SSD vs HDD?

Haawww. So tired lah dis week. Been busy with Modul Pembangunan dan Kepimpinan Pelajar(LPPKP) at my uni and at the same time arrange/allocate time to upgradee my desktop :D The LPPKP is a mandatory program and all students need to attend if you want to know...

So, I decided to upgrade my PC and straight away I browse through Lowyat.net forum to find PC hardware that suits my limited budget. So, I end up bought the Gigabyte GA EP45-UD3R motherboard (and sell my EP41-UD3L ), adding another 2GB RAM, bought Zalman CPU cooler and adding another 500GB of space. CODed with other forumer at various places(very far from my hometown weh) including ampang, pj, puchong..T_T..The reason why I want to upgrade is because want to try overclock my E7400. The G41 chipset cannot overclock much; even +5 increase in FSB will make system restart and load default BIOS value.lousy..

My journey in rather small upgrade.

The box and contents inside

Zalman CNPS9500 LED CPU cooler

The board..beautiful indeed

The 'heart' of a computer on my old mobo

Installing retention bracket and the cooler

But..i feel kinda not complete.

My wishlist now is a new graphic card and most importantly a SSD..wuuhuu. That’s what I want to write in this entry actually (kinda long intro huh?..huhuh). So, what the heck is solid state disk(SSD) and why is it better than hard disk drive(HDD)? This kind of question once strike through my berain and after some googling(simple ya), I started to understand and put SSD into my wishlist.

SSD or Solid State Disk basically is a disk that has NO moving parts. It contains several memory chip on a board to store data.

Lets differentiate it shall we?

Price

SSD: Expensive

HDD: Cheap

How it works?

SSD: Use non-volatile flash memory

HDD: Magnetizing ferromagnetic material

Reliability

SSD: Can sustain 100K write cycles per cell

HDD: Has a lifespan

Speed

SSD: 170 MBps typically
Access time between 35-100 ms

HDD: 80 MBps typically
Access time between 5000-10000ms

Noise

SSD: Quiet because no mechanical parts

HDD: Clicks and crunching noise

Vibration

SSD: Can sustain up to 1500G’s

HDD: 350G’s to 800G’s only

Power consumption

SSD: Low

HDD: High

Heat Dissipation

SSD: Less heat produced

HDD: Has moving parts thus more heat

Cost

SSD: $3 per gigabyte

HDD: 20-30 cents per gigabyte

Below is demo video..