free tablets deal

[Philquad]

that got you in

anybody tried these hybrid ssd-sata drives ?

seem cheap enough, 4 x the speed of 7500 ?

[LeroyPatrol]

so now people who know nothing about ssd drives will click on this.........
STUPID
.........Leroy

[jwoegerbauer]

The trick of a SSHD is that in addition to the conventional HDD a NAND Flash memory (SSD) is kept, in which are copied to the most used games, videos, etc.
This explains the shortening of a video's / game's loadtime compared to a normal HDD.

As Seagate, a SSHD producer, states: 3-year limited warranty, what is a SSD's typical life span.

HDD life span (personal experience): 5-7 years

For me a SSHD is a useless bluff, is it not worth to buy .

[Philquad]

so its a bit like cache, page file ect
to the average user, me, with a quad core & 8gb ddr3 2100
i doubt facebook, emails & a few photos will matter?

[mandc]

What they don't make a big fuss about is the capacity of the NAND flash.

I have tried a couple of these in laptops and was surprised how small a capacity it is...8GB on my 1TB 2.5" drive. My understanding is that it stores files that need fast access to improve performance.

In the laptops I tried, the boot is a little faster but I have not found a huge performance boost.

[LeroyPatrol]

i've already had a kingston drive fail.

........Leroy

[Bibliophile]

Here is the results of an endurance test that ran on six popular SSDs to failure.