If you have decided to upgrade or replace your hard drive then you have a few things to consider: Interface, style, storage size, data transfer rate, form factor etc etc.
In years gone by the standard interface for hard drives and other devices was IDE, more recently a shift has been made to SATA. Without overloading you with computer jargon; IDE is slower/bigger (bigger being a problem for heat dissipation within the computer case,) while SATA is fast and getting faster and has a very small footprint within the computer. To sum up, older PC’s (5+ years old) will very likely run on a IDE interface, while anything newer than that will give you the option of both IDE and SATA.
In recent years there has been a movement from the standard spinning plate hard drive (very likely what is in your PC) to what is called SSD or Solid State Drive. A solid state drive is exactly what it sounds like, solid with no moving parts. The benefits to a SSD drive are significant; lower failure rate, smaller form factor, higher transfer speeds of data, less consumption of power. The major downfall at this point is the cost and storage size. With a typical spinning platter hard drive costing less than 10 cents for GB and the typical SSD running closer to 1 dollar per GB, one can argue that the cost outweighs the benefits. As with anything in technology prices continue to decrease, and soon enough SSD will be the standard is personal computers.
- Ryan R, Network Support Technician
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