All the bits and bytes travelling through your computer need a place to live,
and they're getting greedier by the minute. We explain what to look for
when upgrading your computer's storage subsystem.

As our computing demands grow in sophistication, so to does our need for storage
space. While computers started out life as word processing machines, they're
now used as repositories for our family photos, music collections, and movie
archives, etc. Not only that, but the resolution and quality of this photo and
video ontent are also increasing, which results in greater file sizes.

Can you see the trend here? Storage has undoubtedly become a critical consideration
when building a PC, and this doesn't look to be changing any time soon.

But for all the data we've got stored on our PCs, we also need somewhere
to back it up so we're not left weeping in the event of a PC meltdown.
It's also handy to be able to show off our collections to friends and
family. The solution? An external or portable storage drive.