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Solid state hard drive

  • 12-01-2008 9:37pm
    #1
    paleoboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭


    What would be better to get in my new xps 1330 23 inch screen laptop

    64GB solid state hard drive or

    250GB normal 5400rpm hard drive

    Is the solid state slower or faster, and

    Does the solid state hard drive give the laptop a longer battery life also

    Cheers


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  • #2
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    The solid-state drive has much faster access times, 0.2ms in any reports i've seen. General max/min/average transfer rates should be a little higher also, but it's the access times that are the clincher.

    Reliability should be improved, and CPU usage is lower also. Battery life should be higher, but im not sure if you're talking big or small margins.

    It's an 'early adopter' thing at the moment, you're paying fairly high prices for fairly low capacities. But if you have the money and the capacity is enough for you, the performance of them is supposed to be great altogether.


  • #3
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,046 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Seek times are practically eliminated and they will improve battery life as there are no moving parts. Unfortunately write speeds are lower than that of a standard hdd. They also have a limited amount of write cycles.

    Personally I wouldn't go near ssd at the moment. They are still in the early stages and have way too many disadvantages at the moment. In a few years time though they should be a lot better.


  • #4
    joePC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,637 ✭✭✭joePC


    Can you post the SSD Hard drive your talking about - depending on the model you will see a hugh increase in seek and read/write times.

    Battery Life will also increase.

    Have a read over this: The latest from MTron 7000 series


  • #5
    joePC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,637 ✭✭✭joePC


    This video explains the differences. Its not very technical but should give you the basics.


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