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Once the domain of external, bus-powered hard drives, these days the market for external storage has been almost completely consumed by portable SSDs. Rapid technological advancements in NAND flash technology (including the advent of 3D NAND) has allowed their capacity to eclipse 2.5-inch HDDs, all the while multiple improvements in host interface speeds (such as the move from USB 2.0 to 3.0, and onwards to 3.2 Gen 2 / Gen 2x2 / USB4) has made portable SSDs faster and more reliable than the hard drives they replace. All of which has helped to make portable SSDs the go-to solution for external storage, both big and small. For our latest storage buyer's guide, we've rounded up some of the best portable SSDs we've looked at in...

Heatsink Guide - AnandTech's new Testing Methodology

It has been over a year since we introduced our first official Heatsink Testing Methodology and kicked off our cooler roundups. Now, with CPUs running hotter than ever...

2 by Tillmann Steinbrecher on 3/6/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: February 2001 2nd Edition

Cheap Athlons, ATI's Radeon LE, and the post-launch effects of NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce3: all in this week's price guide.

0 by Manveer Wasson on 2/23/2001

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: February 2001 2nd Edition

The memory price-drop-fest continues through yet another week. As we've stated countless times, now is the time to upgrade your memory. However very little change is seen...

0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 2/17/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: February 2001 1st Edition

In this installment of our weekly price guide, we have some pleasant surprises. Appearing this week for AMD is the Athlon-C core with 266MHz support, while Intel shows significant...

0 by Manveer Wasson on 2/9/2001

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: February 2001 1st Edition

If you're tired of swapping to disk, now is the time to upgrade your memory since SDRAM prices have hit a new low. Check out this week's price...

1 by Kiran Venkatesh on 2/2/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: January 2001 2nd Edition

Looking for best buys when it comes to memory and motherboards? AnandTech's latest feature gives you the best prices, the best buys, and the best places to buy your...

0 by Manveer Wasson on 1/27/2001

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: January 2001 2nd Edition

Looking for best buys when it comes to memory and motherboards? AnandTech's latest feature gives you the best prices, the best buys, and the best places to buy your...

0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 1/19/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: January 2001 1st Edition

Looking for best buys on CPUs and video cards? AnandTech's latest feature gives you the best prices, the best buys, and the best places to buy your next upgrade.

0 by Manveer Wasson on 1/12/2001

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: January 2001 1st Edition

Looking for best buys when it comes to memory and motherboards? AnandTech's latest feature gives you the best prices, the best buys, and the best places to buy your...

0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 1/5/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: December 2000 2nd Edition

Looking for best buys on CPUs and video cards? AnandTech's latest feature gives you the best prices, the best buys, and the best places to buy your next upgrade.

0 by Manveer Wasson on 12/29/2000

Buyer's Guide: High-End Systems - December 2000

Looking to build a powerful new system, but can't quite figure out what should go in? Let AnandTech guide the way with the Buyer's Guide for High-End Systems...

0 by Mike Andrawes on 12/24/2000

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: December 2000 2nd Edition

Looking for best buys when it comes to memory and motherboards? AnandTech's latest feature gives you the best prices, the best buys, and the best places to buy your...

0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 12/22/2000

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: 5th Edition

It is that time of the week again when AnandTech takes that hard work out of holiday shopping and presents you with the lowest prices on CPUs and video...

0 by Matthew Witheiler on 12/15/2000

Weekly Memory and Motherboard Price Guide: 4th Edition

Looking for best buys when it comes to memory and motherboards? AnandTech's latest feature gives you the best prices, the best buys and the best places to buy your...

0 by Vlad Trishkin on 12/1/2000

Buyer's Guide: Value Systems - November 2000

Looking to build the system that will give you the most bang for the buck? The AnandTech Buyer's Guide for value systems is exactly what you need to...

0 by Mike Andrawes on 11/25/2000

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: 3rd Edition

With the incredible success of the first two editions of the Weekly Price Guide, AnandTech is bringing you an improved third edition with all of the best prices and...

0 by Vlad Trishkin on 11/24/2000

Intel Desktop CPU & Chipset Roadmap – November 2000

Before the Pentium 4 hits the streets next week it is important to take a look at where Intel is going with their desktop CPU and chipset strategy. ...

0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/18/2000

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide

Looking for best buys when it comes to memory and motherboards? AnandTech's latest feature gives you the best prices, the best buys and the best places to buy your...

0 by Vlad Trishkin on 11/17/2000

Buyer's Guide: High-End Systems - November 2000

Looking to build a powerful new system, but can't quite figure out what should go in? Let AnandTech guide the way with the Buyer's Guide for High-End Systems...

0 by Mike Andrawes on 11/16/2000

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide

Looking for best buys when it comes to CPUs and video cards? AnandTech's latest feature gives you the best prices, the best buys and the best places to...

0 by Vlad Trishkin on 11/10/2000

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