Faster, Cheaper SSD

摘要

If you're looking for a storage upgrade, you may be pondering the choice between a new hard drive and a solid-state drive. The SSD has lots of advantages, such as faster bootup, less power draw, no moving parts, and so on. However, they have one big disadvantage: price. You can pick up a 1 TB Seagate HDD for about $120, whereas a 600 GB Intel 320 Series SSD is going for almost ten times as much. Now, Samsung has at least narrowed the gap with the 840 EVO which features the mSATA form factor, making it about a quarter of the size of a 2.5 in SSD. It is thus suitable not only for desktops but for ultra-slim notebooks, as well.