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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The Samsung 840 Pro lives up to its name: it's a top-notch solid-state drive for professionals with a price to match. Read review

Specs: 256 GB, Internal hard drive, 2.5" Ultra Slim Line

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.4 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The OCZ Vector Series SSD would make a great investment for those moving on from using a hard drive as the main drive of their system. Read review

Specs: 256 GB, Internal hard drive, 2.5" Ultra Slim Line

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Fast, flexible, rugged, and affordable, the LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt is one of the best high-end portable drives on the market. Read review

Specs: 1 TB, External hard drive, 5400 rpm

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.1 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: WD VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ makes an excellent storage solution for housing a large amount of data that's frequently accessed and manipulated. Read review

Specs: 1 TB, Internal hard drive, 3.5" x 1/3H, 64 MB, 10000 rpm

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  Overall score: 8.4 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The Corsair Neutron GTX is one of the best solid-state drives on the market, especially for those who want top performance from their ultrathin portable computer. Read review

Specs: 240 GB, Internal hard drive, 2.5"

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.1 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If priced a little lower, the Intel 520 Series SSD would be an ideal investment for those who want to greatly improve their computer's overall performance. For now, it's still an excellent drive. Read review

Specs: 240 GB, Internal hard drive, 2.5" x 1/8H

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: If the price is right, you don't need to look any further than the Samsung 830 series to upgrade your computer's internal storage to the best possible performance. Read review

Specs: 256 GB, Internal hard drive, 2.5" Ultra Slim Line, 256 MB

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The OCZ Vertex 4 is an excellent replacement drive for a standard-size laptop or desktop. Read review

Specs: 256 GB, Internal hard drive, 2.5" x 1/8H

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 6 reviews

The Bottom Line: The 1TB Verbatim Acclaim portable hard drive may appear boring compared with flashier drives, but its sleek size, rapid transfer speeds, and generous seven-year warranty more than make up for its lack of fashion sense. The Acclaim's executive look will likely attract corporate professionals, but we highly recommend its versatility to anyone in need of a storage upgrade. Read review

Specs: 1 TB, External hard drive, Hi-Speed USB

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.2 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: Storage-hungry users, especially tech-savvy ones, will find the Seagate Barracuda XT a great balance of storage space, backward compatibility, and speedy performance. Read review

Specs: 2 TB, Internal hard drive, Serial ATA-600, 3.5" x 1/3H, 64 MB, 7200 rpm

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.2 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 6 reviews

The Bottom Line: The My Book Studio Edition II makes a decent direct-attached storage solution for those who need to extend a computer's storage space or want a large backup drive. The drive's rather buggy firmware might turn many users away, however. Read review

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.2 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The Elgato Thunderbolt SSD offers speed and convenience for a very high premium. With limited storage and a very high price tag, the drive is only suitable for Thunderbolt-enabled Mac owners with deep pocket and a dire need for a high-speed storage device. Read review

Specs: 120 GB, External hard drive

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.8 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 34 reviews

The Bottom Line: With its single-button backup, Maxtor's 160GB OneTouch drive not only makes avoiding PC disasters easier, it's also lightning fast. Read review

Specs: 160 GB, External hard drive, IEEE 1394 (FireWire) / Hi-Speed USB, 8 MB, 7200 rpm

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  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 13 reviews

Specs: 3 TB, External hard drive, IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) / SuperSpeed USB 3.0 / eSATA-300, 7200 rpm

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If you're looking to upgrade your computer's main hard drive, the Transcend SSD720 is a strong option. Read review

Specs: 256 GB, Internal hard drive, Serial ATA-600, 2.5" x 1/8H

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  Overall score: 8.1 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Fast and compatible with all systems, the Plextor M5 Pro would be a great solid-state drive for anyone who can afford it. Read review

Specs: 256 GB, Internal hard drive, 2.5", 512 MB

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  Overall score: 8.1 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The Seagate 600 is an impressive first SSD outing from Seagate that offers basically all you want in a solid-state drive. Read review

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: With fast performance and a competitive price, the OCZ Agility 3 SSD makes a very good replacement hard drive for any computer, especially one that has built-in support for SATA 6Gbps. Read review

Specs: 240 GB, Internal hard drive, Serial ATA-600, 2.5" x 1/8H, 0.1 ms

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  Overall score: 8.4 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Even with the slightly low USB 3.0 performance, the GoFlex Ultra still makes an excellent portable external hard drive for people who need to expand their computer's storage. Read review

Specs: 750 GB, External hard drive, SuperSpeed USB 3.0

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The OCZ Octane SSD makes an excellent host drive for any laptop or desktop. It offers great value in terms of performance and cost, especially for an SSD. Read review

Specs: 256 GB, Internal hard drive, Serial ATA-600, 2.5" x 1/8H, 512 MB

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  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: 640 GB, Internal hard drive, Serial ATA-300, 3.5" x 1/3H, 32 MB, 7200 rpm

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  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: 600 GB, Internal hard drive, Serial Attached SCSI 2, 2.5" SFF, 64 MB, 3.4 ms, 10000 rpm

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If the price is right, you don't need to look any further than the Samsung 830 series to upgrade your computer's internal storage to the best possible performance. Read review

Specs: 128 GB, Internal hard drive, Serial ATA-600, 2.5" Ultra Slim Line

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  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: 6.48 GB, Internal hard drive, ATA-66, 3.5" x 1/3H, 512 KB, 9.5 ms, 5400 rpm

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  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

Specs: 160 GB, Internal hard drive, 3.5" x 1/3H, 8 MB, 8.5 ms, 7200 rpm