Solid State Drive (SSD) Upgraded HD: Chart, Explanation, Brands & Performance Stats!!

[NickZac]

http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/
Some test stats

Notice where the factory MBP hard drives ranks (hint: start at the bottom)



Here are comparisons of high end SSDs; the Mercury Extreme Pro was at the top

The Muskin did even better!!!

 

[nateo200]

The current 500+/- SSDs are around $1,300 to $2,000 and I do not know a single person with a SSD over 256GB. Really, how many people are going to spend as much on a hard drive as you could on a very nicely loaded laptop? lol

Agreed. Even if I could afford to put a 1300 dollar harddrive into my base macbook pro I really wouldn't...and If I did I would buy the laptop thats worth more than the harddrive. And then I see people on here opting for the 128GB SSD over the 500GB HDD...128GB is allot don't get me wrong but it seams to be lagging in this day in age space wise and for someone like me who is using this laptop as the all-purpose-computer it really wouldn't suffice. I'm not sure what justifies the price other than the hype though..Im no expert on the tech behind SSD's but you can get flash drives so cheap these days with capacitys reaching into 32-64GB's yet a larger device that I would say could fit like 10 or 20 of those flash sticks of 32GB's into is a million times more than the cost of a bunch of flash drives? Lol am I missing something here? Someone please explain I understand there are some weird controllers in it but explain...

 

[robvas]

Im no expert on the tech behind SSD's but you can get flash drives so cheap these days with capacitys reaching into 32-64GB's yet a larger device that I would say could fit like 10 or 20 of those flash sticks of 32GB's into is a million times more than the cost of a bunch of flash drives? Lol am I missing something here? Someone please explain I understand there are some weird controllers in it but explain...

An SSD is different technology than a flash drive and much, much faster.

 

[NickZac]

And SSDs have processors built into them, and those processors run a variety of (expensive) software to maximize performance and durability. The mechanics behind it are more complex that flash drives as well Furthermore, flash drives have went down in price due to super mass production...they make so many of them each year it is mind boggling. Because of this, they get materials cheaper and R&D investments get paid back quickly. USB Flash Drives are not upgraded in the fashion the SSD is as it evolves, partly because USB flash drives cannot go much faster until USB 3. Newer technology for SSDs are always popping up, being tested, sold, and then more R&D, refine the product, and re-release it.