While PCIe SSD drives may transfer data faster, their battery life is inferior to SATA SSDs. Now you know what storage you need for your PC, take a look at our SSD buying guide to help you choose ...

SATA 3, the latest iteration, easily connects most hard drives and optical drives like Blu-ray players to a motherboard using a standard SATA cable, the very same type of cable used to connect ...

While the M.2 form factor is by far the most common — and can still be used with SATA drives — using it with a PCIe SSD will restrict bandwidth to x4 lanes and hinder overall performance.