Which is better for an Acer laptop, SSD or HDD?

jackhardy
jackhardy Member Posts: 3 New User
edited November 2021 in Aspire Laptops
I want to go for SSD and so selected Kingston 240GB A400 SSD 2.5 Inch 7mm for my laptop from BuyKingston.

 


 

What's your take on this? Is it the right decision?

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  • Commodore_1995#
    Commodore_1995# ACE Posts: 98,322 Trailblazer
    What is the exact model? example an515-55-58vh.
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  • jackhardy
    jackhardy Member Posts: 3 New User
    egydiocoelho said:
    What is the exact model? example an515-55-58vh.
    HP Pavilion 15-ab032TX
  • ttttt
    ttttt Member Posts: 1,947 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon
    @jackhardy

    I always think that 2.5" SATA3 SSD are better than mechanical HDD in almost all aspects, the performance in particular.

    I'll say, go ahead to replace the boot drive to 2.5" SATA SSD. All brands will work , but some reputable manufacturers may have better reliability.

    Personally, I have tried SSDs of different brands, hardly can tell the difference between them.

    Be sure to download cloning software for the operating system migration.
  • NathanAlwis
    NathanAlwis Member Posts: 62 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    ttttt said:
    @jackhardy

    I always think that 2.5" SATA3 SSD are better than mechanical HDD in almost all aspects, the performance in particular.

    I'll say, go ahead to replace the boot drive to 2.5" SATA SSD. All brands will work , but some reputable manufacturers may have better reliability.

    Personally, I have tried SSDs of different brands, hardly can tell the difference between them.

    Be sure to download cloning software for the operating system migration.
    Yes I think the SSD is better obviously, no matter how much expensive the HDD gets it slows down as time passes so an SSD is the best option and make sure you don't full the SSD up as some SSD s start to show inconsistent file write times if the drive is too full and you write too much data to them.
  • ttttt
    ttttt Member Posts: 1,947 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon
    @NathanAlwis

    I agree with you in general.  As SSD were still rather expensive last decade, I accumulated many small capacity SSDs ( 16GB, 32 GB, 60 GB,120GB) and installed different Linux Versions ( and even Windows ) on them. So far haven't encountered inconsistent file writes yet, probably none of them exceeded 90% capacities.
  • NathanAlwis
    NathanAlwis Member Posts: 62 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    ttttt said:
    @NathanAlwis

    I agree with you in general.  As SSD were still rather expensive last decade, I accumulated many small capacity SSDs ( 16GB, 32 GB, 60 GB,120GB) and installed different Linux Versions ( and even Windows ) on them. So far haven't encountered inconsistent file writes yet, probably none of them exceeded 90% capacities.
    Yup only some times... :)
  • NathanAlwis
    NathanAlwis Member Posts: 62 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    edited November 2021
    Not all the time, depends on the brands and usage...

  • Erick-Acer_Retired
    Erick-Acer_Retired Member Posts: 503 Seasoned Practitioner WiFi Icon

    Hi jackhardy said:
    egydiocoelho said:
    What is the exact model? example an515-55-58vh.
    HP Pavilion 15-ab032TX

    Please mention your model name of your laptop 
  • ttttt
    ttttt Member Posts: 1,947 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon
    @NathanAlwiss & @jackhardy

    With the advances in technologies, M.2 NVMe SSD is even better than 2.5" SATA3 SSD in general. 

    However, @jackhardy's HP Pavilion 15-ab032TX is a laptop using 5th gen Intel CPU, just like my old Dell notebook that has i3-5005u CPU. There was no such thing as M.2 NVMe SSD by that era. People still can use M.2 NVMe SSD with an adapter via USB 3.0 or later ports, but still cannot catch up with the full speed of M.2 NVMe SSD.

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