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| Seagate A Seagate Momentus XT (second generation) is another option. It's a mixture of an SSD and a conventional hard drive, with 8GB of flash memory coupled to a regular disk drive to give a total capacity of 750GB. This gives you lightning fast boot time and application loading, but data transfer speed, once up and running, is comparable to a normal disk drive. | Transcend Offering performance almost equal to other SSDs, but at a lower price, the Transcend SSD720 is a good compromise between speed and cost. The unit is available in capacities ranging from 64GB up to 512GB and, while it is in standard laptop size of 2.5-inches and 7mm thick, it does come with a drive bay converter to enable it to fit in a desktop. | ||
| Western Digital If you're determined to stick with a pure disk drive unit and leave SSDs alone, then the WD VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ is a great choice. While most disk drives spin at 7,200 rpm, this model races around at 10,000 rpm, giving it performance almost up there with an SSD. It has a massive 1TB capacity, but unlike the other drives mentioned, it can only fit in a desktop machine, it's just too thick for a laptop at 16mm. | So, as the saying goes, you pays your money and makes your choice. All these drives will give you a huge boost in performance for a relatively simple upgrade. The choice is yours! | ||
