Solid State Drive

[Sportsman]

I know that I am behind the times but I have just changed out an old HDD in my Daughters equally old Dell workstation for a new Solid Stae Drive (SSD).

The difference it has made is almost beyond words. It is so much faster, it is like having a new computer. As an example, it opens Photoshop in less than 3 seconds.

We paid around £160.00 for a Samsung 500gb.

If anyone is looking to upgrade a flagging old computer, this just might be the best value for money upgrade out there. Go for it

[Steve Burke]

I heartily agree. I made sure my new computer had an SSD. It's made such a difference I'd never now go back to an old-fashioned hard drive.

[Si...]

SSD's are superb, my pc used to take over a minute to boot up, now it takes less than 20 seconds running Windows 7 x64 Ultimate.

 

Just remember you do not defragment SSD's as it shortens their life.

[kirisute]

SSD's are slowly coming down in price and are certainly worth the cash if your not after large amounts of storage.

in most cases running one as a primary OS drive and then shovelling all your software installs, music and photos etc onto a slave drive is the best bet!

most decent drive manufacturers offer a toolset to keep your SSD in tip top condition, Intel and Corsair have software out there is designed to scan your drive and keep it running sweet as a nut; as do other manufacturers.

 

just keep in mind that they do fail! and when they do they are usually irrecoverable! so backing up important data is more important than ever!