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Having a Solid State Drive (SSD) instead of a hard drive can greatly reduce the power usage. An SSD has absolutely no moving parts and is entirely flash memory (so think of it as a giant flash drive), as opposed to a hard drive which has a spinning disk in it. SSDs are also generally much faster than HDDs. The only problem is, SSDs cost a lot of money.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| elpacco wrote: | | Having a Solid State Drive (SSD) instead of a hard drive can greatly reduce the power usage. An SSD has absolutely no moving parts and is entirely flash memory (so think of it as a giant flash drive), as opposed to a hard drive which has a spinning disk in it. SSDs are also generally much faster than HDDs. The only problem is, SSDs cost a lot of money. |
or having a eco drive with fixed speed.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| elpacco wrote: | | Having a Solid State Drive (SSD) instead of a hard drive can greatly reduce the power usage. An SSD has absolutely no moving parts and is entirely flash memory (so think of it as a giant flash drive), as opposed to a hard drive which has a spinning disk in it. SSDs are also generally much faster than HDDs. The only problem is, SSDs cost a lot of money. |
i think turning ur com off when ur not using and not seeding is a much cheaper way
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| AverageAzn247 wrote: | | elpacco wrote: | | Having a Solid State Drive (SSD) instead of a hard drive can greatly reduce the power usage. An SSD has absolutely no moving parts and is entirely flash memory (so think of it as a giant flash drive), as opposed to a hard drive which has a spinning disk in it. SSDs are also generally much faster than HDDs. The only problem is, SSDs cost a lot of money. |
i think turning ur com off when ur not using and not seeding is a much cheaper way |
Even if your comp is off it still uses power.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| elpacco wrote: | | Having a Solid State Drive (SSD) instead of a hard drive can greatly reduce the power usage. An SSD has absolutely no moving parts and is entirely flash memory (so think of it as a giant flash drive), as opposed to a hard drive which has a spinning disk in it. SSDs are also generally much faster than HDDs. The only problem is, SSDs cost a lot of money. |
greatly?
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Yes, greatly.
A standard drive has to use a motor to spin the disk at 7200rpm (or 5400rpm on slow drives), as well as more stepper motors to move the read/write heads across the platters.
SSD drives are simply a massive array of transistor-based solid state semiconductors, which have no moving parts. They therefore use a fraction of the power that a normal mechanical hard drive would. They're much faster too. The downsides are that they're more expensive and that they often have a shorter lifespan than mechanical drives. |
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| KaninKnull wrote: | | AverageAzn247 wrote: | | elpacco wrote: | | Having a Solid State Drive (SSD) instead of a hard drive can greatly reduce the power usage. An SSD has absolutely no moving parts and is entirely flash memory (so think of it as a giant flash drive), as opposed to a hard drive which has a spinning disk in it. SSDs are also generally much faster than HDDs. The only problem is, SSDs cost a lot of money. |
i think turning ur com off when ur not using and not seeding is a much cheaper way |
Even if your comp is off it still uses power. |
only if u don't pull the plug
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| Burningmace wrote: | Yes, greatly.
A standard drive has to use a motor to spin the disk at 7200rpm (or 5400rpm on slow drives), as well as more stepper motors to move the read/write heads across the platters.
SSD drives are simply a massive array of transistor-based solid state semiconductors, which have no moving parts. They therefore use a fraction of the power that a normal mechanical hard drive would. They're much faster too. The downsides are that they're more expensive and that they often have a shorter lifespan than mechanical drives. |
Um, do you realize you're talking about SINGLE DIGIT WATTAGE DIFFERENCE???
Maybe if you had an entire server colo in your basement it would matter.
HEH I'M SAVING ABOUT 6W AT PEAK LOAD AND HALF THAT AT IDLE FOR A TWENTY FOLD PRICE INCREASE IN REGARDS TO STORAGE CAPACITY EFFIN SWEET - WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN NO TIME |
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