For storage of lots of data, a hard drive is the best option for the time being, especially now that SSD prices are rising rather than falling. Luckily there is still enough innovation in the hard disk field. Time for a new comparative test with no less than 64 hard disks from Seagate, Toshiba and WD.

A PC without an SSD for the operating system and daily software cannot be used in 2017. SSD prices fell steadily for years, but due to increasing demand and insufficient production capacity, this trend was at least temporarily halted this year. This means that for the time being, the hard-disk-less PC will remain a dream for most of us, and everyone without endlessly deep pockets will have to move to magnetic storage to store really large amounts of data.