Is SSD any good?

Is SSD any good? I have being hearing really good things and some bad things about they breaking. I think they are future of computer storage.

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asked Jul 07 '12 at 21:34

adsmac
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edited Jul 08 '12 at 06:46

If you search this site you will see a lot of people answer questions and telling people how good they are in them :)

(Jul 08 '12 at 11:11) Jackster1337

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4	Yes, they are faster and quieter than HDDs. Usually you'll find an SSD in a Mac Computer. answered Jul 07 '12 at 21:45 Cameron 1.8k●103●127●134 edited Jul 07 '12 at 21:45

What the heck is an SDD?

You must mean SSD (Solid State Drive), and yes, they are much faster than traditional HDDs. However, they cost a whole lot more per GB. What I recommend is having an SSD boot drive, and a HDD storage drive.

answered Jul 08 '12 at 01:03

catchatyou
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Sorry I was in a hurry when I typed this question out

(Jul 08 '12 at 06:48) adsmac

No problem. The fact is that it's hard to treat people with the respect that they deserve when they don't check to see if there are any errors.

(Jul 08 '12 at 15:42) catchatyou

They're faster they use less energy and every generation is larger and more reliable. I have to agree they're the future the near future.

answered Jul 07 '12 at 22:09

ClosetFuturist
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Reliability is still up for debate. If your hard disk dies it usually does it slowly, with symptoms, and sometimes you can replace it before it completely loses all your data. When an SSD dies it does it without warning, suddenly. An SSD is best for operating system files that you can reinstall.

(Jul 08 '12 at 18:48) Duodave

0	Short answer YES. I don't really see why you would have to ask though. There are so many questions already on this topic that a simple search would provide you with much more info than the responses you will get in this question. answered Jul 08 '12 at 01:10 IamTechCrazy 4.6k●73●98●144

I have answered this in the past, SSD is great how ever You will find them little use in some ways they are great to have to install the Operating system on your boot drive how ever you would want most every thing else on an HDD since ssd is not as good when it comes to rewrite delete and rewrite over and over pretty much the same as USB flash memory ..

also big difference with SSD like flash drive SSD does not defrag and windows has a bad habbit of saveing bit all over a drive write a bit of a doc save write more and save the next bit is not saved as part of the whole its in the same area its dump else where in time disk gets slow needs defrag ..

this is why mostly you will not see manufactures Using ssd with HDD

answered Jul 08 '12 at 17:12

jadtechnic
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