SSD vs 7200RPM HDD - Speed tests

A comparison of a solid state drive and a standard 7200RPM hard drive.

The computer on the left has Windows installed to an SSD and the one on the right has it installed to a standard HDD.
The difference in Windows start-up time is about 27 seconds to 36 seconds and for starting up Microsoft Word it's about 3 seconds versus 10 seconds.

The computer with the solid state drive is noticeably faster with just a clean install of Windows and the trial version of Office on both.

Same exact specs on both machines (other than the main drives).

Our entry level system with:
Intel Dual Core E5400 (2.7GHz)
1 GB DDR3 RAM Memory
160GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
DVD-RW Drive
Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit

$499.99 or $649.99 for one with the added 40GB SSD

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[dependablecomputers]

Note: These computers have identical hardware configuration (the monitors and the desktop background are the only differences. The monitor on the left just so happens to come out of sleep mode faster than the one on the right, causing it to look like the machine is starting to post before the other one.

[552Industries]

HOLY SHIT! The boot animation couldn't even finish!

[aguythatlikesipods]

3TB or 120GB? I will go for 3TB, wait until SSD's are cheap first

[rozzalenda123]

@StephenBryan27 problem is most new games requires atleast 8gb or more..SSD doesn't have the space..I only use my SSD for recording

[davdua1991]

ssd is less reliable than conventional hard drives, that's why we have the same technology for over 50y

[XxhilfmirxX]

@aguythatlikesipods if his corrupted that quick he was doing something wrong. this "shot life span" is somewhat true though but the same lengh of time can be applied to a hdd that is on constantly. you can buy ssd for around 1dollar per gig which isnt too bad.

[aguythatlikesipods]

@XxhilfmirxX Well still its too expensive and I'm cheap :P and also i heard that the lifespan of SSD's are short(er) compared to normal spinning disk drives. My friend's OCZ SSD was corrupted like in a couple of months .I found an old 1990's computer in the garage and it still works. All the files are still there running windows 98 and it uses normal SATA spinning disk hdd. Plus I'm a very patient guy. (sort of)

[aguythatlikesipods]

@murtisoft ~4 years? :D

[murtisoft]

@aguythatlikesipods I'm guessing you will wait a LOT :)

[XxhilfmirxX]

@aguythatlikesipods the point of a ssd isnt to use it as a main hdd... you put your os in it, which will make your whole system faster and prolong the life of your hdd.

keep in mind that the hdd constantly spins so u can use the osm mean while the sdd cuts down the os and some of your most used apps. meaning longer life on your hdd and faster system. (so you only need to buy the smallest sdd to have an effective system.)

[W0ND3RB0Y1]

@StephenBryan27 Actually it helps a lot no matter what... :)

When that is said.. I have a 2600K OC'd to 5 Ghz and a GTX 580 lightning running @ 950 Mhz on the core in crysis 2.. And im running about 42 frames at minimum... Problem is my HDD when loading things it drops in frames.. -.- It's really exspensive in scandinavia but i really need to find a SSD to fit my system.. cuz it's a huge bottleneck at my system at those speeds...! ¤_¤