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Increase your system's storage capacity and responsiveness with the 480GB A400 SATA III 2.5" Internal SSD from Kingston . Delivering read and write speeds of up to 500 MB/s and 450 MB/s respectively, this SSD is faster than traditional hard drives, facilitating multi-tasking and improving overall performance. Since SSDs are built with flash memory and have no moving parts, they are more durable and reliable, as well as cooler and quieter than a hard drive. Additionally, its shock and vibration resistance make it suitable for notebooks and other mobile computing devices. With a storage capacity of 480GB, this SSD provides plenty of space for your applications, videos, photos, and documents.
Form factor and generation interface dictate compatibility and speed. Prioritize drives with DRAM caches for OS boot drives, as DRAM-less drives can slow down significantly during heavy multitasking. Available from $109.
Solid State Drives (SSDs) have no ongoing costs and consume minimal power. Their cost of ownership is entirely the upfront price per gigabyte.
Common Failure Modes
SSDs have no moving parts, making them immune to physical shock. Failures occur through flash memory wear-out from writing massive amounts of data or sudden controller death.
Form factor and generation interface dictate compatibility and speed. Prioritize drives with DRAM caches for OS boot drives, as DRAM-less drives can slow down significantly during heavy multitasking.
SSDs have a finite number of write cycles, usually measured in Terabytes Written (TBW). For average consumers, this limit takes many years to reach.
The Kingston 480GB A400 SATA III 2.5" Internal SSD is available at bhphoto, newegg, starting at $109.
Solid State Drives (SSDs) have no ongoing costs and consume minimal power. Their cost of ownership is entirely the upfront price per gigabyte.
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