Published May 7, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT

With over five years of experience in the tech industry, Kazim excels at simplifying complex topics, making them accessible to tech enthusiasts and general readers alike. He has extensively covered the Windows ecosystem, from Windows 7 to Windows 11.

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If you are looking to add more storage to a system, an NVMe SSD is naturally the first thing that comes to mind. It's fast and reliable, and the price difference between SATA and NVMe is not as big as it used to be. With NVMe Gen3, you get maximum speeds of up to 3500 MB/s, and with every subsequent generation, this doubles. Gen4 and Gen5 deliver 7000 MB/s and 14000 MB/s, respectively. But is speed the only thing that matters, especially as Gen5 isn't all that faster than Gen4 in everyday use ?

After a roughly 2-3x increase in SSD prices in recent days, you have to be more careful with storage upgrades.…