Winners: Best Storage of 2018

With each year that passes, SSDs get faster and faster and HDDs get more and more storage capacity. So who does storage best? 

Winner: Best SATA SSD

Hitting the sweet spot for price and performance, the SATA SSD scene is intensely competitive with many choices. Which one hit the mark this time around?

 Samsung 860 Pro

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Full list of Best SATA SSD finalists:

 HyperX Fury RGB SSD

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 Samsung 860 Evo 

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 Seagate Barracuda SSD

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Winner: Best NVMe SSD

NVMe, or PCIe SSDs, deliver astounding read and write speeds and prices are falling, making this category red hot, especially as new players have entered the market! 

Samsung 970 Pro

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Full list of Best NVMe SSD finalists:

Crucial P1 

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Intel Optane 800P

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Intel SSD 660P

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Samsung 970 Evo

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WD Black NVMe SSD (2018)

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Finalists: Best HDD Company

The venerable mechanical spinner plays an essential role in mass storage, and hard drives keep on getting bigger and quicker.

Seagate

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Full list of Best HDD Company finalists:

Toshiba

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WD

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