Solid-state hard drives have been a long time in coming to mainstream PCs. They have been kept at bay by the increasingly cheap cost of normal HDDs which have a cost per GB of less than 10c compared to over $2 per GB for SSDs. Thus, SSDs are still too expensive to store your video collection on. They are, however, a viable option to boot your operating system from. The solution is to put your Operating System on a solid-state hard disk drive and store your other stuff (documents/videos/movies) on a normal HDD. In general you'll see a 10x increase in boot-up speeds and application loads: GAME-CHANGING.
For those with an ageing laptop (especially those on Vista), a modest decrease in storage size coupled with an external drive for storage will see an exceptional improvement.
For those with a desktop, PF Systems can separate just your OS onto the SSD and you'll immediately see a 10x explosion of speed. An added benefit will be the ability to back your OS drive up to your mechanical drive regularly without the need for an external drive.
This offer is especially targeted at people with middle-aged computers (2-4 years) who are considering replacing their device due to boot-up and operational speed. Even the performance of high end current computers using a mechanical HDD will not come near the general system performance of a middle-aged computer with an SSD.
Prices are as follows for the Corsair Force Series 3 SSD:
60GB Corsair 60GB Force Series 3 SSD (R/W: 550/490 MB/s): $159 (RRP $219) - $2.64/GB |
90GB Corsair 90GB Force Series 3 SSD (R/W: 550/500 MB/s): $220 (RRP $289) - |
120GB Corsair 120GB Force Series 3 SSD (R/W: 550/510 MB/s): $247 (RRP $339) - |
Labour: $49/$99 Laptop/Desktop (PFS Silver/Gold discounts apply) with 3 Year PFS warranty on parts and labour.
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