Solid State v/s Mechanical HDDs

Musicmaker23 · 20-05-2009, 03:58 PM

I recently realized i was going through my 500 GB drive on my desktop quite quickly & was thinking about buying another 500 GB drive for my machine...
It got me wondering whether i should buy an external HDD requiring power supply or go with WD's Passport drives..

Any comments on which one would be better?
Please mention how reliable both can be cause everyone HATES having a disk crash!!

Technical issues are also welcome to be discussed

desiibond · 20-05-2009, 04:11 PM

1) WD passport drives are external 2.5" HDDs and not SSDs
2) internal HDD will always be lot faster but external HDD will be handy to take with you to friends place etc.

shaunak · 20-05-2009, 11:06 PM

Buy an internal 3.5" HDD, and a casing. Make a portable drive yourself.

SSDs are way too expensive to even consider.

acewin · 20-05-2009, 11:32 PM

SSD's cost wud be atlast 5 times more.

20-05-2009, 03:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Musicmaker23 PowerDaemon Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 20	Solid State v/s Mechanical HDDs I recently realized i was going through my 500 GB drive on my desktop quite quickly & was thinking about buying another 500 GB drive for my machine... It got me wondering whether i should buy an external HDD requiring power supply or go with WD's Passport drives.. Any comments on which one would be better? Please mention how reliable both can be cause everyone HATES having a disk crash!! Technical issues are also welcome to be discussed __________________ HP dv9222tx+ MeanMachine: [Intel Core2Quad Q9300 2.5Ghz] [Asus P5-KVM] [4GB RAM 800Mhz] [nVidia XFX GeForce 8600 512 MB] [500GB WD SATA] [Sony 20x ODD] [Neotech 600W SMPS][Vista Ultimate+Office07]

20-05-2009, 04:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
desiibond Bond, Desi Bond! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 9,822	Re: Solid State v/s Mechanical HDDs 1) WD passport drives are external 2.5" HDDs and not SSDs 2) internal HDD will always be lot faster but external HDD will be handy to take with you to friends place etc. __________________ My first blogspace: http://desiibond.blogspot.com

20-05-2009, 11:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
shaunak Tux Fan Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,182	Re: Solid State v/s Mechanical HDDs Buy an internal 3.5" HDD, and a casing. Make a portable drive yourself. SSDs are way too expensive to even consider. __________________ Cheers Shaunak Feel free to PM/email me. Visit me sometime @ http://shaunak.ws

20-05-2009, 11:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
acewin Point Blanc Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,639	Re: Solid State v/s Mechanical HDDs SSD's cost wud be atlast 5 times more.

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