HDD vs SSD: Comparison of Hard Disk Drive and Solid State Drive

In this video, Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) and Solid State Drives (SSDs) have been compared in different aspects like storage, cost, speed, and performance, reliability etc. Comparison of HDD and SSD: 1) Speed: In terms of speed, SSDs are much faster than HDDs. 2) Storage Capacity: Modern day HDDs have storage capacity from 1TB to 10TB. While SSDs have storage capacity from 120 GB to 4TB. 3) Cost: SSDs are much costlier than HDDs. Cost per Gigabyte for SSD is almost 3 to 4 times than the HDDs. 4) Reliability: SSDs are more reliable than HDDs and less prone to accidental damage. 5) Power Consumption: As hard disk involves the mechanical moving parts, the power consumption of HDDs is more than SSDs. 6) Data Durability: HDDs are more durable than SSDs. 7) Form Factor: HDDs are available in 2.5 inches and 3.5-inch form factors. While SSDs are available in various form factors. (SATA, mSATA, and M.2 SSDs) The timestamps for the different topics covered in the video is given below: 0:55 Comparison in terms of Speed and Performance 2:26 Comparision in terms of Internal Structure and Working Principle 3:56 Comparision in terms of Form Factor 4:35 Comparision in terms of the system interface 5:16 Cost and Storage Capacity 6:10 Power Consumption and Reliability 6:28 Data Durability This video will be helpful to everyone for understanding the basic differences between SSDs and HDDs. Follow me on YouTube:    / allaboutelectronics   Follow me on Facebook:   / allaboutelecronics   Follow me on Instagram:   / all_about.electronics   Music Credit: http://www.bensound.com/