SSD v.s. HDD

[stratnetwork]

Good day computer geeks! My brother told me that he's planning to "upgrade" our current drive (HDD) to SSD before I give my go signal I just wanted to know first the advantages/disadvantages between SSD and HDD.

 

[npaladin-2000]

HDD - slow, big, cheap
SSD - fast, not quite as big, more expensive.

That simple.

 

[DigDog]

SSD = amazing
HDD = not amazing

i hope this clears it up for you.

 

[stratnetwork]

HDD - slow, big, cheap
SSD - fast, not quite as big, more expensive.

That simple.

Fast in terms of? Loading or transfer rate like (copy paste)?

 

[npaladin-2000]

Fast in terms of? Loading or transfer rate like (copy paste)?

Yes. And everything else too.

Just "fast."

 

[stratnetwork]

SSD = amazing
HDD = not amazing

i hope this clears it up for you.

I do know the current trends however Im stuckced with the ATA days

 

[stratnetwork]

Yes. And everything else too.

Just "fast."

Really? That's cool! I'll let him build a new desktop using that drive.

 

[Charlie98]

There are very few downsides to an SSD, the cost/capacity being one relative to HDDs, but they are no where near as costly as they were say 3 years ago.

Just make sure you match your anticipated capacity... you need to leave about 30% free space on an SSD to allow it to perform properly.

When you start shopping for SSD's check back in here with what you have found and we will give you our .02 worth...

 

[LoveMachine]

I do know the current trends however Im stuckced with the ATA days

Are you trying to upgrade a computer with an old ATA connector? That might complicate things.

 

[DigDog]

i say;

what 1990 wonder machine are you currently running, if we may ask?

 

[stratnetwork]

There are very few downsides to an SSD, the cost/capacity being one relative to HDDs, but they are no where near as costly as they were say 3 years ago.

Just make sure you match your anticipated capacity... you need to leave about 30% free space on an SSD to allow it to perform properly.

When you start shopping for SSD's check back in here with what you have found and we will give you our .02 worth...

As of now we're still debating for the other specs. Will share the outcome probably next week.

 

[stratnetwork]

Are you trying to upgrade a computer with an old ATA connector? That might complicate things.

Nope. This desktop is different from the one I'm talking about.

 

[stratnetwork]

i say;

what 1990 wonder machine are you currently running, if we may ask?

If you're referring from my original baby, it's an old MSI mobo with P4 processor running in XP.

 

[Red Squirrel]

SSD : Fast, expensive, low disk space, dies after a certain number of writes but is less likely to fail randomly like a HDD will.

HDD : Slower than SSDs, cheap, more disk space, no write limitations but can fail randomly at any time. HDDs in a proper raid setup will give you good reliability and half decent performance no matter how much you write to it and be the best bang for the buck per GB.

Personally I use SSDs for OS and raided HDDs for data, and single HDDs for "cold storage" backups (treat them like tapes, basically. They're cheaper than tapes).