Choosing the right storage for your computer may not be an easy task for you. It is difficult to calculate it based only on storage capacity and price. It is important to know which storage gives what performance, how much power it consumes and how reliable it is. The two main storage options we have are hard disk drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SDD).
Today we have a comparison between these two, which will make it easy for you to choose the suitable starage.
capacity
For laptop or desktop computer, you can find both SSD and HHD in the market with the same capacity. Most computers do not have a hard drive with a capacity above one TB or two TB. On the other hand, it is difficult to get an SSD above 2 TB. But there are many HDDs of this capacity. Cheap as well. So if you need high capacity storage then HDD can be a good option for you.
price
The price of SSD has come down significantly in the last few years. You don't have to spend extra to get up to 2 TB of capacity. But HDD is still a cheap technology.
A two TB SSD costs between 20 and 25 thousand rupees, while an HDD of the same capacity can be found for 7/8 thousand rupees. Whereas for 512 GB SSD only you have to spend 50 dollars i.e. 8-10 thousand rupees.
HDD is cheap. Therefore, it is beneficial to purchase a large capacity.
Credibility
SSD has no moving parts. So SSD is very affordable. It does not break when dropped or thrown.
It doesn't have any mechanical problems even after getting old and using it a lot. So SSD is more reliable than HDD. But another thing to remember is that the SSD can only be written to a limited number of times. Therefore, if data is written to it many times, it may get damaged. SSD technology has now improved. The operating system has also become smarter, which has helped to understand how to write data on the device.
Performance
When you go from HDD to SSD, you will find a very different performance level between the two. It takes a lot of time for a Windows computer to boot, i.e. start or restart, on traditional hard disk drives. Booting from SSD can be measured in seconds. Anything done with SSD is faster than HDD. Reading files, saving, starting apps, etc. are all done quickly. So SSDs are fast. Also, SSD does not slow down like HDD over time. Even when the drive is full, its performance remains the same.