r/ssd

I'm upgrading from an old HDD to an SSD soon, and I'm a bit confused.

Do I need to clone the entire drive, or can I just transfer Windows to the SSD and leave everything else where it is?

What's the better approach?

Hello everyone,

I have a Lenovo Legion gaming laptop with USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, which support speeds up to 10 Gbps (~1250 MB/s max).

I am currently stuck in a dilemma: Internal vs Exrernal SSD?

I primarily want to know if anyone here has tried playing heavy multiplayer games installed on an external SSD with the same speeds as my laptop supports.

Have you faced any stuttering, or performance drops?

Does the 10 Gbps limit noticeably bottleneck loading times compared to an internal drive?

Are there any specific external enclosures or drives you recommend (or suggest avoiding)?

Or should someone go for an Internal SSD instead as it would reach up to 7000 MB/s I think

I also already own an untouched 1 TB external Seagate HDD , should I consider using that instead ?

Any advice or experiences would be highly appreciated.

Thank you!

I've been using an external HDD for my Steam library for years, and it's finally starting to show its age. Older games are still fine, but anything newer takes forever to load, so I think it's time to upgrade.

I started looking at external SSDs, but there are so many options that I honestly have no idea what's actually worth buying. Every review seems to recommend something different.

I'm mainly after something that's reliable and fast enough for playing games directly from it. I don't really care about having the absolute fastest drive if the real-world difference is only a second or two.

What are you guys using? Anything you'd buy again, or anything you'd avoid?

Would the built-in custom 2 TB NVMe SSD in Sony’s PS5 Pro be adhering to/ in compliance with JEDEC unpowered SSD data retention standards?

Would it be likely or is it certain? Why?

The SSD is soldered to the motherboard and it’s for a gaming console; I was wondering if this would make it exempt from JEDEC’s standards for some reason and I don’t know too much about SSDs. I’m worrying that my new PS5 Pro’s data or OS could get corrupted cause I haven’t used it yet and it’s been around four months. If you can, I would love some peace of mind that my data is completely intact. Need insight.

Thanks!

Video also has details on ssd and the odometer pushing passed 3pb

SSD firmware crashes and controller failures are vastly more common than nand wearMy 64gb ssd passed and processing over 3PB, experiment is well better than few weeks ago. I'll keep pushing the controller limit is theoretically 144PB before either it turns into a negative factor, reverts to 0 or freeze and my favorite glitch symbols

A few days ago I asked here whether it was worth waiting for SSD prices to come down. Most people basically said don't count on it.

My old drive was almost full, so I finally gave in and bought a 1TB Gen4 NVMe SSD for just under $200. As a student, that definitely hurt my wallet a bit, but I needed the extra space.

What did you pay for your current SSD? Did I buy at a terrible time, or is this just what we're all dealing with now?

I still remember my first SSD like it was yesterday. It was a 240GB SATA drive (Kingston A400), nothing fancy by today's standards, but at the time it felt like a huge upgrade. I was running Windows 10 on a 1TB HDD before that, and boot times were painfully slow, easily over a minute.

After cloning my system to the SSD, the difference was immediate. Boot time dropped to around 15 seconds, apps opened instantly, and even basic tasks felt smoother. I didn't change any other hardware, so it really highlighted how much of a bottleneck the HDD had been.

I also remember being nervous about the cloning process, but it went surprisingly smoothly with free software. Since then, I've upgraded to NVMe drives, but that first SATA SSD was what made me fully appreciate storage performance.

What was your first SSD, and did it impress you as much?

Honestly, this RAM situation looks less like a bad market cycle. It`s more like a new reality. AI companies are buying memory like there is no tomorrow, manufacturers are chasing bigger margins with HBM, and regular users may be left paying more for basic upgrades. Not exactly great news if you were hoping to build a cheaper PC next year.

The wild part is that new capacity may not even save us, because AI demand could eat it up before prices cool down. So maybe the real question is not “when will RAM get cheap again?” 
In my opinion, its about “was cheap RAM just a lucky era we took for granted?”

What prices of SSD's so high, is there any possibility that I can make a rig and place this Lexar 512GB NM790 M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 SSD, in some sort of case? Trying to see what I can do to be able to use this either at home or on the go. Any suggestions would help thank you so much. I hope this is the correct place to ask this question if not, sorry MOD's

My Social Media is full of ads for a 16Tb SSD for under $50, which is a fraction of what I’d pay for a 1TB drive from Western Digital, SeaGate or another well known brand. 

Are they for real or is this some scam?

So I have a m4 Mac air 2025 13” with 16gb memory 256gb of storage (I think) and most games I have on steam are upwards of 80gb so I can usually only I have 1 or max 2 installed at the same time. I was wondering if external storage would help with that, I’m sure it would but I’m wondering more about the latency of the games that are stored externally when it’s connected to my Mac and specific storage device recommendations. Preferably not too expensive
also I saw another post saying prices are high? should I be waiting since its nothing too urgent?

and would an HDD be better or an SSD

Many thanks in advance

Hey all,

I’m about to upgrade the SSD in my laptop and can’t decide whether to just clone my current drive or do a clean Windows 11 install.

Cloning seems easier since I can keep everything as it is, but I’m worried I’ll also be bringing over junk and old issues. On the other hand, a fresh install sounds “cleaner”, but also kind of annoying to set up again.

For those who’ve done SSD upgrades recently — what did you go with, and would you do the same again?

Thanks in advance.