Tell me again--

[Pedro_The_Swift]

why SSD's are so expensive?
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php'main_page=product_info&products_id=20860


I wonder what would happen if I put 4 in my old powered USB 4 port hub,,
:angel:

[Aussie]

waste of time, the old USB Hub wouldn't be fast enough.

[justinc]

why SSD's are so expensive?
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php'main_page=product_info&products_id=20860


I wonder what would happen if I put 4 in my old powered USB 4 port hub,,
:angel:

one of two things I would suspect, this;

Tsar Bomba - King of the Bombs - 57,000,000 Tonnes of TNT - YouTube

Or some kind of modern arty farty useless sculpture/ desk ornament:p:p:p

...actully I have no clue whatsoever, just having a lend Pedro:D


JC

[mike_ie]

It comes down to one major thing - the quality of the quality of the flash memory. USB sticks use cheap flash memory which required much slower reading and writing in order to avoid errors. This doesn't matter much through a USB interface, as USB creates a bottleneck that exceeds that of the read/write speed of the flash memory. Try running your operating system off one though, and you'll see the difference straight away. SSD's also have far more complex controller chips, and have built in RAM cache, which adds to the cost.