Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoToshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenterswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down15
arrow-up1165arrow-down1external-linkToshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenterswww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareguyrocket@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoI just bought a microcenter brand 1 TB SSD for less than $50. Can a HDD compete with that on price and read/write speed? Also recently bought a gaming PC that does not have a HD, only a 1 TB SSD. I think HDDs day as boot drives is over. Unless they get a lot faster which I think is unlikely. HDDs are certainly useful for larger amounts of storage, though. Self hosting, data centers, etc. ETA: I don’t think any of the responses read my entire comment. See the LAST SENTENCE in particular, friends.
I just bought a microcenter brand 1 TB SSD for less than $50. Can a HDD compete with that on price and read/write speed?
Also recently bought a gaming PC that does not have a HD, only a 1 TB SSD.
I think HDDs day as boot drives is over. Unless they get a lot faster which I think is unlikely.
HDDs are certainly useful for larger amounts of storage, though. Self hosting, data centers, etc.
ETA: I don’t think any of the responses read my entire comment. See the LAST SENTENCE in particular, friends.