Think your hard drive might be failing? Here's how to test your SSD or HDD and catch problems early.

The next-gen consoles will use SSD technology rather than a hard drive (HDD) to store your game installs. What is the main difference between SSD vs HDD? That is easy. An SSD, a solid state drive ...

A recent study released takes a look at the reliability of solid-state drives (SSD) and hard disk drives (HDD) in PCs. However, the study is not as one-sided as many PC players may expect. The ...

If you're still gaming on an HDD in 2025, it's time to level up to an SSD. I did some testing with modern games to show how much faster it can actually be for you.

Step 2. Decide On an HDD or SSD Benchmarking Tool Consider your workload configuration, test duration and the devices to benchmark. There are many free tools for this task, including Benchmark Factory ...

The standard HDD costs between $50 and $70, the SSD costs about $175 for half the storage space (500 GB SSDs tend to cost more than $300) and the hybrid costs about $110.