SSD vs HDD

MPICloud

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Currently running on a 2TB Samsung Nvme Drive With read write speeds up 3800 mbps, everything is blazing fast, doing a lot of development makes compilling applictions supper fast thus saving lots of time. Do not know what I will do if I have to go back to a normal HDD drive again.
 

TKmeridian

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I think they are like left and right hand that is interdependent on each other. As the size of modern data is growing larger and the need to archive and to retrieve them with speed becomes more necessary then luxury. One cannot replace the other terms of cost, volume and speed. So we should look at our problems and think of them as solution to it. We should be asking ourselves what is the solution for me in terms of cost, storage capacity and speed. For myself. I have about 20tb HDD storage space for archive purpose and only 256gb ssd for OS speed management.
 

razavinia2006

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HDDhard diskHDD) is an old-school storage device that uses mechanical platters and a moving read/write head to access data. A solid-state drive (SSD) is a newer, faster type of device that stores data on instantly-accessible memory chips.
 

Genesis

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razavinia2006 said:
HDDhard diskHDD) is an old-school storage device that uses mechanical platters and a moving read/write head to access data. A solid-state drive (SSD) is a newer, faster type of device that stores data on instantly-accessible memory chips.

I guess everyone knows the HDD/SSD difference. The topic is actually asking which one you think is better than the other - i.e. which one do you prefer over the other one - SSD vs HDD - and why.
 

grdpeter

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I did not beleive in SSD until i use macbook pro with 500GB HDD and when its becoming slow, i have to get one macbook air with 256GB SSD, i was like with all my files and how i like my things to be fast, to my supprise the first week i use the macbook air with 256 SSD it was like oh my God
 

gserebrov

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SSD is faster than HDD, it is a fact, but its more expensive and have other disadvantages...
So my choice is using SSD for OS system part, and for other purposes where we do not need very fast speed, this is HDD
 

ntippbx

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I think SSD now worth it for SYSTEM OS if you need for speed with HDD for DATA, it mostly recomended using SSD if you want faster... :cool:
 

arrnaya

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beluga said:
SSD are small, fast and expensive (120gb SSD run for about $30). HDD are big, slow, and cheap (500gb for $25 to $50). What are your experiences, pros and cons, with either? Is it better to use only one, the other, or a combination of both? Other storage options (cloud, hybrid, external, etc)?

SSDs are the best choice hands down. I have installed SSDs in 5-6-year-old CPUs and laptops and I have experienced a major performance boost in OS performance. Many of my friends who were willing to sell their old machines upgraded from HDD to SSD on my advice and they are happy using their machines now.

I have been using Intel SSD for my main PC and ADATA SSD for all other PC (I have 3 of them) and I achieve a boot time of 15-25 seconds on all my machines (new and old)