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Does SSD Have Larger Bandwidth?

Muhlis
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Hi,

I am just a bit curious about SSDs and don't have a lot of experience.

 

On my PC (using HDD), the disk usage is usually at 100%. I know there are a lot of ways to reduce disk usage. But if we think for a long-period solution, if I upgrade the HDD to SSD, will the disk usage percentage decrease?

 

Thanks.

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2 minutes ago, Muhlis Gursoy said:

will the disk usage percentage decrease?

Likely since it can do far more operations than the HDD can.

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First you have to find what causes that 100% disk usage but with HDD it's not that hard to push them to the limit, and the reason is their very low random access performance, SSDs are way better at that so you're not gonna see it with the SSD, yes.

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6 minutes ago, Muhlis Gursoy said:

On my PC (using HDD), the disk usage is usually at 100%. I know there are a lot of ways to reduce disk usage. But if we think for a long-period solution, if I upgrade the HDD to SSD, will the disk usage percentage decrease?

If you're talking about the statistic in Task Manager, disk usage % utilization is how full the queue is for data requests. HDDs will be at 100% for longer on average because they're slow at servicing requests. However, you can still peg an SSD to 100% depending on what's going on, but the time it'll be at 100% should be shorter on average.

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There is also SSD caching. Basically you stick a 128GB or 256GB SSD into system, buy PrimoCache or eBoost software for under 30€ and pair it. It'll significantly speed up things without sacrificing capacity or having to move all the data. Still, having full SSD system is the most optimal way to go. It's just the best and even 2TB SSD's aren't that expensive anymore and they'll serve even more power users easily as the only storage device.

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