Game Compressor can save you hundreds of GB across your game library — as storage prices remain high, utility leverages Windows’ built-in LZX compression for substantial space savings

Game Compressor leverages Windows’ built-in LZX compression for substantial space savings and can save you hundreds of gigs across your game library.

AGI AI828 SSD Review: A near-last resort for those on a budget
AGI AI828 SSD Review: A near-last resort for those on a budget

The AGI AI828 is a budget drive with subpar performance and power efficiency. This makes it a last resort, although in the current market, it might be good enough for some.

‘PCIe Gen7 development has already started,’ says Silicon Motion’s Alex Chou — Nvidia’s Storage Next initiative is becoming a focal point
‘PCIe Gen7 development has already started,’ says Silicon Motion’s Alex Chou — Nvidia’s Storage Next initiative is becoming a focal point

Silicon Motion is a relatively new entrant to the data center storage market, which has quickly landed orders from various customers and is now ramping up shipments of its high-end PCIe 5.0 SSD controllers both to CSPs and hyperscalers. Being a new player, the company has a unique view on the market, which it shared with Tom’s Hardware.

Samsung 990 2TB SSD Review: New flash, familiar speeds
Samsung 990 2TB SSD Review: New flash, familiar speeds

The Samsung 990 is the QLC variant of the manufacturer’s 990 EVO Plus. Despite having newer flash, it largely performs like last-gen, with mediocre power efficiency.

TeamGroup G70 Pro 2TB SSD Review: Low latency meets affordable DRAM
TeamGroup G70 Pro 2TB SSD Review: Low latency meets affordable DRAM

The TeamGroup G70 Pro is a high-end drive without a high-end price. Good performance, but poor power efficiency keeps it in check.

Redditor buys suspicious drives on eBay just to report the scamming sellers if they get a fake SSD or HDD — latest ’16TB’ find has weights and microSD card hot-glued inside the enclosure to make it feel legit

u/Hartkralle says that eBay refunds them when they report these fake drives, so getting scammers banned from the platform is worth their effort. While fake sellers would likely just create a new account on eBay in an hour or so, they say that it’s still another hour before an unsuspecting victim buys these fraudulent items.

Kioxia and Sandisk sample world’s densest 3D NAND — new 332-Layer beats Samsung’s 400-Layer NAND

Kioxia, Sandisk begin to sample BiCS10 3D NAND: 332 active layers and over 29 Gb/mm2 areal capacity.

RAMpocalyse pricing prompts maker to construct his own memory using ancient Apollo-era tech — USB drive resurrects hand-threaded magnetic core memory using salvaged Russian computer parts
RAMpocalyse pricing prompts maker to construct his own memory using ancient Apollo-era tech — USB drive resurrects hand-threaded magnetic core memory using salvaged Russian computer parts

DIYer shows how they made a handsome magnetic core memory USB drive using home CNC and 3D printing equipment. However, it isn’t a homebrew answer to the AI-induced memory crisis with only 64 bits of data capacity

Chinese YMTC SSDs make their way into retail Lenovo laptops — media outlet slams YMTC PCIe 4.0 drive for ‘below average for an SSD in an office laptop’ in review

Lenovo has seemingly begun using YMTC SSDs in some of its laptop models, allowing the Chinese storage chip company to gain a foothold in the U.S. This is despite its inclusion on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Entity List and its branding by the Pentagon as a Chinese military company.