Now, A whileago, a companyaskedmetoreviewanSSDstorageisn't myforteif I'm honest, butweallhavetostartsomewhere.
So I thought, Whynotgetsomepracticeinfirst?
AndthatledmetobuythisthecheapestSST I couldfindonAmazonandonAllieExpresstoretailingforjust $10.
ThisisThies, sonBo X oneandithas a pictureof a missileonit.
Soitmustbefast, right?
Well, eitherway, I thoughtitwouldmake a greatbootdriveforoneofmyagingdesktops.
So I guessthefirstthingweshoulddoisseeifitworks, I'm goingtobeaddingittomyDell X P s P.
C todayandinstallingWindowsevenafter a rathercrudeanduntidyinstallation, I poweredupthePC, bootedintotheBIOSandwasrelievedtoseethedrivewasrecognized.
I thenbegantheprocessofinstallingwindowswhichtook a swift 25 minutesfromstarttofinishonthisFinamexsixand 10 50 systemimmediately.
I regrettednotspendingtheextra £3 onthe 32 gigmodel.
Butluckily, after a quickdiskcleanup, I had a couplemoregigabytestoplaywithtotestit.
IranCrystalDiscsix, AnSSTin H D D speedtestAllthatcanbedownloadedforfreeafterrunningthetest.
Theseweretheresultsforthoseofyouwhoknowmoreaboutstoragethan I do.
You'llknowthatthisismoreof a 72 100 rpmharddriveschool, thenanSSDscore, whichisn't helpedbythesatyrtointerfacethisthinguses.
What I'm sayingisthatessentially, thisisn't reallymuchfasterthan, say, a Westerndigitalharddrive, forexample, infact, it's a littleworse, but I willsay, becauseit's anSSTissilent, soifanything, itwinstheawardforthat.
Soifit's lowerthan a modern H D.
D, isthereanyneedwhatsoevertobuyone?
Well, as I saidbefore, I boughtone, because I thoughtaddingitto a mucholderPCmightspeeduptheboottimesif I installedtheoperatingsystemexclusivelytoit.
Totestthattheory, let's comparethesunbowtothis, A 160 gig W.
D s Saturday, Dr.
Pulledfrom a decadeoldmachine.
Asyoucanseeinsidebysideresults, thecheapSSTwins.
Sofor $10 poundsoreuros, itmightbeworthringstallingyouraddressexclusivelyonsomethinglikethisinanaforementionedofficeorhomesetupifyourbootsandloadingtimesaregetting a littlesluggish.
Speakingofwhich, I comparedtostartupoftheSanBowtotheOldWesternDigitalandfoundthatthecheap, SSTbootedwindowsalmostthreetimesfaster.
Butremember, it's noquickerthan a moderndayharddrivewoulddoit.
I foundthatout.
When I addedthistotheequation, my W D blue H D D runningcrystaldiscagainrevealedthatthereedsspeedsonthisweremuchbetter, andtherightspeedswerenearlyidentical.
Thesspeedscanalsobereflectedintheloadingtimesofgames, whichwereactually a littlefasteronmynewharddrive.
GoodJoe, I ordered a 32 gigdrivetothatwouldactuallyfitthegame's ontoconcludethisSSTisn't goingtooutperformyournewharddriveIfyoubuiltyourPCrecentlywhatitwilldo, though, for a verylowprices, improvedthebootsandloadingtimesofanoldersystemprovidingitsupportsSaturconnections.
Ifyou'vegotanagingHPorDellmachines, somethinglikethatwith a tonofpersonalfilesanddocumentsonandyoudon't wanttogetridofitbecauseyoudon't wanttoswapthingsoverall, whateverthereason, thenyoucouldpay a tenner.