Storage reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
Storage reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
StorageMaxell brings back classic 1970s cassette tapesBy Mark Tyson Published
External SSDsSanDisk expansion cards for Xbox Series X|S now available on AmazonBy Jowi Morales Published
SSDsSandisk's new $2,200 NAS SSD lets you fill the drive every day for five years — 7.68TB M.2 flaunts eye-popping 14,000 TBW ratingBy Zhiye Liu Published
SSDsEnterprise SSDs cost 18.6 times more than HDDs as 30TB drives hit $22,600By Luke James Published
microSD CardsMicroSD card torture test writes 133 petabytes of data across 351 cards over three yearsBy Jowi Morales Published microSD CardsBest MicroSD Express Cards For The Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026By Zhiye Liu Last updated
HDDsPeer-reviewed study of 443,000 Backblaze hard drives ranks HGST most reliable and Toshiba the leastBy Luke James Published
EnclosuresBoutique DIY Hi-Fi solution lets you repurpose your old IDE optical drives as a standalone audio playerBy Mark Tyson Published
EnclosuresBest SSD and Hard Drive EnclosuresBy Avram Piltch Last updated
EnclosuresAkasa’s USB4 enclosure delivers speeds over 3.5 GB/sBy Roshan Ashraf Shaikh Published
EnclosuresFastest SSD Enclosure Tested: ZikeDrive Delivers 3,700 MBps via USB 4By Avram Piltch Published
EnclosuresSatechi's $99 Mac Mini USB-C Dock Adds M.2, SD Card Reader, USB-A PortsBy Anton Shilov Published
EnclosuresSilverstone's Raven SSD Enclosure: NVMe or SATA, Your ChoiceBy Myles Goldman Published
EnclosuresGigabyte Rolls Out Liquid-Cooled Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti External EnclosureBy Aleksandar Kostovic Published
EnclosuresSonnet Launches DuoModo Thunderbolt 3 Expansion BoxesBy Anton Shilov Published
EnclosuresAkasa Thinks Someone Needs Active RGB Cooling for Their External SSDBy Nathaniel Mott Published HDDsPeer-reviewed study of 443,000 Backblaze hard drives ranks HGST most reliable and Toshiba the leastBy Luke James Published
HDDsSeagate to start qualifying record-setting 50TB HDDs in 2027By Anton Shilov Published
HDDsBest Hard Drives 2026By Paul Alcorn Last updated
HDDsClass-action lawsuit filed against HDD suspension assembly makersBy Bruno Ferreira Published
PremiumHigh-capacity HDD roadmap: the race to 100TB and zettabyte-scale storage — Toshiba, Seagate and WD outline three distinct strategiesBy Anton Shilov Published
External HDDsRedditor gambles $20 on a 4TB Temu external HDDBy Jowi Morales Published
External HDDsSeagate FireCuda X Vault (8TB) review: A USB-powered, RGB-lit hard drive aimed at gamersBy Matt Safford Published
HDDsToshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warrantyBy Jowi Morales Published
PremiumWD Innovation Day 2026 press Q&A transcript: roadmap plans to reach 60TB with ePMR and 100TB via HAMR by 2029 — 'at some point, the laws of physics will require us to transition to HAMR'By Zak Killian Published
NASMinisforum's beastly N5 Max NAS comes powered by AMD Strix HaloBy Mark Tyson Published
NASMinisforum's new flagship NAS comes with OpenClaw pre-installedBy Aaron Klotz Published
NASQNAP's new NAS brings exotic data center 'ruler' SSDs into your houseBy Zhiye Liu Published
NASSynology walks back controversial compatibility policy for 2025 NAS unitsBy Kunal Khullar Published
NASSynology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systemsBy Jowi Morales Published
NASYou may not 'knead' the DataToaster 3000, but this custom NAS is the 'toast of the town'By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh Published
NAS71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten yearsBy Jowi Morales Published
NASWindows 11 24H2 may block connections to unsecured third-party NAS devices — Microsoft enables SMB signing for enhanced securityBy Roshan Ashraf Shaikh Published
NASQNAP Patches Another Vulnerability, Update Your NAS ASAPBy Ian Evenden Published External SSDsSanDisk expansion cards for Xbox Series X|S now available on AmazonBy Jowi Morales Published SSDsSandisk's new $2,200 NAS SSD lets you fill the drive every day for five years — 7.68TB M.2 flaunts eye-popping 14,000 TBW ratingBy Zhiye Liu Published SSDsEnterprise SSDs cost 18.6 times more than HDDs as 30TB drives hit $22,600By Luke James Published
SSDsSK hynix runs out of replacement SSDs and defaults to original purchase price refundsBy Zhiye Liu Published
SSDsBest SSDs 2026: From blazing-fast M.2 NVMe down to budget SATABy Paul Alcorn Last updated
SSDsSK hynix to expand production capacity in China as it mulls Solidigm IPO, report claimsBy Anton Shilov Published
SSDsSandisk Optimus GX 7100M 2TB SSD review: The best 2230 drive you can buy for the Steam DeckBy Shane Downing Published
SSDsKioxia and Sandisk demonstrate the world's highest-density 3D NAND flashBy Anton Shilov Published
SSDsNew HBF spec outlines tech that can give GPUs terabytes of extra memoryBy Anton Shilov Published
USB Flash DrivesOpen-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy driveBy Hassam Nasir Published
USB Flash DrivesBest Flash Drives 2026: Fast, Spacious, Pocketable USB StorageBy Matt Safford Last updated
USB Flash DrivesUnpowered flash drive data retention test shows promising results after six yearsBy Bruno Ferreira Published
USB Flash DrivesResearcher builds bizarre 128-byte USB drive the size of a dinner plate using ancient pre-semiconductor magnetic core memory technologyBy Mark Tyson Published
USB Flash DrivesSanDisk debuts Type-C 'Plug and Stay' flash drive that never needs to be taken out of your laptopBy Aaron Klotz Published
USB Flash DrivesCarry your favorite apps wherever you go with PortableAppsBy Les Pounder Published
USB Flash DrivesFolderDrive USB-C flash storage drags computer folder icon into the physical world – Skeuomorphism in reverseBy Mark Tyson Published
USB Flash DrivesSK hynix's speedy 1TB Tube flash drive is down to $59, an all-time lowBy Stewart Bendle Published
DealsGrab two of SK hynix's superfast Tube T31 1TB Flash drives for just $109 - techy stocking fillers for the holidaysBy Stewart Bendle Published microSD CardsMicroSD card torture test writes 133 petabytes of data across 351 cards over three yearsBy Jowi Morales Published microSD CardsBest MicroSD Express Cards For The Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026By Zhiye Liu Last updated
microSD CardsMassive 8TB SD cards are set to ship 'shortly' after a two-year delayBy Zhiye Liu Published
microSD CardsOpen source IDE-ATAPI drive emulator launches for vintage computersBy Mark Tyson Published
microSD CardsLarge-capacity microSD cards are now regularly out of stock in Japan as storage crunch claims another victimBy Hassam Nasir Last updated
microSD CardsA tiny 0.5MB SmartMedia card wins the Small Capacity Memory Card Championship (Japan)By Mark Tyson Published
microSD CardsSamsung unleashes high-speed P9 Express microSD Express cards for the Switch 2 at highly competitive pricesBy Zhiye Liu Published
microSD CardsTragic OceanGate Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage siteBy Mark Tyson Last updated
DealsUK Nintendo Switch 2 owners can grab PNY's 256GB microSD Express card for £59, finally back in stockBy Stewart Bendle Published HDDsPeer-reviewed study of 443,000 Backblaze hard drives ranks HGST most reliable and Toshiba the leastBy Luke James Published SSDsSK hynix runs out of replacement SSDs and defaults to original purchase price refundsBy Zhiye Liu Published
StorageCatastrophic optical disc shattering blamed on cleaning chemicals and packing foamBy Mark Tyson Published