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An SSD can bring your PC or laptop/notebook back from the dead!
An SSD (Solid State Drive), has access speeds of 35 to 100 microseconds, which is nearly 100 times faster than a conventional HDD (hard drive). This faster access speed means programs can run more quickly such as your browser, MS Office apps, iTunes etc which is very significant, and especially for programs that access large amounts of data often like your operating system.
A typical HDD takes about 5,000 to 10,000 microseconds to access data.
The price of a solid-state drive is higher per MB than an HDD but its benefits outweigh the extra cost in my opinion.
Desktop computers with an SSD may also have one or more HDDs for cheaper, secondary storage.
Conventional hard drives are cheaper than SSD, especially for drives over 1 TB. But for most users they will probably be using an SSD with capacities of either 250GB, 500GB or 1TB. If fitted to a desktop computer you can use both an SSD and a HDD. Use the SSD for all programs including the operating system and use the HDD for storage of all your personal files and folders. The best of both worlds = speed and storage capacity.
If you are using a laptop usually a 15.6” screen or smaller, you may be disadvantaged because they only have one hard drive bay. But in some case’s if you’re not using the CD drive you can use an adapter to utilise that space as another hard drive location. Some 17” laptop have an extra HDD bay that is not being used.
The SSD has no moving parts. It uses flash memory to store data, which provides better performance and reliability over a HDD.
The HDD has moving parts and magnetic platters, meaning the more use they get, the faster they wear down and fail.
Although there are large SSDs, anything over 1 TB SSD is usually outside of most people’s price range.
Several terabyte hard disk drives are available for very reasonable prices.
The SSD uses less power than a standard HDD, which means a lower energy bill over time and for laptops, an increase in battery life.
With all of the parts required to spin the platters, the HDD uses more power than an SSD.
With no moving parts, SSD generates no noise.
With the spinning platters and moving read/write heads, an HDD can sometimes be one of the loudest components in your computer.
SSD is available in 2.5″, 1.8″, and 1.0″, increasing the available space available in a computer, especially a desktop or server.
HDDs are usually 3.5″ and 2.5″ in size for desktop and laptops respectively, with no options for anything smaller.
Because there are no moving parts and due to the nature of flash memory, the SSD generates less heat, helping to increase its lifespan and reliability.
With moving parts comes added heat that can slowly damage electronics over time, so the higher the heat, the greater the potential for wear and damage.
SSD is not affected by magnetism. Because a hard drive relies on magnetism to write information to the platter, information could be erased from an HDD using strong magnets.
These drives fit into both a laptop and a desktop computer environment.
An SSD can bring your PC or laptop/notebook back from the dead!
Your current hard drive is the bottleneck that slows down your computing experience regardless of how much RAM you have or how fast your processor is. Your processor has to wait until the hard drive is ready. For example, you click on a program to open it or you want to save information to the hard drive. This happens much faster with an SSD!
An SSD has no moving parts and is up to 100 times faster than a traditional hard drive.
I can fit a SSD to your existing desktop computer or laptop to make it fast the way computing should be, starting from as little as $250.00* all-inclusive no hidden costs – give me a call.
*Depends on the size of the SSD supplied.
Give me a call today on 0418 530 133
Some information courtesy of: Advantages of SSD over HDD (computerhope.com)
