id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-techradar-com-5960 This new cryptocurrency could potentially cause an SSD or hard drive shortage | TechRadar .html text/html 1237 116 78 This new cryptocurrency could potentially cause an SSD or hard drive shortage | TechRadar This new cryptocurrency could potentially cause an SSD or hard drive shortage Crypto-miners have exacerbated graphics card shortages in recent times, adding to the problems faced by frustrated gamers looking to buy a new GPU, and a fresh cryptocurrency on the scene might just eventually impact a different set of PC components – namely drives. Chia, which is still yet to be made available to buy, is designed to be an eco-friendly cryptocurrency, so instead of relying on power-hungry GPUs (or ASIC devices), it leverages the power of drives: SSDs or hard disks which use way less power. Darren is a freelancer writing news and features for TechRadar (and occasionally T3) across a broad range of computing topics including CPUs, GPUs, various other hardware, VPNs, antivirus and more. ./cache/www-techradar-com-5960.html ./txt/www-techradar-com-5960.txt