SATA drives are the larger ... 7,500MB/s. Meanwhile, PCIe 5.0 SSDs can double that, reaching 14,500MB/s and beyond. In the real world, you won’t see those kinds of numbers reached unless ...

If you don't have one, or your PC is a bit older, you can still find a great deal on a SATA SSD. These are slower than NVMe drives but they're still a huge improvement on a traditional hard drive.

SSDs, i.e. solid state drives, have completely changed the computing experience over the last decade. These wondrous storage devices have sped up previously ponderous boot times to a point ...