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Whether you're buying network attached storage for your video library, or a portable external drive for a laptop, trust our in-depth reviews and drive ratings to find the best hard drives for your needs and budget. We review drives by Seagate, Western Digital, ADATA, Buffalo, and many others. Check below for reviews of today's 10 best hard drive upgrades. AMD Goes...SSD? AMD’s first solid-state drive, the Radeon R7 Series SSD, lands in a unique spot, thanks in part to a four-year warranty. It’s a solid option for gamers, but is it worth the price for everyone else? Read the review MX100: The SSD for the Rest of Us? Samsung has some killer SSDs, but it's Micron's Crucial brand that seizes today's value crown with the new MX100 line. Read the review Gimme Five (Terabytes)! Fill up hard drives quickly? The speed and gargantuan capacity of Seagate's Backup Plus Desktop 5TB make it one of the best PC-megastorage picks for the money. Read the review Buying an SSD: 20 Terms You Need to Know SSDs may look samey, but there’s lots to learn about them as you read reviews and shop. Get expert—and buy wisely—with our help. Read more Reviews AMD's first SSD: Testing the chip maker's Radeon R7 Series SSD Today's top-value mainstream SSD? Bench-testing the Crucial MX100 An SSD with a long-term biz plan: Intel's SSD Pro 2500 tested Speediest SATA SSD yet! Deep dive with the Samsung SSD 850 Pro Thecus' dual-bay N2310: A NAS newcomer, tested Buying Guides Get SSD savvy: Our jargon explainer for shoppers Best of 2013: Storage and networking essentials Make-or-break backup: Ruggedized drives tested Backup bonanza! 2014 buying guide to the best portable hard drives Review roundup: Wireless hard drives for tablets and laptops Use It Latest hot DIY upgrades: Cheap SSDs, Japanese PC chassis, and...a Kraken Steam-train PC cases, new-tech drives & more: See the latest PC upgrades Cases, coolers & more: Check out the latest PC upgrades Build Your Own External Hard Drive Next-Gen SSDs: ADATA NGFF SSD 512GB Enormous SSDs and 2014 storage trends: Our Computex 2013 tour Our Top Storage Devices Reviewed, Tested, and Ranked # 1 Crucial MX100 Read Our Review Our Verdict: An excellent mainstream SSD, the MX100 has a performance-for-price equation that tops today's field. For 256GB and higher capacities, this is the SSD most mainstream buyers should get. Rated 4.5 / 5 Stars %displayPrice% %seller% # 2 Samsung SSD 840 EVO (500GB) Read Our Review Our Verdict: Samsung’s TLC-NAND-based SSD should be good for years of super-fast performance, and if you make use of its RAM-caching feature, it should feel faster with common tasks than any other consumer-grade SATA drive on the market. Rated 4.5 / 5 Stars %displayPrice% %seller% # 3 Samsung SSD 840 Pro Series (256GB) Read Our Review Our Verdict: Samsung’s latest performance drive is among the fastest consumer drives we’ve tested to date, with a reasonable price given the speed. Professionals and enthusiasts should short-list it; mainstream users should consider the cheaper non-Pro model instead. Rated 4.5 / 5 Stars %displayPrice% %seller% # 4 Samsung SSD 850 Pro (1TB) Read Our Review Our Verdict: If you feel the need for both maximum speed and maximum durability from a consumer-focused SSD, Samsung’s SSD 850 Pro is the best choice on both fronts. But if you can live with a shorter warranty and a little less speed, good drives are available for a lot less cash. Rated 4 / 5 Stars %displayPrice% %seller% # 5 Seagate Backup Plus Slim (2TB) Read Our Review Our Verdict: A handsomely designed drive with good software, the Slim is a fine performer at a mass-market price. It's a good choice for anyone shopping for a solid portable hard drive. Rated 4 / 5 Stars %displayPrice% %seller% # 6 Seagate Backup Plus Fast Read Our Review Our Verdict: You don’t get a bulk discount on its four terabytes, but the Backup Plus Fast is your best choice if you need the most speed and capacity possible from one portable hard drive. Rated 4 / 5 Stars %displayPrice% %seller% # 7 LaCie Fuel Read Our Review Our Verdict: The Fuel may cost twice what a standard 1TB external hard drive does, but its excellent-quality streaming to mobile devices, intuitive setup, and Dropbox integration make it worth the hi-test price. Rated 4 / 5 Stars %displayPrice% %seller% # 8 SanDisk Extreme II SSD (240GB) Read Our Review Our Verdict: SanDisk’s latest high-end SSD impresses on price and performance, standing up well to Samsung’s also-excellent SSD 840 Pro in our testing. Rated 4 / 5 Stars %displayPrice% %seller% # 9 Buffalo DriveStation DDR (HD-GD2.0U3) Read Our Review Our Verdict: A terrific choice for speedy backups or storing gobs of media files, the DriveStation DDR comes the closest we’ve seen to SSD-like performance from an external USB 3.0 desktop hard drive. Rated 4 / 5 Stars %displayPrice% %seller% # 10 LaCie Blade Runner Read Our Review Our Verdict: The limited-edition Blade Runner is like no other external hard drive you can buy—and actually a decent value for what it is. It’s a fine buy as both a conversation piece and a storage solution. 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