2016 marked the 60th anniversary of Hard Disk Drives (HDD). While new computers have gravitated towards Solid State Disks (SSDs) for main storage, those of us who look for low-cost, high-capacity data ...

If you find yourself in the enviable position of getting new hardware for your gaming PC, it's worth taking the time to make sure you’re getting components that are going to serve you well. When it ...

Moving the head takes a lot longer than waiting for the sector to come around. So low seek times (the time to move the head) are critical to good disk performance. Access time (time to find a sector) ...

Q: What are the pros and cons of solid-state and hard-disk computer drives? I've heard it may make sense to install both. I've addressed this before, but it bears repeating as I have been receiving a ...