when attempting to move large files. Here's what you need to know.

PC Gamer

A new report claims Windows 11 update is breaking SSDs and HDDs, but this could just be routine hardware failures

It could be correlation without causation, but holding off update KB5063878 for now probably makes sense.

PC Gamer

You might not have heard of Biwin but it's made the best value PCIe 4.0 SSD we've tested in some time

Our new budget king, for PCIe 4.0 drives.

PC Gamer

Biwin Black Opal NV7400 SSD review

Ridiculously affordable, with potent sequentials.

Tom’s Hardware

Lucky data hoarder pays $360 for six 8TB WD external hard drives, lands five more for free — scores 11 shuckable HDDs for $4 per TB

A Redditor bought six WD Easystore 8TB external hard drives for $60 each and ended up getting five more for free.

Tom’s Hardware

Western Digital's $500 million penalty for patent infringement reduced to a mere $1 — court says recipient failed to 'adequately tie a dollar amount' to damages

A California court reduced the damages awarded to SPEX Technologies after the testimony of its expert has been excluded from the case.

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