Solid state drives (SSDs) are fast and efficient. More new computers than ever come with them, and many of us have upgraded our existing PCs and Macs to them to get better performance or to replace dead or dying spinning hard drives. With prices dropping on larger SSDs, those of us who have outgrown our current models are ready to upgrade. What’s more, SSDs die and need to be replaced just like everything else. When it comes time to hand down, recycle, or get rid of your SSD, what do you do? Read on for details. Don’t Bother Degaussing, Drilling…
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A lot of folks believe that when Intel’s Optane is gone there will be nothing left but the story of its rise and fall. That is far from the truth. Optane has created a legacy of developments that will find use in computing for quite some time. In this three-part series The SSD Guy blog reviews Optane’s lasting legacy to reveal six changes that it has brought to computing architecture in its short lifetime. Each of the three parts covers two new developments: This second post will cover Optane’s new approach to 2-speed memory and its approach to Optane’s longer…
Joining ongoing deals on the new SN850P models starting from $120Amazon is now offering a solid offering the WD_BLACK 1TB SN850 NVMe Solid-State Drive with heatsink for PS5 consoles down at $89.99 shipped. This model has fetched between $100 and $140 for most of this year and is now at the lowest price we can find. Today’s deal is also matching the limited Prime Day offer we tracked last month. While it might be the previous-generation model now, it is also a more affordable proposition that delivers the same 7,300MB/s speeds. It is similarly officially licensed for PlayStation 5, like…
This is part one of a series. Part Two is posted here. Customers frequently ask us whether and when we plan to move our cloud backup and data storage to SSDs (Solid-State Drives). That’s not a surprising question considering the many advantages SSDs have over magnetic platter type drives, also known as HDDs (Hard-Disk Drives). We’re a large user of HDDs in our data centers (currently 100,000 hard drives holding over 500 petabytes of data). We want to provide the best performance, reliability, and economy for our cloud backup and cloud storage services, so we continually evaluate which drives to…
Ever since Toshiba decided to spin out its memory business in 2017, leading to the creation of Kioxia, there have been rumors of Western Digital (WDC) acquiring it, or of Kioxia acquiring WDC’s flash memory business. There is a new spate of merger rumors in response to Elliott Management’s proposal last May that WDC should be split into two parts: a flash company and an HDD company. The SSD Guy blog doesn’t comment on rumors, but I can provide some insight into the challenges of merging Kioxia with WDC, and those insights indicate that such a merger is unlikely to…
Just a couple of weeks ago, Crucial launched new X9 Pro and X10 Pro external SSDs that were designed for being used more often and are more rugged than previous Crucial external SSD models. Thankfully, their prices have already been discounted on Amazon. The Crucial X10 Pro external SSDs are being sold for $119.99 ($10 off MSRP) in its 1TB version, $169.99 ($40 off MSRP) for the 2TB versionand $289.99 ($50 off MSRP) for the 4TB version. So far, the early reviews on Amazon’s site have been pretty solid for the most part. The Crucial X10 Pro SSD has advertised…
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB launched on 18th July with upgraded memory, a higher price, no official reviews, and limited availability. But now, the RTX 4060 Ti has already started to sell below its recommended price. Remember that the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB is simply a GeForce RTX 4060 Ti with twice the VRAM, to put it briefly. In this way, NVIDIA neither offered nor used more GDDR6X memory to aid its catastrophic bandwidth nor more CUDA Cores to add a performance plus. In this sense, we’re talking about spending more than 100 dollars merely to…
Low-power GPUs are gaining popularity among budget and eco-conscious gamers in 2023. These graphics cards offer robust gaming performance without consuming excessive energy, making them an optimal choice for those seeking a balance between power and efficiency. Here are the top 10 low-power GPUs that provide remarkable value without requiring massive power supplies. 1) Intel Arc A380 ($115): The Intel Arc A380 is a budget low-power GPU that delivers excellent 1080p gaming performance. With its low 75W TDP, it can achieve 60+ fps in modern titles at high settings. Its support for Intel’s DLSS and ray tracing, coupled with its…
Dow Jones futures will open Sunday evening, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. X The stock market rally had a mixed week, but the action was generally negative, with resurgent Treasury yields and mixed earnings weighing on growth. The Nasdaq fell through the 50-day and 10-week moving averages during the week. Tesla (TSLA) and Nvidia (NVDA) are decisively below their 10-week lines. Nvidia stock’s decline is especially important as it’s the leader of the AI-led market rally. The S&P 500 edged lower, but found support around its 10-week line Friday. The Dow Jones bucked the trend, rising slightly…
Microsoft Azure users can now turn to the latest NVIDIA accelerated computing technology to train and deploy their generative AI applications. Available today, the Microsoft Azure ND H100 v5 VMs using NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs and NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking — enables scaling generative AI, high performance computing (HPC) and other applications with a click from a browser. Available to customers across the U.S., the new instance arrives as developers and researchers are using large language models (LLMs) and accelerated computing to uncover new consumer and business use cases. The NVIDIA H100 GPU delivers supercomputing-class performance through architectural innovations,…