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An image of the samsung 990 evo plus ssd.
Your next storage upgrade probably shouldn’t be another NVMe SSD

You are paying more for speed you won't even notice.

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Scrutiny dashboard showing SanDisk SSD with Failed status
My homelab SSD was silently failing, and one monitoring tool caught it before the other

The quietest failure is the worst kind.

An image featuring crucial bx500 sata ssd drive behind what appears to be a bunch of wires tangled together.
Your old SSD is too small for games, but perfect for things your main drive shouldn't do

You probably don't realize how useful your old SSD can be

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An image of a Framework Laptop 13's SSD.
Your SSD firmware is probably out of date, and a simple update could speed up everything

The most overlooked tasks in PC maintenance can be the most beneficial ones

Thermal pad on the base of the primary M.2 slot on ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Crosshair Hero motherboard
Your motherboard's M.2 heatsink is probably making your SSD temps worse

An improperly installed M.2 heatsink can be worse than not having one

An image featuring crucial bx500 sata ssd drive behind what appears to be a bunch of wires tangled together.
The SATA mode mistake that nearly cost me my entire system

I changed one BIOS setting to boost SSD performance — and my PC refused to boot. Here’s what went wrong.

An image of the samsung 990 evo plus ssd.
I learned my 3-year-old SSD was dying the hard way, and the health percentage never warned me

My SSD seemed fine until I checked its real health

A photo of two hard drives installed behind a PC's motherboard tray
Don’t toss that old SATA drive - here’s what to do with it instead

SATA drives desere a better life than living your junk drawer

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firecuda x1070 ssd held in hand
Your Gen 5 SSD is probably throttling right now, and you have no idea

Don't let it overheat

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A person holding a WD Blue HDD
Your next storage upgrade shouldn't be an SSD — not for the next two years

You have enough SSD storage already — buy HDDs for storage expansion for now

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I change these 5 storage settings on every new PC build, and they prevent headaches later

These are must-change settings for the sake of your storage

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An image of a Kingstone SSD kept adjacent to a WD hard drive.
I stopped thinking about my unused HDDs and SSDs as storage — and you should too

Your old drives are way more useful than you give them credit for

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An image of a gaming PC.
Updating my SSD's firmware fixed a chronic Windows problem that nothing else did

I was used to frequent OS corruption until a firmware update fixed my drive

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An image of the Samsung 990 evo plus ssd held in hand.
Stop panicking about your SSD's lifespan — it will probably outlive your PC

You're replace your SSD years before wearing it out

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A hand holding an NVMe enclosure.
I upgraded to a fast SSD and my system was still slow — here's what I missed

My SSD looked fast on paper, but real-world performance told a different story, providing specs alone doesn’t guarantee a faster system

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ugreen idx 6011 pro nas display
Your NAS doesn't need to be all-SSD, and TrueNAS proved it to me

Hold up, speed isn't the only factor in the NAS game.

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An image of an m.2 ssd installed in asus motherboard.
SSD prices are still climbing, yet you are killing your drive for no good reason

Losing your existing SSD won't be pretty in this economy

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A Steam Machine connected to a TV running a videogame
DRAM prices have tripled, and three products are paying the price

RAMageddon strikes again.

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ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero M.2 heatsink
Your motherboard's fastest storage slot might not be the one you should actually use first

In a fresh build, take note of what your drive is actually capable of

An image of a PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD fit into a Framework laptop.
I tested the same NVMe in two generations of PCIe slot and learned why most people are upgrading wrong

You don't need to match PCIe generations for storage

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