There are many ways to make a slow laptop faster, but few are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). Making the swap will, in most cases, ...

With their lightning-fast speeds, solid state drives (SSDs) are a vast improvement on disk drives. They’re dependable, if pricey, options — for the most part. Thing is, SSDs aren’t free of errors and ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

We previously featured a list of tips for keeping your hard drive healthy and running for a long time, and as promised, we will now feature some of the best tools for analyzing and, if needed, ...

If you bought your iMac 3-5 years ago, there’s probably nothing so seriously wrong with the hardware that you need to consider replacing the machine. Sure, the new iMac with 5K Retina Display looks a ...

The Seagate Game Drive PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD has DRAM cache for best performance in a PS5. It’s also fast overall and sports a low-profile heatsink plus the usual fantastic Seagate longevity ratings. It’s ...

In brief: Solid-state drives afford a wealth of benefits compared to mechanical drives, and now IT admis and hardware enthusiasts clinging to legacy systems have the opportunity to leverage SSD perks ...