Hard Drive

[rockytopva]

I am looking to replace a hard drive on my computer. I am looking for a 1TB solid state drive. Any suggestions? They call them solid state drives but I still see the moving platters. I wonder why?

 

[Wookiee]

Solid State Drives don't have platters. You're likely looking at a hybrid (SSHD).

I don't know what American pricing is like, and the Australian market is a bit up and down, but you're probably going to be looking at a minimum of $300-400.

If you've got enough room for a second drive (if it's a desktop computer you likely will) you're probably better off getting a 256 or 512GB SSD and keeping a secondary drive for all your big data storage.

Either way, I like Samsung SSDs, but pretty much all the brands on the SSD market work great. Intel tends to be more expensive but (arguably) perform a bit better better (but when you're going from a HDD to an SSD, anything will be way faster).

I also have SanDisk stuff that I'm fairly happy with.

 

[rockytopva]

Yes.. I was looking at the hybrids. Looking at the following deal. I wonder how it fits within the case?

 

[rockytopva]

This one seems nice if you have the money!

 

[rockytopva]

The PCI-e lines are the fastest lines to the processor, I am thinking the Intel SS drive the faster.The computer seems to be performing well so this is not a big hurry. It looks like we have not seen a great deal of progress in the processing and RAM areas so I will not consider building a new computer. However these new hard drives are tempting! So far I am leaning towards the SAMSUNG 850 EVO or the Intel 550 PCI-e drives.

 

[freezerman2000]

I had to replace the HD in my desktop,wound up with a 1TB non hybrid,non SSD from WD for 43.99 from Newegg..not the best,but no more crashes..had to replace the video card too. Fortunately, I had a spare hanging around..the machine runs like brand new.
One of these days,I'll be able to drop the bucks for a SSD.