Although they are similar in their physical look but they store data in totally different ways. They both have their own set of advantages and disadvantages. It totally depends what are you using your computer for and accordingly you must buy the SSD.

Benefits of buying a HDD

These are the proven technology and are less expensive compared to the solid state drives that have the same amount of storage. At resent you can find HDDs that more storage and storing capacity as compared to the SSDs.

So, HDDs are

• Cheaper (Compared to other options in the market)
• Slower (Performance wise)
• Less durable (They cannot very well handle the impact upon falling on the ground)
• Their highest capacity for storage is 10 TB and that is really good
• It uses more energy and produces more heat so you will often complaint about your computer getting overly heated

Benefits of buying a SDD

The solid-state drives help to deliver faster load times for the applications, games and movies. SSDs are lighter and can withstand being dropped and moved. These use less energy and keep the computer cooler and so you will not witness your personal computer getting heated up too easily and early.

So, SDDs are

• Quite Expensive as compared to the HDDs
• These work quite smoothly and are faster
• SDDs are reliable and more durable
• SDDs use very less energy, produces less heat and so your system won’t get heated up too easily

People nowadays prefer SSDs over HDDs and here are a few options, products and model number (to be specific) you can consider while buying:

• Samsung MZ7LM3T8HMLP-00005
• Micron MTFDJAK800MBT
• Intel SSDPE2MX012T701
• Intel SSDPED1K015TA01
• Intel SSDMCEAC180B301
• Intel SSDSC2BA012T401
• Intel SSDSC2KB240G701
• Intel SSDPE7KX040T701
• Intel SSDPE21K750GA01
• Intel SSDPE2ME016T401