16TB M.2 SSD hits retail if you’re ready to drop $16,000 for the ultimate storage upgrade — price tag explodes 4X in just four months

The Exascend PE4 16TB, one of the first 16TB M.2 SSDs, has gone up for purchase on Amazon for a jaw-dropping $15,935.

Seagate FireCuda X1070 2TB SSD review: Entry-level hardware meets premium support

The Seagate FireCuda X1070 is a budget-minded SSD done mostly right. It performs well enough and has excellent support, but initial pricing is high. A Gen 4 SSD that you can just throw into any system and get the job done….

How to protect yourself from bad external SSDs during the PC hardware apocalypse – newer drives will definitely cost more, and some may offer up shockingly poor performance

If you’re shopping for a new external SSD, you might want to buy a drive soon, and something that was released before the AI demand seemingly gobbled up all the good flash.

Phison CEO says that NAND prices hiked by around 50% overnight, highlighting severe shortage in the industry — warns ‘our current concern is that both money and inventory are insufficient’

SSD controller manufacturer Phison said that NAND chip prices increased by around 50% overnight, and that it’s increasing its inventory to ensure that it will have sufficient supply as it pivots towards enterprise customer…

Grab this speedy 4TB Crucial P310 SSD, the cheapest on sale right now, for just £299.99 — nearly £90 price drop is as good as it gets for high-capacity PC storage as the AI crunch continues to bite

Another big sale day means you can grab a 4TB Crucial P310 2280 NVMe SSD with PCIe 4.0 speeds for just £299.99, nearly £90 less than it cost a few weeks ago, and pushing back a little against the AI price hikes.

New Windows-native NVMe driver benchmarks reveal transformative performance gains, up to 64.89% — lightning-fast random reads and breakthrough CPU efficiency

StorageReview evaluated the performance benefits of Microsoft’s native NVMe driver on Windows Server 2025 and found substantial performance increases, particularly in random reads.

Chinese SSD maker YMTC lists its first commercial PCIe 5.0 SSD as worldwide shortage intensifies — Xtacking 4.0 NAND powers speeds of up to 10,500 MB/s

The newly listed PC550 SSD targets AI PCs and commercial systems and features PCIe 5.0 x4 connectivity, NVMe 2.0 support, and a four-channel design.

Seagate FireCuda X1070 SSD spotted at retailers — listed at $829.99 before any official announcement

Seagate’s unannounced FireCuda X1070 NVMe SSD appeared on Amazon and Best Buy listings this week before its product page went offline.

Orico IG740-Pro 1TB SSD Review: A small budget sleeper

The Orico IG740-Pro is a competent, no-frills SSD that hits the right performance and power efficiency marks.

Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro SSD Review: An 8TB unobtanium monster

The Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro is a monster of a drive and a compelling alternative to the 8TB Samsung 9100 Pro.