When looking to buy a new hard drive or SSD for your PC we often just consider capacity. If performance is important to you, however, there are a few metrics you can look at: sequential and random read and write performance.
There was a time when the prescription for speeding up a slow PC was just to add more (or faster) RAM. These days, though, that’s not necessarily the best upgrade to choose first.
Upgrading a PC? Your choices range from installing more RAM to custom building a case designed for a DIY liquid cooling system. Which upgrades are the best depends on your PC. What specs does it have right now? Are you gaming, editing 4K videos, or just browsing the web?