Dear SCF members,
I would like to speed up my laptop (Aspire), so one of my friends suggest me to replace HDD (Hitachi) with SSD. Since I'm not so familiar with SSDs, I researched a little...
SSD (Solid-State Disk) is a drive that uses non-volatile memory as a means of storing and accessing data, much like computer RAM. Unlike other storage devices such as hard drives, an SSD has no moving parts, which gives it advantages such as consume much less power, it's often more reliable, produces no noise and it access to stored information faster than the traditional hard drive (HDD) found in computers. As described on Wikipedia, SSD technology uses electronic interfaces compatible with traditional block input/output (I/O) hard disk drives, thus permitting simple replacement in common applications. Additionally, new I/O interfaces, like SATA Express, have been designed to address specific requirements of the SSD technology. More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
These pictures shows a few SSD models and they are an example of what an SSD looks like:
(http://www.fastestssd.com/wp-content/uploads/sandisk-extreme-pro-150x150.jpg) (http://www.fastestssd.com/wp-content/uploads/crucial-m550-150x150.jpg) (http://www.fastestssd.com/wp-content/uploads/deneva2.jpg)
During my research, I found a great site with a lot of useful information - "Fastest SSD": http://www.fastestssd.com :thumbsup:
After browsing this site, my conclusion is that upgrading to an SSD does not provide minor performance enhancements. Upgrading from a regular hard drive to a solid state drive (SSD) is the single best upgrade to improve your computer’s performance. While other computer parts such as the graphics card, processor and RAM are all important components, the real bottleneck in today’s PCs (and Macs) is the hard drive. Rather, an SSD will transform our computing experience with its revolutionary random access speeds... because of that, before you decide which model you want to buy, I'll recommend you to check this page - "SSD Ranking: The Fastest Solid State Drives": http://www.fastestssd.com/featured/ssd-rankings-the-fastest-solid-state-drives/
Finally, I would like to hear your opinions/experience/recommendation and to start discussion about SSD.
Cheers,
S.