SSD vs. HDD Performance Comparison

[@wallaguest1]

hate the space gap between the screen and the notebook, floating hinges are so ugly

[@jn6588]

very true...

[@Sinkewatch]

Walla yeah

[@pilapila183]

I kinda like it

[@huhcjay9438]

Looks scary to me as if they are flimsy and capable of breaking off real easy

[@willpitts9957]

Walla that’s the past for you

[@derkoenigvonbayern]

that time when booting up meant you get your morning coffee :D

[@GeraltOfRivia99]

faster boot means more jerkin before starting work

[@sahilpatil3880]

@@GeraltOfRivia99 🤣🤣🤣

[@ixvzk5914]

Not ony for booting up also programs loads slower

[@mohnissh5435]

No I wake up to turn it on, take shower

[@martinmwitila]

I would open chrome, go to the kitchen to make a sandwich then comeback and it conveniently opens the time get back

[@jorgee2320]

When he said 2nd gen Intel I realized this video is from 2011 omg

[@depressorfull]

He said the one on the right, I was paying attention to the one on MY right. I thought man, what a crappy invention lol.

[@The30JAG]

HDD is the older ways while SSD will be the Future, Its just an advancement in Tech.

[@uchetia]

Same 😂

[@danielcardenas1699]

@@The30JAG m.2 is the future tho

[@_Haadi]

@@danielcardenas1699 m.2 is just an interface, its still an ssd on the inside (solid state drive), just like sata, msata and m.2 are all ssd interfaces, despite sata also being used in hdds What Im saying is, m.2 isnt a storage type, its just an interface for ssds.

[@danielcardenas1699]

@@_Haadi oh alright

[@Rakashin7]

If your building a PC, get a 120Gb SSD for your applications and a 1TB HDD to store your photos, movies, games, etc. should only set you back $150

[@RapingRapier]

horrible advice, save games especially on SSD the load times ingame will decrease dramatically

[@RapingRapier]

Wartooth82 everything on my pc is in total 120GB which includes 6 games I regularly play. I don't understand how people can use so much space, I only have programs and games installed I actually use, unused ones are instantly deleted eventhough I have 2TB of storage, that's why I will buy a 256GB SSD for my new built gaming rig

[@GenetixmaN]

Z7 Most people use up so much space because of slow internet. If I got bored of a game that was 20GB+ for a few weeks and uninstalled it, I wouldn't wanna wait forever for it to install again. Most games these days are 10-50GB big now ( especially AAAs )

[@middlelightly]

Z7 The Evil Within is around 44 GB, Shadow of Mordor also around 40 GB. You can't store much of games these day in single SSD with OS installed.

[@tokarev1]

Rakashin7 what would you put in the SSD?

[@cringecomputerscientist]

So why is it in my recommend after 7 years?

[@StrLab]

Because you were recently watched videos about laptop-technology-drives etc. And by recently we mean even 3 months before the recommendetion.

[@rhodolfo90]

Because SSDs are cheaper now, I guess...

[@gmt69420]

@@rhodolfo90 yeap

[@byluvix]

@@rhodolfo90 yeaa

[@deepakredekar4849]

Lol it's 9 now.

[@nikhilpwnsyou]

HDD's still have a long life as they have bigger capacities but when SSD's catch up on terms of price and capacity, Good bye HDD :P

[@dayblue4244]

Maybe true. But for most desktops out there you can have two hard-drives. I just use SSD for most used programs/game/O.S and my HDD for storage. For my laptop, I have the SSD installed internally as the main-drive and a HDD in the ultrabay for storage usage.

[@sherwing9054]

what a great prediction!

[@beno2rasho]

HDD has the longevity factor.....and I don't see SSD touching that, using cheap Chinese parts.

[@bongwater7908]

how bout now

[@gurjindersingh3843]

@@dayblue4244 You can sell your laptop and HDDs to get plenty of SSD Storage

[@yanxu4968]

Wow, I never thought the speed difference can be that huge.

[@CommunityGame]

I love you. I'm going to end up getting a SSD since I work a lot on my pc. It will save a lot of time for sure! Those extra seconds does add up like mad.

[@bradford5833]

In 2018 no one should be without a SSD, especially in a laptop. But even still, if you took a computer from 2011 and put a SSD from 2018, it almost brings new life to that machine.

[@n.vonada9067]

What a lot of people focus on is boot up speed, and snappy opening of programs, but its also important to consider such things as processing large video files, or moving large files across hard drives, etc. Most of the lower priced SSDs have very poor performance when copying large amounts of data after the cache is full. In other words, its designed for less than 9 second transfers, and if you go above that, the SSD moves at a snails pace, and is actually slower than a fast HDD. Nobody mentions this, because of marketing reasons.

[@NoHandle690]

Does somthing like "fast HDD" exist? lol. Let me know where. Until then, I stick to my slow SSD:)

[@BigTylt]

***** There are SSHD's, which are solid-state drives combined with 1tb of regular hard drive storage.

[@Dankuzmeemusmaximus]

Ryan M Rather call it a hardrive with 1tb storage, combined with 8gb ssd cache.

[@BigTylt]

boffifis1 I don't really see the point of them anyway, since there are already SSD's with 1tb of space....

[@Dankuzmeemusmaximus]

Ryan M Neither do i thats why i said it. ssds rock. While 8gb of sshd cache is useless

[@FireJamUSA]

I have an SSD in my desktop, but was wanting to see how well one would perform in my older laptops .. Definitely looks like it would breathe some new life into them :) Thanks for the video..

[@Megalocade]

SSD are the best upgrade you can do for speed, my old ever reliable Thinkpad was running a 320gb HD since I bought it but it's always sounded like a bag of spanners and slow, so recently upgraded to an Intel SSD and the difference is night and day, the laptop is ridiculously quiet now and super fast.

[@YaMoonSun]

You can tell this video is old as fuck because the 120gb ssd is over $1000

[@ComeAndPlayWithGames]

Those are the prices including the laptop.

[@YaMoonSun]

In 2011 you were still paying at least $400-$500 for a standard size (120gb-250gb) ssd

[@ComeAndPlayWithGames]

+YaMoonSun Yeah I know but not $1000 in this case since it comes with the laptop.

[@magnetacyan5032]

i love the way you said it

[@jesselagendijk5896]

not 400-500 USD. I payed about 200 euros for my first 120GB SSD. That's about 250 USD. This was 5 years ago.

[@CodedXtreme]

Ahhh Windows 7, my favorite.

[@daviddella9143]

Windows 7....the OS that made me use linux. And Linux pushed me back to windows. Then windows 10 came out, i said nope. Then i bought an Asus and Win10 was on it. You can keep your Win 7.

[@dragonballthings688]

@@daviddella9143 win10 turned awesome after 2015

[@daviddella9143]

@@dragonballthings688 I didn't start using 10 until 17

[@jakob_123]

I didnt use windows 10 till previous week. And i must say, i wish i didnt upgrade to it. :(

[@dragonballthings688]

@@jakob_123 why?

[@warnacokelat]

i miss the old startup on HDD and searched for this video to relive those memories.

[@HomebrewCNC]

I was wondering if SSD's were really that much faster. You've made it very clear to me that they are. Thank you for posting, your video was very helpful.

[@Alpha-um3pt]

M.2 drives are much MUCH faster

[@mariorouilla2500]

I don't think people get it the difference between the two. SSD are way faster in transfer rate and acces time, consume less power and is shock resistant. It's all electronics. A good desktop HDD have 150 MB/sec transfer rate (a lot less for laptop hdd) while a good SSD can saturate a modern sata 3 interface, about 550MB/sec read/write. Acess time for an HDD is about 12 msec in very best circonstance while SSD have typical .1 msec. Don't forget that HDD get fragmented all over the disk easily which prolongue horribly the acces time into seconds while there is files fragmentation on an ssd, it make no difference in access time. All memory cells have the same figure. There is no comparaison, SDD are better then HDD in every way. The only hold up now is the cost of an SSD memory cell (nand) which is higher but has been fallen dramatically from the last years. So in 2 years the HDD is a dead horse for most computer except data center. The best scenario for now is having an ssd for windows and applications with a regular hdd for data storage. However this is out of question for a laptop.

[@rehacandan2022]

I've upgraded my laptop with an SSD and the difference is huge. Can't go back to HDD now.

[@luisking9342]

***** So when downloading things off the internet like mmorpgs and stuff will the SSD get me a lot more mb/s?

[@aldionsylkaj9654]

Yeah, but SSD really begin to help on the slower older PC. i mean, try adding a SSD to a pentium.

[@luisking9342]

Gregster427 can you recommend me a laptop for under 1500? Right now I've got my eyes on the lenovo y50 4k with a 512gb ssd and 16gb ram 860x graphics card. And the Asus rog g751 with 16gb ram 1tb HHD 7200rpm, and a 970x graphics card. Can u tell me which one of these is the better buy and recommend any others?

[@aldionsylkaj9654]

Luis King 4k isn't worth it atm. best get a 42" Plasma and game on that.

[@MedicalAnomaly]

I already knew the direction I was leaning. I own a Macbook air, and I know the difference that the SSD makes. This just makes me want one even more for my HP laptop. That is definitely going to breath some new air into that computer, and I cannot wait for it.

[@DontCloudMe]

I think putting 2 SSDs on a raid stripe is about the most significant improvement you can make to most PCs. And it's pretty cheap too considering that a current gen graphics card purchase is pushing $730.

[@troyjj386]

got my ssd crucial 500GB my pc is flying super fast its fun,recomended

[@dragonballthings688]

How much it cost you

[@gmt69420]

@@dragonballthings688 lol that's a comment of 5 years ago , the account must have been dead till now

[@dragonballthings688]

@@gmt69420 haha I already purchased 515 gb samsung 515 gb SSD in just 3600/- INR.

[@omaramin2989]

@@dragonballthings688 Really could u give me the link for it

[@dragonballthings688]

@@omaramin2989 purchased offline. Where you live?

[@spaul9032]

Who's watching this after 9 years of uploading the video

[@BattlefrontZero]

I want an SSD, but how the hell do you compensate for the low storage?

[@LeandroXMLopes]

+BattlefrontZero Have two drives. You can replace your optical disc drive (which almost nobody uses nowadays) with an adapter for a hard drive. The best solution would be placing the SSD in the default place where the HDD was and put the HDD in the adapter, so now you have the system and bigger applications on the SSD and the rest on the HDD

[@gingerflakes101]

Is 1tb low

[@BattlefrontZero]

***** Gotcha. Thanks for the info! Building my own PC soon, so I'm scared lol.

[@BattlefrontZero]

Defcon 5 1 TB HDD is like 50 bucks now. Dirt cheap and a lot of space. 1 TB SSD will cost you though.

[@LeandroXMLopes]

Yes, of course, SSD are still expensive, and also, for storage, you are better off with an HDD anyway. And 1TB is more than enough, I myself have only 500GB and it's enough for me! As for the SSD, at least, 120GB, but I'd recommend 250GB, because that way you know that you have plenty space for all your programs and games, maybe! And also, a 250GB SSD costs around 90€ over here, so it's not crazy expensive either!

[@iamkelz6047]

KZbin: “ hey, we recommend this 10yr old video” Me: sure …

[@AnkitKumar-gn1ou]

Well I can wait extra 3 sec.

[@BaSsGaZ]

Everytime you open something, that's like 2 hours a day of waiting :D

[@MetallicOpeth1]

@@BaSsGaZ no you're clearly exaggerating ha

[@sravansathian2052]

This is not only about loading time.. with SSDs you can run almost any applications those require high performance without lag or crash issues. So those 3 secs aren't just 3✌😁

[@weeb69]

@@MetallicOpeth1 not really... its also not just 3 seconds, usually more like 20-30. There's a looot of games that have a loading screen every minute so they are basically unplayable (or just extremely annoying) apart from speed, general performance is just better too. Its much better and easier using it.

[@gerritduplessis7122]

WOW!! THATS INCREDIBLE! I DID NOT REALISE ITS THAT QUICK! THANK YOU! VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!

[@msn140]

SSD is amazing ! I never use a HDD anymore :)

[@rishikeshpurbey5520]

man you are old

[@tanaka6921]

@Jeshcel Languido lol

[@TBMYT]

He joined literally 1st September 2007

[@khalilt6508]

@@rishikeshpurbey5520 That was a 7 year old comment kid

[@GhosteYoutube]

@@khalilt6508 learn to understand jokes, *kid*

[@martingsilva]

Thanks a lot! Very well done the comparison. I need people like you in the government, with real comparisons and smart. Thanks again! Keep it up!

[@balrajshahi5842]

this video was made 7 years ago wow

[@leemathoo6583]

Totally worth it, when you doing multiple opperations on large files it will be snapy and you dont have to pause as much.

[@tomfan206]

The only thing I'm concerning is the life, read/write cycles, will SSD die fast compared to traditional HDD? Don't want a sudden death to lose all my stuffs...

[@kartikey7]

dude the life of ssds are same as of hdds it can certainly hold up your data upto years and years to come.

[@TheGypsay24]

SSD's are more reliable and have a longer life expectancy since it's not mechanical, it's like a USB key, those things never die lol (a proper quality one)

[@77TheEnd77]

Dany NBA I've a 120gb hdd on my pc since 2005 working like 5-15 hours per day (a lot of times i don't shut down the computer at night, dowloading , rendering things etc.) and it still works perfectly...

[@TheGypsay24]

77TheEnd77 i never said HDD's were bad, but they're mechanical so one day they WILL die, it could be after a year or after 15..

[@77TheEnd77]

Dany NBA But after 10-15 years you probably 'll have to change it because it's gonna be obsolete. (8 years ago a 120gb was a big hdd, today a 4000gb is a big one).

[@kanishk2643]

SSD for windows, games, designing/editing softwares, web browser Store rest in HDD. Go for atleast 256 GB SSD with a HDD combo with it. I think that should the sweet spot for most users who want more out of their systems than just browsing the internet and typing mails.

[@bubbakush92]

HHD for more space. I don't mind waiting another 20 secs for larger memory space.

[@frisch85]

Yea. SDD for the OS and often used program and the HDD for storage.

[@alexanderhovis1149]

You can get a SSD with 500GB or more.

[@depresskam]

Alexander Hovis i dont understand, why dont you get an 120gb ssd plus keeping your old hdd? unless your on a laptop which i would use external HDD!

[@frisch85]

I did nearly exactly what kam hagh wrote. I used to have everything on my SATA HDD 1TB but i recently got me a 240 GB SDD and i created 2 partitions. 120 GB for the OS and 120 GB for Games. My SATA HDD is now used for downloads, music, backups and other stuff that doesn't need to be loaded fast. Also i recommend installing often used programs (like if you are a webdesigner, photoshop) on the SSD OS partition.

[@depresskam]

Alexander Hovis that's gonna cost so much !

[@JKO716]

Wow, I didn't know it was that much faster than the HDD, I am definitely getting me a SSD soon

[@Quick_in_and_out]

This video should of made it clear that they are comparing the SSD with a 5400rpm HDD which is super slow lets be honest. I upgraded to a 7200rpm drive recently and my laptop is now plenty fast enough for loading everything and very respectable boot times. So the price/speed trade off between an SSD and a 7200rpm HDD is one worth taking into account because for the price of a 120GB SSD you can get a 750GB (or more) 7200rpm HDD which is only a little slower. My advice... wait for the SSD prices to tumble in 2014. By 2015 the prices will be perfect. But if you can't wait then 7200rpm HDD's are in the sweet spot right now.

[@CaptainFalcon]

u 4 year old pleb

[@TheAmanor123]

Captain Falcon prices havent gone down anyways so wtv 😂

[@k.--]

its 2019 now and nothing has changed

[@kidsfan6464]

Very nice sir. Thanks for parallel Demo

[@Msahin025]

i have a 500gb ssd. NO HDD, FUCK THAT.

[@Randyy1]

Damn, how much was it?

[@NicoMyers]

+Randyy1 You can actually get a 500gb Samsung for about $160, suprisingly

[@sun--shine3296]

Damn dude. savage af. but i bet that cost you alot of money dude

[@BurnsOregonMilitiavsFBI]

Thanks very much!! :) You confirmed exactly what I suspected. Faster boot and app time is worth any amount of dough.

[@turbofanlover]

As a gamer, I'd never bother with an SSD unless it were large enough to hold at least most of my games. Just having a faster booting OS is NOT worth the money, IMO.

[@kontainedkhaos7293]

turbofanlover get an ssd to put your OS on and keep your hdd for your games :P Or just buy a really big ssd... but thats expensive

[@turbofanlover]

Kontained Khaos Yeah, like I said, it's not worth it to me to spend the money just so that Windows runs faster.....that's just not that big a deal, IMO. Now, a 500 Gig ssd WOULD be appealing to me....but, it still typically costs well over 200 bucks where I live (Canada). If and when it goes to say 100 bucks.....I'd probably grab it. :)

[@gokumetrix80]

turbofanlover well it's not only faster boot but also very fast file transfer speeds. so if you copy something to the ssd it will be amazingly fast. (300-500 Mbps)

[@turbofanlover]

***** Again...that's not that important to me....if my games can't fit....it's just not worth it, IMO....until the higher capacity ssd prices drop some more.

[@turbofanlover]

***** Well, first of all.....you DO NOT need an ssd to be a "real gamer".....that's just dumb, dude. And, second of all, if you had read my other statements, you would likely have figured out that I would indeed consider getting a 500 gig ssd that could hold all of my games.....WHEN THE PRICE COMES DOWN SOME MORE......I have no intention of spending 200ish bucks (CDN) for an item that I do not consider to be really that big a game-changer to my overall gaming experience. But, if you have the cash and believe it's worth it at this point....go ahead.....to each his own.

[@huhcjay9438]

I was told having a SSD was optional and yes to a extent it is but seeing that boot up time alone going faster really already sold me (also I was up to speculation that a SSD was gonna be around 100$ the same as the rest of my pc components oh how wrong I was they are like 30$-70$) watching the video further I use photoshop quite often NOW IM SUPER SOLD.

[@tweeze123]

Every ssd is different, motherboard/ports also play a role. From the moment I hit the power button, windows loads up in less than 10 seconds, it's blazing fkn fast. Needless to say, games load fast as hell. It's kind of pointless to get it if you play a load-once type of game like cs go or something but it's extremely good for games that require long loads or constant loading like total war series. Waiting 2 goddamn minutes for a total war load was lame, now it takes less than 15 secs.

[@ryantoomey611]

Just upgraded my laptop to an SSD. WOW What a difference! No lag and instant boot up. Don't know how I was able to use my computer without one.

[@DanielRichards644]

Folks in the comments, Ideally you want a computer with 2 drives, one SSD for windows and all your apps and one HDD for your file storage, if you have a crappy laptop that only has one drive slot then Western Digital has what you need it's a 1TB hard drive and 120GB SSD in the single enclosure and runs about 200 bucks US.

[@karigreyd2808]

You could just use your optical bay for your hdd and the hdd bay for your ssd.

[@TaliaIGhul]

The SDD can be used for everyday use apps where as the HDD can be used for storage. :)

[@Eligaminglee]

for people who are deciding to get a ssd for gaming, u dont really need it. what u need is a core i5 or higher and a decent gpu/ graphics card ( i recommend nvidia gtx 980). also if u want alot of storage, go with a 1tb hard drive or more. 4 tb hard drives are reliable. never go with 3tb.

[@atticusmars]

christ did you buy a prebuilt and think you know a ton about computers

[@atticusmars]

christ did you buy a prebuilt and think you know a ton about computers

[@FanaticalGaming]

Did you just say 4,3 TB?fucks sake

[@Eligaminglee]

u cought me

[@alikhoursheed4321]

+Eli gaming lee are you ok?

[@jazzman1626]

Even your HDD launched Photoshop faster than my HDD Win.10 does. If programs are faster and smoother with SSD, I’m in!

[@tejaszarekar9145]

I wonder if this dude is alive

[@truth-12345.]

This was mind blowing back in the day and it is still now.

[@Exhils]

it really is. I currently am running a hdd, so I wouldnt know how fast a ssd is. but from what ive seen and heard, the ssd is way faster. I thought my ram was the problem for my computer times, but it seems like its the drive.

[@BaronAnon]

SSD+OS, HDD+MEDIAFILES

[@luchtin]

SDD All

[@rossyboy1081]

I have both of them in my computer. The SSD runs the operating system to take advantage of it's speed then the HDD stores data to take advantage of it's capacity.

[@erfandance8669]

Any one watching in 2018

[@HafiyyanRG]

@Pankaj Thapa lel nice try

[@dawood3461]

2019

[@konaa6181]

Lol I just bought a 120 gb sad for 25 bucks from Kingston

[@FarmYardGaming]

WHY?!

[@fightfannerd2078]

yeah lol

[@theoden092]

bro looks like a asus employee lol, i trust him with my life

[@Colaaah]

Watched now in 2019. Very happy I bought a laptop with 512gb SSD ;)

[@ElvisChibundu]

Sweet...I have 128gb on my laptop for OS 6 seconds boot Time

[@faladeadeyanju7866]

Changed to Envy 17 512GB SSD. My best buy in years. So grateful I did

[@ultralaserblast381]

SSDs are amazing !

[@johannesdolch]

In reality the difference is even bigger. And whats more: At the bootup test what you did not test is to start doing something immediately after startup. Thats where i feel the biggest advantage. On HDD even if you see the desktop it is quite a while before you actually start working. Try opening Word or a Browser and see how long it takes it to actually function normally. Its gonna be infuriatingly long. On SSD basically as soon as you can see the desktop you can start working. Open you Browser and it will start up and be operational in 1-2 seconds.

[@abrarsakib1032]

i like HDD because i have time eat or make a coffee

[@doubletrouble1241]

😂 😂 😂

[@lutfimroby7296]

I think so 😅

[@Theiftanlazx]

When compared to a hard drive, an SSD is much faster because of the way it stores data. An ssd uses flash memory which can be accessed instantly but a Hard drive uses discs which are spun very quickly and the information is read by a needle. The way the hdd stores information is through bumps on the discs which represent 1 or 0 which is binary form

[@CodyMetal]

SSD version $200 more expensive than HDD? Is this SSD made from unicorn horns or something?

[@reyncoat]

SSDs used to cost a whole lot more in 2011 (the day this was posted) than they do today. Now, it's not quite as much more.

[@lancel3933]

Weegee64101 how about the hdd i can buy a 1 tb toshiba for like 45$

[@GarrettDerp]

I obtained a 256 GB SSD for $110 CAD. This video is old -- they're much cheaper now.

[@karigreyd2808]

I just bought a 128 gb crucial mx100 ssd for $60 and last year i paid $160 for a 256gb sandisk ultra plus. If you buy an ssd just buy a reputable brand but don't buy a high end one. You won't notice a difference between a high end ssd and an entry level one.

[@GarrettDerp]

Krevin Grard You will notice a difference, but it's negligible for the end user.

[@mr.incognito4719]

You've helped me a lot making a decision. Thanks

[@xRsAtx]

i just don't see the benefits of a couple of seconds boot time

[@neoxfr9114]

ypu boot your system like a million times, multiply for the times you boot, that´s the benefits

[@maverick300]

@@neoxfr9114 indeed, xRs must not be a gamer. Not to understand the difference.

[@aliahshafiqa9062]

NeoX FR exactly

[@ambol7450]

back in the day when we actually had to ask ourselves is there a difference between SSD and HDD

[@ewolz]

Hahah

[@MAEAMAEAM]

1:20 actually extra 20 seconds only

[@cabby4223]

And that counts a lot!!

[@MAEAMAEAM]

@@cabby4223 well yeah.. but if u were on a budget and buying a harddrive u cud buy a 1tb hdd the same price as a 250gb ssd so to me having more space is more important than those 20seconds that im wasting anyway lol

[@azharkacak1978]

after 8 years of this experiment ,SSD with higher speed and 160gb SSD price just below USD100,it is obviously a significant improvement by upgrade from HDD to SSD,both technically and economically.

[@JohnTilleryJr]

30 secs is Totally Worth $200.00

[@abirneji]

it loads up everything faster not just that 30 seconds

[@abirneji]

***** why did I not think of that A dual monitor would speed everything up

[@abirneji]

***** thats what I meant A dual monitor would speed my work up

[@karigreyd2808]

Ssds went way down in price you can get a 128gb ssd for $60. I paid 160 for a 256 gb a year ago. It is worth the price now.

[@marklong2528]

the hood only sells computers

[@VibeVoyager4]

this HDD loading time is very important for a gamer we prepare in loading we drink some water and do some meditation and after 2 hours of loading now we finally able to use pc

[@Donat.3481]

ify bro low specs feels.

[@nathanjames4242]

WHAT?!?!?!? A SOLID STATE DRIVE IS FASTER?!?!?!?!? WHAT?!?!?@>#>#L#>#>#

[@dragonballZbigBang]

Video might be about a time when people were skeptical about SSD's performance

[@Scott.B70]

What?!?!?!? People can't look at the date this was released?!?!?!?!? WHAT?!?!?@>#>#L#>#>#

[@malamri424]

20 sec VS 40 sec. Not only you reach the desktop faster, but when you get there the computer is responsive as opposed to a HDD which needs even more time loading services and processes.

[@Microshrimp]

How much does the number of processor cores play into response time? Since the i5 is about $100 more than an i3, I think I might buy an i3 for a new build and use the money I'm saving to buy a SSD. I don't plan on doing any gaming or real processor-heavy tasks. Any thoughts?

[@ayule2240]

Go for the i5 you will see a big difference in processing power and just save for an SSD to see an even biggeer difference!

[@factChecker01]

Loading speed is probably not "CPU-limited".

[@NeatoboyAus]

Thanks for the great comparison video!

[@olivermaki6960]

I dont recommend an ssd. Only a small boot time differance and program boot time differance. NOT WORTH IT

[@OneBiker98]

Actually it can also help with things like moving big files (like 4-7GB or bigger) and also in big games that have many things to load. But anyway an HDD can get the job done well anyway.

[@TheGypsay24]

Since a quality ssd like an evo 120gb is only about 90$ atm, i think it could certainly be a good thing to spend money on

[@Diedrich92]

my friend has an hdd, he has to wait like 15 minutes every time he boots his computer so he keeps it on almost 24/7.

[@TheGypsay24]

Hjalmar Nyman he probably has a cluttered up computer, ive done some testing and my HDD boots completely in 39 seconds on average

[@HardWithStyle97]

Dany NBA only $90?? You can get 2 tb hdd for $90

[@AyushRaj1024]

The most amazing thing I found about this video is that those Asus laptops still have their hinges.

[@tzuno2068]

Another you tuber that puts a 5400 rpm hdd vs ssd. Facepalm.

[@tzuno2068]

+John Smith True, i also have a wd black and i am more than pleased, i have the wd black 5000 lplx, in a desktop because i want my pc smaller and smaller, 7mm thin hdd it looks so sexy not to mention i lowered my power consumption by 7.5 w my old hdd had a consumption of 9.5w. the new hdd i have it draws a max of 2.1w sweet. next stop a 35X35X17 cm case :)

[@crazyd3mon968]

It's not hard to tell this is an old video when the SSD is advertised at $1099.

[@Jomii06]

what if a laptop has dual storage .... -.-

[@DJogdog]

Whats the issue? You can have a fast boot drive, and a slower but larger and cheaper storage drive. Or two SSDs in Raid 0 for two times the speed.

[@OccupyZero2One]

256GB is enough for 5 large data sized games ( 20gb per ) leaving the rest (156GB ) for other uses or for even more games upon you. 500GB is also considered enough on a desktop, but again it depends on what kinds of games you're planning to play. All games have their specifications listed on their websites.

[@AssePwn]

can i habe ssd pls

[@Adeneliya]

AssePwn no u cent cuz ets n my anel b0ss

[@matthewwatson3593]

I just put windows onto my 480gb sandisk I'll never go back not only is boot up speeds great but general usage is amazing I never realized how much my old hdd was holding back my i7 and other high end parts

[@Cewyah]

HDD for the win I love more storage instead!

[@titusp9596]

They have 1tb ssd’s

[@kaenae8100]

Or your like me thats put so much money in his pc he gets an ssd with triple the storage with the load speed

[@fightingforce8498]

Same. Hdd is more long lasting and also getting faster.

[@titassimo231]

@Ipinu Yusuf they aren't even that expensive for what you get

[@titassimo231]

@Ipinu Yusuf yeah, my point still stands

[@GenMinion]

Nowadays, you can get a 120GB SSD for around $70 and a 500GB SSD for about $250.

[@heyrellic]

SSDs are insanely cheap now a days, just go for a 1TB SSD

[@Sporkinator]

I do know that Crucial's M500 SSD is available in a 960 GB size. SSDs are a lot more expensive to manufacture, but the prices are coming down, and the capacities are increasing.

[@adityahariharan3747]

gonna switch to ssd :)

[@demonetizeddemonetisedinmy1890]

Aditya Hariharan Enjoy tiny storage unless you pump in several grand for a 1tb SSD

[@adityahariharan3747]

don't mind tiny storage, as I'm not a power user on my mac, use it mainly for work and research.

[@PCSanityJeffThrelfall]

I would like to see Asus do a new version of this comparison on one of the latest Windows 8.1 notebooks. But can you ask Rob to smile a little more :)

[@toot1231]

SSD's are so overrated and not worth it and thats coming from someone who owns one

[@toot1231]

***** yea because i can wait 10 seconds damn im so patient

[@SnipeYouFromMars]

Yeah honestly I kindof regret buying my 850 evo. it's nice to speed a few programs up but I definitely should've spent that 80 bucks towards something for important such as a better gpu

[@dev3575]

+Joshua Hecht lol on my other machine even win 8 can load in 10 seconds , ill even upload proof if you want lol , and i kind of agree , it depends on what ssd you got

[@nagga123456789]

everything is 30 seconds with this genius

[@TruthDefender]

quarter of a million subscribers and no lav or directional mic? come on guys

[@tc3sean]

Wow, gotta love how quick prices decline for electronics. 256gb quality SSDs can now be had for ~100$$

[@shivamnaturalbodybuilding5411]

Does it effects network performances also ? Like downloading and all

[@_quixote]

2nd Gen Intel core i7 was so high demand back then.

[@HIDlarissaTERRY]

Great demo! Just perfect! Thank you 😊

[@crugga]

I had a 500gb hybrid and ended up buying an ssd and sticking the hybrid in a case and using external. The hybrid wasnt bad or anything I just used a mates ssd and decided the speed was worth the space sacrifice. Its as you would expect really, the hybrid is noticeably faster than the hdd but the ssd is noticeably faster than the hybrid. As you know the sacrifice is space. Ive got a 256ssd in my machine and a 500gb hybrid external and i'm extrememly happy.

[@stan6217]

I just watched the whole video and realize that it is 9 years old...

[@cursedreject]

i think the grindful was talking solely about hdd when he was comparing he was talking about rpm determing the speed not the size of the HDD

[@fanirama]

The real power of SSD is handling large number of IO requests per second (IOPS). This means if you need open a file, load some drivers, read a file somewhere else, seek deeper into a file etc. then the SSDs handle more of them compared to HDDs which need to physically move the read/write heads. On SSDs it is just electronic reads off chips. SSDs handle approx 6000 IOPS whereas the best HDDs can only do 200 tops (those are the enterprise class 15K rpm Fiber Channel drives. The regular SATA drives at home do only about 80-100 tops) SSDs really shine for random io because the mechanical movements of HDDs really cause more latency as time spent seeking can be too much of an overhead. However, for pure single sequential IO, HDDs won't be that far behind as the platters rotate quite fast. But if you want to do like 200 simultaneous sequential reads then the SSDs again outshine the HDDs. Basically, tl;dr - Buy SSDs and put all your random type of ops there - boot windows from there. For others like video games, pics, movies etc. which are large and usually sequentially read, HDDs are fine.

[@havierhissaf]

The Benefits Of Using SSD: 1. Boot Up (Faster) 2. Open Apps (Faster) 3. Transfer Data (Faster) 4. Apps Installations (Faster) I prefer to upgrade my RAM first rather than adding SSD NVME M2. cause i spend a lot of times inside the apps (Corel, Ai, Ps, Au, Pr, Browser, VLC, docs).

[@Hannes123456789123]

Hey guys my tip for you: Get an SSD!! It is so much faster than the HDD, and acuttally the prices for a 500GB SSD (Samsung or SanDisk) on Amazon are under 80€!

[@monsterous289]

You need to disable parts on the motherboard that you aren't using. This will drastically speed up the BIOS boot up time.

[@bigsky1970]

It'll be worth it when the price comes down and the storage space is much larger. I got a 160GB external drive that's about 10 years old and still works.

[@naveenc1274]

Most people don't install more than 100 GB of files onto the SSD. Usually only the OS and large programs/games are loaded... with smaller files like documents there's not really a performance increase, so extra space isn't needed for that.