SSD Upgrade Warning!

[Mambowoman]

Beware of any advice promoting an SSD upgrade as a magic-pill to improve your computer's performance as If you're dropping any fresh component into the system that asks for more power than the original parts the machine's power and cooling solutions were designed for, then you're liable to make a loss in battery life and gain a chunk in heat.

[CharlieH]

Yep, experienced the heat issue on the laptop after switching to SSD

[Mambowoman]

5 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Yep, experienced the heat issue on the laptop after switching to SSD

Sorry to hear that.

 

It's what the salesmen fail to tell you.

[scorecard]

3 minutes ago, Mambowoman said:

Sorry to hear that.

 

It's what the salesmen fail to tell you.

Do such salesmen/women even have this knowledge?

[KannikaP]

Surely an SSD takes less power than one with a motor inside.

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, Mambowoman said:

Sorry to hear that.

 

It's what the salesmen fail to tell you.

Which salesmen? I think many users simply change their HDD for an SSD for the performance/speed benefit. You don't need a salesmqn to tell you that.

[scorecard]

1 minute ago, KannikaP said:

Which salesmen? I think many users simply change their HDD for an SSD for the performance/speed benefit. You don't need a salesmqn to tell you that.

And some prefer SSD because there's supposedly a lot less change of damage if the notebook is dropped. Is that true?

[KannikaP]

Just now, scorecard said:

And some prefer SSD because there's supposedly a lot less change of damage if the notebook is dropped. Is that true?

Most prefer SSD because they are so much faster than HDD, but if you drop your notebook/laptop, it will probably be the screen which comes a cropper before an SSD.

[scorecard]

3 minutes ago, scorecard said:

And some prefer SSD because there's supposedly a lot less change of damage if the notebook is dropped. Is that true?

I mean damage to the hard drive.

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, CharlieH said:

Yep, experienced the heat issue on the laptop after switching to SSD

Why does mambowoman think this is SAD?

[OneMoreFarang]

This was the first link when I searched:

 

I think it's always funny when people discuss about computer parts as if they know what they are talking about.

Would you change the injection in your car if someone would tell you there is a faster version? 

Would you play around with your AC at home because someone gave you this great tip?

Why don't you ask the computer experts and let the computer experts do their job?

[KannikaP]

4 minutes ago, scorecard said:

I mean damage to the hard drive.

Which part of 'an SSD is sturdier than an HDD' do you not understand?

 

[OneMoreFarang]

4 minutes ago, scorecard said:

I mean damage to the hard drive.

HDDs are easier to damage than SSDs.

[Lacessit]

I changed the SSD on my desktop about a year ago, but I did upgrade everything else as well.

There's  limited capability on my laptop to make the same changes.

[KannikaP]

15 minutes ago, scorecard said:

I mean damage to the hard drive.

Yes, an HDD is a physical thing with very fine tolerances regarding its moving parts. An SSD is not.

[KannikaP]

7 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I changed the SSD on my desktop about a year ago, but I did upgrade everything else as well.

There's  limited capability on my laptop to make the same changes.

Everything else?

[sungod]

I put a SSD into a 10 year old laptop that was on its last legs. Works great now.

[NoDisplayName]

The HDD on my 3-year old Lenovo Ideapad crapped out a couple months ago.  Replaced it with a same-capacity SDD and at the same time doubled the RAM.

 

Went from two minute boot up time to 20 seconds.  No heat problems.  The fan doesn't run nearly as often or as long as before the change.

[vinny41]

Are SSDs in the Same League with HDDs When it Comes to Data Recovery?

And while they might not last as long and are vulnerable to physical damage, recovering data from a failed HDD is reportedly easier than from SSDs.

https://www.acronis.com/en-gb/blog/posts/are-ssds-same-league-hdds-when-it-comes-data-recovery/

 

 

[JetsetBkk]

5 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Yep, experienced the heat issue on the laptop after switching to SSD

More details please!

[proton]

Got a Mac book air with SSD does not even need a fan, battery goes for 18 hours!

[metisdead]

Troll posts and the trolling replies have been removed.

[ozimoron]

35 minutes ago, vinci said:

you trolling right, the heat doesn't come from the SSD, in-fact SSD is the magic pill.

Many SSD's have heat sinks.

 

When an SSD fails it fails hard, losing all its data. When an HDD fails it normally fails gradually and most of the data is usually recoverable.

 

https://ssdsphere.com/ssd-power-consumption-comparison/

[Mambowoman]

6 hours ago, sungod said:

I put a SSD into a 10 year old laptop that was on its last legs. Works great now.

Vague statements like this one confirm my OP. 

 

An SSD  being fitted will not repair, for example, a laptop's glitchy monitor, faulty keyboard, or failing motherboard.

[fdsa]

6 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Why don't you ask the computer experts and let the computer experts do their job?

nowadays everybody and their mom are experts in everything from computers and economics to military operations and international affairs

[bendejo]

10 hours ago, scorecard said:

Do such salesmen/women even have this knowledge?

As a long-time tech salesman I used to work with told me, he has a rule "never touch the product."

 

[RedBackman]

Am I taking crazy pills? SSD's use less power and have no moving parts (friction) - they generate less heat than comparable hdds.

 

With the more compact m.2 form factor you might get hotspots because the chips are packed tighter, but it's still less total heat energy that you have to remove from the system. The ssd itself is a lot more tolerant of higher temps than an hdd and temps up to 70c are mostly fine. Past that point you'd look at airflow/heat-sinks to bring things down.

 

When you replace an older laptop's hdd it's 2.5" so the 2.5" ssd replacement should be cooler (chips more spread out and more room to dissipate heat). In contrast your cpu/gpu/memory might heat up more just because they aren't idling waiting for data from the hdd anymore - but your computer is still performing faster now the bottleneck isn't your hdd which is a good thing.

[sungod]

6 hours ago, Mambowoman said:

Vague statements like this one confirm my OP. 

 

An SSD  being fitted will not repair, for example, a laptop's glitchy monitor, faulty keyboard, or failing motherboard.

Who would fit a new SSD if a keyboard or monitor issue was the problem? 

[CharlieH]

Trolling comments and responses removed.

[CharlieH]

"SSDs generally won’t overheat due to the absence of moving parts, but sometimes they may overheat. A lot of users complain about their SSDs getting overheated and they try to guess the cause behind it. "

 

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