Category: SSD

SSD Types

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Simple Circuit BoardSSD Sizes and Interfaces

When Solid State Drives first appeared, most were designed to replace existing Hard Disk Drives, using case dimensions and connectors that people already had, so they came in 3.5″ and 2.5″ containers to fit desktop and laptop computers respectively, and with SATA interfaces. But without the physical restraint of a spinning platter, they were not restricted to these forms for very long. Read more

Solid State Drives – Not suitable for long term storage

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HDD V SSD

SSD v HDD – Which is best?

SSD’s are slowly but surely replacing their mechanical counterparts, the HDD, in modern computers, they offer more storage per square-inch and can read/write data to and from memory significantly faster than the spindle and articulator arm of a standard HDD, and of course, they are not prone to shock and data head crashes.
So all good? well, yes… but….

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