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01-25-2018, 11:08 PM
Switching to a solid-state drive is the best upgrade you can make for your PC. These wondrous devices obliterate long boot times, speed up how fast your programs and games load, and generally makes your computer feel fast. But not all solid-state drives are created equal. The best SSDs offer solid performance at affordable prices—or, if price is no object, face-meltingly fast read and write speeds.
This article was last updated on January 25, 2018 to include the Samsung 860 Pro and Intel 760P SSDs.
SSD cheat sheetOur quick-hit recommendations:
Best SSD for most people: Samsung 850 EVO (https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E500B-AM/dp/B00OBRE5UE)-[amazon.com]
Best budget SSD: Crucial BX300 (https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-BX300-480GB-NAND-Internal/dp/B073W4N5KB?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAIRZJHSP2SKQIWVZA&tag=pcworld02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B073W4N5KB)-[amazon.com]
Best NVMe SSD: Samsung 960 Pro (https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-PRO-Internal-MZ-V6P1T0BW/dp/B01LYRCIPG?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAIRZJHSP2SKQIWVZA&tag=pcworld02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01LYRCIPG)-[amazon.com]
Best budget NVMe SSD: Intel 760P (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167447) [newegg.com]
Fastest SSD: Intel Optane SSD 900p (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167440) [newegg.com]
Many SSDs come in a 2.5-inch form factor and communicate with PCs via the same SATA ports used by traditional hard drives. But out on the bleeding-edge of NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) drives, you’ll find tiny “gumstick” SSDs that fit in M.2 connections on modern motherboards, SSDs that sit on a PCIe adapter and slot into your motherboard like a graphics card or sound card, futuristic 3D Xpoint drives (https://www.pcworld.com/article/2953816/storage/what-3d-xpoint-says-about-the-pc-of-the-future.html), and more. Picking the perfect SSD isn’t as simple as it used to be.
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This article was last updated on January 25, 2018 to include the Samsung 860 Pro and Intel 760P SSDs.
SSD cheat sheetOur quick-hit recommendations:
Best SSD for most people: Samsung 850 EVO (https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E500B-AM/dp/B00OBRE5UE)-[amazon.com]
Best budget SSD: Crucial BX300 (https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-BX300-480GB-NAND-Internal/dp/B073W4N5KB?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAIRZJHSP2SKQIWVZA&tag=pcworld02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B073W4N5KB)-[amazon.com]
Best NVMe SSD: Samsung 960 Pro (https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-PRO-Internal-MZ-V6P1T0BW/dp/B01LYRCIPG?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAIRZJHSP2SKQIWVZA&tag=pcworld02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01LYRCIPG)-[amazon.com]
Best budget NVMe SSD: Intel 760P (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167447) [newegg.com]
Fastest SSD: Intel Optane SSD 900p (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167440) [newegg.com]
Many SSDs come in a 2.5-inch form factor and communicate with PCs via the same SATA ports used by traditional hard drives. But out on the bleeding-edge of NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) drives, you’ll find tiny “gumstick” SSDs that fit in M.2 connections on modern motherboards, SSDs that sit on a PCIe adapter and slot into your motherboard like a graphics card or sound card, futuristic 3D Xpoint drives (https://www.pcworld.com/article/2953816/storage/what-3d-xpoint-says-about-the-pc-of-the-future.html), and more. Picking the perfect SSD isn’t as simple as it used to be.
To read this article in full, please click here (http://cdmagurus.com/article/3234838/storage/best-ssds.html#jump)
More... (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3234838/storage/best-ssds.html#tk.rss_all)