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The primary reason for me and many others to continue purchasing hard drives is cost. These units are notably cheaper than SSD counterparts, with some models coming in at $0.02 per GB of storage space — and that's for server (or NAS) grade hardware too. Then there's capacity. SSDs have grown in size over the years, but you'll still need to spend the big bucks and pick up enterprise-grade storage to store any more than 8 TB of data per drive. That's simply not the case with hard drives, which can be found in capacities ranging from just 1 TB to 24 TB for NAS. Picking up a 16 TB drive allows me
Why I bought a 16TB HDD instead of an 8TB SSDDhruv Bhutani Apr 13, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the personal technology landscape through features and opinion pieces…
…emerging technologies. Sign in to your XDA account If you were to conduct a random survey among desktop and laptop owners asking, "When was the last time you updated your SSD firmware…
…Updating your SSD's firmware is probably an even rarer phenomenon, but it might be hurting your SSD's performance and lifespan. Manufacturers release firmware updates to improve various SSD functions like…
…Related 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 You probably have plenty of…
Samir Makwana Apr 13, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT Samir Makwana is a technology journalist and editor from India since past 18 years and his work appears on MakeUseOf, HowToGeek, GSMArena, BGR…
…I suspect many of you have never updated your SSD's firmware, assuming it didn't need updating. While these updates can be rare, skipping them can be detrimental to your SSD…
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…When I migrated to a SATA SSD, my hard drive started feeling too slow, even for secondary storage. And when I moved to an NVMe SSD, the tiny SATA SSD was too…
…The modern SSDs we have in our PCs today are designed to be used freely instead of being cautiously rationed like a dwindling resource. The technology has matured, the endurance has scaled…
Timi Cantisano Apr 14, 2026, 8:26 PM EDT Timi has been writing about technology for over a decade, focusing on smartphones, computers, and anything that he finds interesting in the tech…