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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.

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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.

TechRadar

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.

Android Central

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?

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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.

GamesRadar

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.

Tom’s Hardware

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.

Windows Central

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.

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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.

Laptop

Just like many Windows 10 users, some SSDs are snubbing Windows 11, too

For Windows users rocking Western Digital SSDs, we've got some good news and some bad news.

Tom’s Hardware

Windows 11 24H2 updates are still failing on Western Digital's SN770, despite the fact that a fix came out 8 months ago — here's what to do if you're stuck

Microsoft is blocking Windows 11 version 24H2 on systems with WD Black SN770 SSDs due to a firmware issue, yet offers no clear guidance to users despite a firmware fix having been available since October 2024.

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Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB review: “A feat of engineering, but one you probably don’t need”

Samsung has finally delivered a new flagship SSD, and the 9100 Pro Gen 5 drive is one of the fastest ever made. Is it worth its high price tag, though?

TechRadar

An obscure 4-year-old Intel SSD is still the world's fastest despite WD Black SN8100's outstanding performance in benchmarks

Though the SN8100 boasts blazing Gen5 speeds and strong efficiency, it still can’t dethrone Intel’s four-year-old Optane P5800X in real-world SSD performance.

Digital Camera World

Happy 25th birthday to the SD card! The memory format that refuses to die

It's easily the most successful memory card format ever and shows little sign of being overtaken

GamesRadar

Sandisk has finally revealed WD Black's first Gen 5 gaming SSD, and my PC is quivering in fear of this new "world's fastest" drive

Sandisk has launched its brand-new WD Black SN8100 SSD, boasting to be the "world's fastest" Gen 5 gaming drive.

Tom’s Hardware

Sandisk's new WD Black SN8100 claims to be the world's fastest NVMe SSD — 14,900MB/s read speeds and up to 8TB in capacity

Sandisk has just unveiled its new Sandisk WD Black SN8100 NVMe with 14,900MB/s read speeds and up to 8TB of capacity.

PC Gamer

WD Black SN8100 2 TB NVMe SSD review

The fastest drive on the planet, right now.

Tom’s Hardware

Amazon lists the unannounced WD Black SN8100 with 14.9 GB/s reads for $225 (1TB)

Amazon (Germany) is accepting pre-orders for the unannounced WD Black SN8100 SSD, promising 14.9 GB/s read speeds, set for launch on May 30.

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