A laptop with more ports than you'd ever need AND two disc drives? — This viral gaming rig from 20 years ago channels peak Alienware energy

Gaming laptops these days are all about being as thin and light as possible, but that wasn't always the case. Proof? Here's ...
Gizmodo

AI Companies Bought Out All of Western Digital’s Hard Drives for 2026 Already

Thanks to data center demands, Western Digital has committed all of its HDDs for at least the rest of the year. Reading time 2 minutes We’ve been taking the humble external hard disk drive for granted ...
PC Gamer

Old school hard drives are getting more reliable according to a new survey but good luck buying one later this year thanks to AI demand

1.36% overall HDD failure rate reported as one drive maker says it's sold out for 2026. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
AppleInsider

Thanks AI: Hard drives aren't going to get cheaper anytime soon

Hard drive prices will continue to be high for quite some time, as the needs of AI data centers continue to consume storage and raise prices for everyone. One of the major talking points about ...
Mashable

Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital

Western Digital says its all sold out of hard drives for 2026, less than two months into the year. Credit: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images Looking to buy a new hard drive? Get ready to pay even ...
IGN

Alienware 16X Aurora Review

The Alienware 16X starts at $1,549 and caps out at $2,699. There are two GPU versions, one with an RTX 5060 and the other with an RTX 5070. However, the RTX 5060 comes with an Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX ...
HotHardware

You've Heard of High Bandwidth Memory, Now Get Ready For High Bandwidth Hard Drives

Western Digital is introducing a couple of new technologies, dubbed "High Bandwidth Drive" and "Dual Pivot", that will significantly boost the performance of hard drives. According to Western Digital, ...
TechSpot

Hard drives aren't done yet: Western Digital is pushing HDD performance toward SSD territory

Forward-looking: Western Digital is bringing fresh momentum to an aging storage category with two ambitious technologies aimed at redefining mechanical hard drive performance limits. The company's new ...
Gizmochina

Alienware Area-51 Desktop With Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs Now Available Starting at $3,349

Alienware has started selling the updated Area-51 desktop gaming PC powered by AMD Ryzen 9000X3D processors. The system was first announced at CES in early January, and several configurations are now ...
PC Gamer

The evolution of Alienware: how the Area-51 changed the game

2026 marks 30 years of Alienware history, and all those years have one thing in common: powerful PCs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...
Hartford Courant

Grasso’s Garage: The wagon dreams are made of: 2025 BMW M5 Touring

Pardon me as I savor a spin in the 2025 BMW M5 Touring, available for the first time in America. Grasso’s Garage has reviewed over 375 vehicles and driven more brands and models than you can park in a ...
BGR

Don't Toss That Old Hard Drive - You Can Still Use It

Back in the day, waiting five to 10 minutes for your Windows to boot up or your games to load was completely normal, surprising as it may be today. Having hard drives with mechanical components like ...