How Much Storage Do You Need Per Hour of 4K Video?
If you shoot or capture 4K footage, storage math sneaks up on you fast. A...
Storage & Memory
SSD, NVMe, RAM and storage guides for gaming PCs: speed versus capacity, DDR4 versus DDR5, installation steps and compatibility checks.
How to Fix an SSD Showing as RAW in Windows
You open File Explorer and your SSD is there but unusable, Windows asks to format...
How to Manually Overclock DDR5 RAM Safely
Enabling XMP or EXPO is the easy button for memory speed, but manual overclocking can...
What Is a Helium-Filled Hard Drive and Why It Matters
Browse high-capacity hard drives and you will notice the biggest ones, 12TB and above, are...
How to Fix a Bricked SSD With the Power Cycle Method
An SSD that suddenly vanishes from the BIOS, shows 0 bytes, or reports a tiny...
What Is a PCIe Switch Card for Multiple NVMe SSDs?
You want to run four NVMe SSDs off a single PCIe slot, but your motherboard...
Is 128GB DDR5 RAM Overkill for a Gaming PC?
Memory prices and capacities have climbed to the point where a 128GB DDR5 kit is...
What Is an EDSFF Ruler SSD Form Factor?
If you have browsed data-center hardware or read about the future of storage, you may...
How to Check Your RAM Speed and Timings in Windows
Enabling an XMP or EXPO profile is only half the job; you should verify your...
How to Check What PCIe Link Speed Your NVMe SSD Is Running At
You bought a fast Gen4 or Gen5 SSD, but is it actually running at that...