(Dis)Advantages of SSD:- Faster. SSD is generally 3 times faster than HDD in terms of booting system or file-transfer speed.
- Quieter. With no moving parts, SSD runs at near silent operation and never disturb your computing experience, contrary to HDD with loud, whirring hard disc drives.
- Cooler. SSD uses significantly less power at peak load than hard drives, less than 2W vs. 6W for an HDD what translates into significantly less heat output by your system. Their energy efficiency can deliver longer battery life in notebooks or a cooler computing environment.
- Lighter. The weight is approximately 10 times smaller than in HDD drives.
- More durable. No moving parts means lesser probability of being damaged by unwanted vibrations or movement. Dropping a system or laptop with a traditional HDD brings on a very real chance of corrupting your data.
- More expensive. Good, consumer-class solid-state drives run about $0.70 to $1.00 per gigabyte, whereas hard drives cost only a few cents per gigabyte.
- SSD performance varies depending on how full the drive is.
- SSD tends to fail without any warning. HDD usually start to show signs of failure by throwing a S.M.A.R.T. error or suffering from a few bad blocks.
As you see advantages overweight disadvantages. In conclusion, solid-state drives are best suited to savvy PC users who seek high performance. If you don’t mind managing multiple volumes and you have the budget, pairing a fast SSD with a high-capacity HDD is the best what you may do. Combining a fast SSD and large hard-drive storage is a great, high-performance approach with minimal compromise. You should install operating system and your most frequently used applications on solid-state drive, while the hard drive can handle the bulk-storage duties, such as videos from birthday party.
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