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The thread discusses the rising costs of SSDs, with the original poster expressing surprise at how a 30GB SSD now costs about the same as a larger one a year earlier. Participants explain that SSD prices are affected by hardware advancements and supply issues, and note that HDD speeds have also improved, making SSDs less of a strict upgrade. Overall, the conversation reflects a mix of curiosity about pricing trends and acknowledgment of technological progress in storage devices.
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anotherwindowsuser

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Has the costs of SSD gone up? I bought one last year, 100gb or so £35, when I went to buy one in April I spent he same amount of money but was totoally surprised to see it arrive as a 30GB drive. I double checked what I had bought and it turned out I had indeed ordered a 30GB SSD, upon looking aound I found others of the same price or higher. Why has it gon up so much? I checked Amazon and eBay.
 

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Are new HDD now faster then?
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the old days started with 2.5-inch drives because that is what most people had in their systems and SSD just replaced that spinning rust... if you open one of those 1st drives they are mostly spare space​
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then we moved to M2 [which looks like Ram sticks] and that allowed laptops to be redesigned but was really the phone | tablet market which pushed the makers down this path​
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the current standard is NVMe which needed special boards to be bootable and blurs the line between Harddrive and Ram {one was storage and the other fast access}... the next generation of Ram will blur this line more​

to get back on topic; your laptop is old and parts for it are no longer...
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a little yes but SSD is out of date now
 

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anotherwindowsuser said:
Are new HDD now faster then?
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yes
the old days started with 2.5-inch drives because that is what most people had in their systems and SSD just replaced that spinning rust... if you open one of those 1st drives they are mostly spare space​
​
then we moved to M2 [which looks like Ram sticks] and that allowed laptops to be redesigned but was really the phone | tablet market which pushed the makers down this path​
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the current standard is NVMe which needed special boards to be bootable and blurs the line between Harddrive and Ram {one was storage and the other fast access}... the next generation of Ram will blur this line more​

to get back on topic; your laptop is old and parts for it are no longer being made in massive numbers so the price of that hardware will level out as parts become harder to get
 

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NVMe is interface protcol for SSDs that use PCIe interfaces. These are much faster than an older SSD with a SATA interface
 

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I just found this SSD 2.5 inch laptop drive and its 120gb for a mere £15,

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SSD works well. I got installed WD in one of my HP Laptop here in India. Loving the speed!
 

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