[SOLVED] Solid State Drive

[tonymelton4]

My budget for a new ssd is 100, I'm new to SSDS and hoping I can get a new good one with my budget and can someone explain how the ssds speed up boot up and loading time thanks

 

[R_1]

it all comes down to access times. hard drives are slow. like an old cassette deck, skipping ahead takes a while, while the ipod jumps to the next song. or the last song instantly. they both play music but how fast makes all the difference and that difference is the storage medium.
the faster you can get windows from the drive to RAM the faster windows boots. HDD's are slow like a bicycle, SSD's are fast like a motorcycle. the trip is always faster in a motorcycle than a bicycle.


https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6yKcCJ/samsung-860-evo-500gb-25-solid-state-drive-mz-76e500bam

 

[tonymelton4]

it all comes down to access times. hard drives are slow. like an old cassette deck, skipping ahead takes a while, while the ipod jumps to the next song. or the last song instantly. they both play music but how fast makes all the difference and that difference is the storage medium.
the faster you can get windows from the drive to RAM the faster windows boots. HDD's are slow like a bicycle, SSD's are fast like a motorcycle. the trip is always faster in a motorcycle than a bicycle.

What's a good ssd in my price range

 

[R_1]

I just updated my post

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6yKcCJ/samsung-860-evo-500gb-25-solid-state-drive-mz-76e500bam

 

[Achint2000]

What's a good ssd in my price range

That depends. Which motherboard do you have?

You can go for a normal SATA SSD, or if your motherboard has support for, you can get an M.2 / NVMe SSD.

You can easily get 250/256 GB under $100.

In fact, you can get one of the best M.2/NVMe SSDs for $100 on Amazon -

Samsung 970 Evo 250GB - https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-250GB-MZ-V7E250BW/dp/B07BN5FJZQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1542616012&sr=8-3

WD Black 256GB - https://www.amazon.com/Black-256GB-Performance-SSD-WDS256G1X0C/dp/B01MS6BYJD/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1542616012&sr=8-4

You can also go for a SATA SSD but one that has double the storage capacity (at the cost of much less speed than M.2/NVMe SSDs) if your motherboard doesn't support M.2/NVMe - https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-Internal-MZ-76E500B-AM/dp/B0781Z7Y3S/ref=sr_1_8_acs_osp_osp22-0b5ec2dd-aa_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1542616243&sr=1-8-acs