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Old school hard drives are getting more reliable according to a new survey but good luck buying one later this year thanks to AI demand

1.36% overall HDD failure rate reported as one drive maker says it's sold out for 2026.

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Now that's a mega drive - WD reveals plans to launch 40TB HDD, and it's planning on getting to 100TB sooner than you might expect

WD detailed how its 40TB hard drives and new actuator designs form a clear path toward 100TB capacities.

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Lucky scavenger finds $1,300 worth of SSDs for just $210 in Walmart's clearance aisle — haul includes two 2TB WD SN770, a 2TB Samsung T5 Evo, and a 1 TB PNY CS2241

A Redditor was able to get a 1 TB PNY CS2241, a 2 TB Samsung T5 Evo, and two WD Black SN770 SSDs for a total of just $210 at their local Walmart. These items have a combined retail value of around $1,327 currently, so our lucky scavenger saved over…

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Western Digital Stock Just Got a New Street-High Price Target. Should You Buy WDC Now?

Western Digital (WDC) has quietly staged a strong comeback over the past few months as investor enthusiasm around AI infrastructure and cloud storage continues to build. The data-storage specialist has benefited from rising demand for high-capacity drives, with Wall Street warming up to the idea that AI-driven data growth could...

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WD's new HDD tech promises 'flash-like' performance and just maybe a way out of the dreaded memory supply crisis

But it will probably just make hard drives more expensive, too!

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Western Digital reveals new software platform to manage hundreds of petabytes of storage — as-yet-unnamed tool gives users powerful management capabilities at the price of lock-in

Western Digital to give large customers a tool to manage storage fleets of 200+ PB consisting of SSDs, HAMR HDDs, and UltraSMR drives.

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Sandisk crushes wallets with up to 2.8X SSD price hikes as NAND shortage strangles the market — WD Black SN8100 8TB skyrockets past $2,500, more than a high-end gaming PC

Sandisk has significantly increased prices on SSDs sold through its online store, with some models seeing increases of up to xx.

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New report claims Samsung, SK Hynix and Sandisk are all planning to double the price of NAND memory chips this year

The PC memory crisis just gets worse.

PC Gamer

The 'days of cheap 1TB SSDs' are over — I've picked the top 3 SSDs you should buy now to avoid price rises

High-end SSDs have already shot up in price, and more affordable models are likely to follow, so the time to buy is now.

TechRadar

Kioxia exec says the AI boom means the era of the cheap 1TB SSD is over —company's NAND supply is sold out for this year and likely through 2027

Kioxia's Memory Business Director warns that the global NAND flash shortage means affordable SSDs are gone for good.

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The Seagate FireCuda 530R is an okay PS5 SSD, but it’s another victim of the ongoing RAM shortage

The Seagate FireCuda 530R with heatsink would be an okay option for PS5 owners if it was available at a reasonable price.

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Many high-capacity NVMe SSDs are now as expensive as gold by weight as shortage intensifies — we ran the numbers, here's what we found

High-capacity NVMe SSDs are quickly becoming pricier than their gold weight

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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.

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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.

PC Gamer

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.

TechRadar

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.

PC Gamer

Sandisk WD Blue SN5100 NVMe SSD review

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

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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.

PC Gamer

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?

TechRadar

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.

Tom’s Hardware

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.

Evening Standard

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

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