SSDs are the future of storage due to their reliability and compactness.
If you know anything about computers, you probably have come across SSD and its remarkable performance in speed.
Thats when the burning question arrives; its been quite a long since SSDs have appeared in the market.
But why are they still so expensive?
But before we move into further discussion, there are fundamental factors we have to know about SSDs.
What is an SSD?
Solid State Drive is the new generation of storage devices used in computers.
SSDs are much faster than your daily traditional mechanical hard disk.
Unlike HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSDs dont possess moving parts or spinning disks.
The WOWs of SSD!
HDD write speeds range between 50-120Mbit/sec, compared to 200-500Mbit/sec of SSD.
Meaning that SSD reduces boot time to approx.
Ten seconds (in cases much faster) than 35-40 seconds in an HDD.
You wont even have the chance to grab some snacks in between.
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SSD is an extra storage unit using flash memory to store data inside it.
It is several times faster than your average HDD in terms of reading and writing data.
There are two types of SSD SATA & Peripheral Component Interconnect Express or Non-Volatile Memory Express (PCIe/NVMe/PCIe-NVMe).
They are mainly used in smaller devices such as phones, tablets, or very thing laptops and notebooks.
They are smaller but have the same specs as a 2.5inch SATA SSD.
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M.2 SSDs are ram-like edition SSDs for your equipment.
Dont be fooled by their size.
M.2 SSDs can store up to 2TB (terabytes) of data.
There are also 1TB/512GB/256GB/128GB/120GB editions of it.
You will notice numbers which are M.2 SSD 2242, 2260, 2280, 22110.
These indicate its size in length and width.
Example, an M.2 2260 means 22mm (length) X 60mm (width).
PCIe SSDs are high-speed interface and performance expansion cards installed in the motherboard.
It works along well with graphics cards and sound cards.
These cards are expensive than SATA SSDs for performance, not for more storage capacity.
NVMe can transfer data at a high speed, around 3000-3500 Mbps/ 3-3.5Gbps.
Meaning it will take 15 seconds or less to transfer a 30GB file to your rig.
But why is SSD so expensive?
Flash memory is faster than the mechanical arm in hard drives.
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As SSDs are three to five times faster than HDDs, it provides convenience in the form of speed.
It cut downs loading time which can be very bothersome for different applications and games.
As convenience is provided through speed, convenience will cost you.
It reads and records the data.
This whole process is power-consuming.
This is likely to increase the price.
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All that for a few megabytes.
But look where we are right now.
With time, the same will happen for SSD.
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