SSD or HDD

[ManiaKsLV]

So? whats so good in SSD? if i buy Kingston 120GB SSD or 500gb 7200rpm 64mb HDD?

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Tom's Hardware published a series of very informative articles explaining and demonstrating the benefits of solid state drives over hard disk drives. Here are the links to the articles.

Should You Upgrade? From A Hard Drive To An SSD:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-upgrade-hdd-performance,3023.html

Could An SSD Be The Best Upgrade For Your Old PC?:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-upgrade-hard-drive,2956.html

SSD Performance In Crysis 2, World Of Warcraft, And Civilization V:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-gaming-performance,2991.html

Exploring SSD Performance In Battlefield 3, F1 2011, And Rift:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-rift-ssd,3062.html

SSD Performance In The Office: Nine Applications Benchmarked:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/solid-state-drive-work-tests,3064.html

Storage Performance In Entertainment And Content Creation:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/video-editing-performance-ssd-hdd,3089.html

Here is a link to the ssd database:

http://www.johnnylucky.org/data-storage/ssd-database.html

Scroll down to the ssd's you are interested in and following the links to technical reviews of the specific models you are interested in.