What are ssd for exactly?

[ChaixD]

All i know they make your pc turn on faster and if u install a game in it, it will run better but is it true and how does it work exactly?

[Paralectic]

It's just faster storage. 

And it's not a spinning drive, it's a solid one.

That's why it's a Solid State Drive ( SSD ).

[DXMember]

[PlayStation 2]

It's just faster storage. 

And it's not a spinning drive, it's a solid one.

That's why it's a Solid State Drive ( SSD ).

Pretty much this.

 

Solid state drives use memory chips, a lot like flash drives, only much faster. Since they have no moving parts, they can resist much more vibrating and other movements than hard drives can.

[Oshino Shinobu]

SSD (Solid State Drive). They have no moving parts, which inherently makes them more resistant to physical damage (mainly shock damage, like dropping on the ground). 

 

It would take a long time to fully explain what they are, so here's a fairly good place to start. http://www.storagereview.com/ssd_vs_hdd

 

They can read and write data faster than conventional mechanical drives, which is why they make the system boot faster and load applications faster. 

[Savir]

Unlike a mechanical hard drive there are no moving parts in a SSD. It's just flash storage. SSDs are more reliable, faster, and less noisy(due to the fact that nothing moves)

 

[Savir]

You beat me too it. 

[DXMember]

All i know they make your pc turn on faster and if u install a game in it, it will run better but is it true and how does it work exactly?

Here you can learn more about what they are:

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/whitepaper/whitepaper.html

[Oshino Shinobu]

@ChaixD here's a benchmark of an HDD and an SSD. Notice the difference in the random read and write speeds between the HDD and SSD. That difference is what makes a computer feel faster for everyday use, where small bits of data are being read, rather than large files being moved.