Should You Switch To A Solid State Drive?
We all know the sound, when the computer reads the hard drive every morning on startup and we have to wait several minutes until it’s ready for our input. It’s not only the annoying sound of the magnetic head reading data which stresses our nerves. It’s simply the couple of minutes we are forced to wait until we can start working which is frustrating. But there’s a new technology which becomes more and more attractive and which promises a good solution to this daily situation: Solid State Drives (SSDs).
The most known fact about SSDs is that they are much faster than regular hard drives. But this isn’t true in all situations. SSDs are faster while reading data, but they are slower while writing. This means that the boot process, which means reading all data for the operating system into RAM becomes a charm and your computer will be ready shortly after you’ve pressed the power on button. But when you’re doing write intensive tasks, like video editing work won’t become a pleasure with a SSD. Ok, you’ve thought about it and want a SSD – what should you do now?
Go to your system device manager and identify the hard drive controller. To benefit from the SSD you need a Serial ATA controller. When you have an older interface like IDE or a parallel one it’s not worth to change, because the controller will become your system’s bottleneck.
Which size do you need? This is easy. Plug off your computer and open it carefully. When you own a desktop computer you should have a 3.5″ hard drive. Laptops have a 2.5″ or 1.8″ drive build in. Remove the existing drive and connect your new SSD. Then open your BIOS settings (take a look on your computer manual on how to access your BIOS) and start the hardware identification, so that the system will recognize the new hardware.
SSDs are still much more expensive than regular hard drives, but prices are falling every day. So before switching to a SSD take a minute and think if the pros, like faster booting and lower battery consumption, especially on laptops, are worth to spend money for this type of storage.
Dominik Sapinski is lead tech developer at soft-evolution, a software company which has developed the Pimero Free Edition.
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