I have a friend Steve (not his real name) who still installs his PC games on a large, slow, noise hard drive. You know, the old-school kind that spins up before it can read or write data? I keep ...

It's a good time to let the hard drive go. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We've reached a critical juncture in gaming, one which ...

If you find yourself in the enviable position of getting new hardware for your gaming PC, it's worth taking the time to make sure you’re getting components that are going to serve you well. When it ...

Ratchet and Clank’s PC system requirements recommend a solid-state drive but don’t require it — thanks to DirectStorage 1.2! Ratchet and Clank’s PC system requirements recommend a solid-state drive ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Spinning disks are a thing of the past and now game developers are ready to leave them in the dust. Spinning ...

The best time to buy an SSD? Yesterday.

At the heart of every PC is a storage drive, which stores the Microsoft Windows operating system and also contains space for your personal data, documents, photos, and applications. Regardless of ...

Before you throw out or destroy an old hard drive, check out a few ways that you can put it to use without making our ...

A new DIY trick repurposes an old laptop SSD into a functional gadget and portable PC component, extending its usefulness.

Hard disk drives may seem outdated and useless, now that solid state drives keep plummeting in price. But even with how relatively cheap SSDs are currently, buying a hard disk drive instead of an SSD ...

Acer just unveiled its latest gaming PC range, the Predator Orion 7000, and along with all the usual internal hardware options you might expect, the company has offered up an extra feature that is a ...