SSD Price Hike in 2021 Due to Increasing Prices of Flash Memory
With the closure of Samsung's flash chip factory in Texas, controller shortage and a projected increase in demand for SSDs, their prices may soon rise.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
March 18, 2021
PS5 Overheating With Second SSD? Sony Wants to Improve Cooling
Sony may soon make it possible to install an additional SSD into the PlayStation 5. According to Bloomberg, the new firmware will speed up fan operation due to the possibility of console overheating when a second drive is installed.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 26, 2021
SSDs Surpass HDDs in Terms of Sales
Analysts of Trendfocus Inc. presented a report on the SSD and HDD market. The former were more popular than the latter last year.
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Bart Swiatek
February 17, 2021
„Other” Takes Up to 100 GB of PS5's Storage; What's That and How to Free It?
PlayStation 5 has a relatively small SSD, with sometimes as much as 100GB of SSD being taken up by mysterious 'Other'. As it turns out, there is a simple way to get rid of most of this mysterious data.
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Christian Pieniazek
November 20, 2020
No SSD Revolution in PS5; Xbox Series X Loads Games Faster
Tests conducted by internet users and industry journalists show that, contrary to expectations, Xbox Series X handles the loading of games better than PlayStation 5 - despite the theoretically slower SSD used in Microsoft's console.
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Bart Swiatek
November 10, 2020
Xbox Series X's SSD Can be Easily Replaced
The Xbox Series X / S features a Western Digital drive based on a standard M.2 NVMe PC interface. The drive can be removed, which should makes it swapping quite easy.
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Bart Swiatek
November 9, 2020
Sony Confirms No SSD Expansion for PS5 Right After Launch
Sony has confirmed earlier reports that claimed the PlayStation 5 console will not offer the option expand SSD memory right after launch.
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Karol Laska
November 6, 2020
Xbox Series S Offers Barely Over 300 GB of Storage And it's a Problem
We have bad news for people planning to buy Xbox Series S. It turns out that the platform will offer only 364 GB of storage space for games and user applications.
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Adrian Werner
November 4, 2020
The Witcher 3 on XSX Eradicates Fast Travel Loading Screens
Youtuber, who received a copy of the Xbox Series X from Microsoft, published a gameplay from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Interestingly, when using fast travel, the game loads so fast that no loading screens are displayed.
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Bart Swiatek
November 3, 2020
Analysts: SSD Prices Will Drop Later This Year
If TrendForce's analyses come true, SSDs and RAM will get cheaper this year. Further drops are expected to come early next year.
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Paul Musiolik
October 18, 2020
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla PC System Requirements
Ubisoft has released the system requirements of AC: Valhalla. The publisher has provided six configurations to run the game, almost all of which include an SSD.
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Jacob Blazewicz
October 14, 2020
Western Digital Revealed a PS5-compatible SSD
Western Digital has unveiled the SN850 SSD, the first model in its catalogue to be compatible with PlayStation 5.
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Bart Swiatek
October 9, 2020
PS5 Will Support M.2 SSDs of All Sizes
It turns out that the PS5 will offer great freedom in choosing additional SSDs. The console will support devices in four most popular sizes available on the market.
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Adrian Werner
October 8, 2020
Xbox Series X Said to Load Older Games in 8 Seconds
Xbox Series X will launch games from older consoles in just a few seconds. All this without any additional optimization or patches. Simply insert the game into the drive or run it from the console.
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Paul Musiolik
October 7, 2020
PS5 Can Store Up to 8 Games on the SSD
An unconfirmed leak indicates that there will be 664GB of storage left on PlayStation 5 from the declared 825GB. This gives us approximately 8 large games.
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Paul Musiolik
October 4, 2020
Xbox Series X and S Will Enable Us to Partially Remove Games
Xbox Series X and S consoles will have an optional function to remove selected fragments of games from our hard drive. This is to help save space in the extremely limited storage of both devices.
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October 3, 2020
Windows 10 Will Warn of SSD Malfunction
In the next major update, Windows 10 will receive a tool that will enable the users to monitor the status of their SSDs and determine their expected time of operation.
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Bart Swiatek
October 2, 2020
First Impressions: Xbox Series X
Journalists shared their first impressions of using the Xbox Series X console. The tests were somewhat limited, but have left a positive impression of Microsoft's new platform on the participants.
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Jacob Blazewicz
September 28, 2020
PS Plus Collection Would Take up Tons of Storage on PS5
The SSD used in PS5 is fast, but it is criticized for low capacity. The players have checked to see whether it can store all the PS4 hits available in PS Plus Collection.
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Bartlomiej Sagan
September 25, 2020
Extra Storage for Xbox Series X / S is Quite Pricey
We have learned the price of storage expansion cards for Xbox Series S|X. 1 TB of additional disk space will cost us almost as much as a new console.
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Paul Musiolik
September 25, 2020