SSD Hoax!

[AMD_infinium05]

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The SSD Power Consumption Hoax : Flash SSDs Don’t Improve Your Notebook Battery Runtime – they Reduce It - Tom's Hardware

Tom's hardware not happy with SSDs

[pangitko79]

The SSD Power Consumption Hoax : Flash SSDs Don’t Improve Your Notebook Battery Runtime – they Reduce It - Tom's Hardware

Tom's hardware not happy with SSDs

poor lappies...when will this technology go to the mainstream desktop...i wonder

[spookey]

but i still like the idea that you don't have to worry about dropping your SSD. hehehehe.

[AMD_infinium05]

but i still like the idea that you don't have to worry about dropping your SSD. hehehehe.

mao jud bro... hehe. but its still dissapointing that these hd's eat more power than the native harddrives. since from the instroduction of SSD, one advantage is lower power consumption.

[goldfinger]

i saw it already that at tomshardware. Naa jud cya problem....dili pa reliable jud.

SATA won...SSD step backward lol....IED goodbye...

[istoryanimo]

SSD too expensive... hulat lang ta sa cdrking. hehehe. tigom sa $$$

[cosplay]

I think I have to disagree. The main reason they are developing SSDs is because it comes cheaper than the conventional SLC drives.... IOW, flash is in its nature an inexpensive thing. Budgetwise, yea it is cheap but the drawbacks are on the power consumption.

[cooldude75ph]

@AMD_infinium05: Read this -> Tom's Hardware rescinds SSD power test, finds them more efficient

Looks like Tom's Hardware fessed up and apologized for their slip-up in that recent controversial power test, which found SSDs consuming more juice than their spinning-platter counterparts (or, well, not exactly). We're giving 'em a pass, not just because we've always had a fond place in our heart for Tom's, but because they did another comprehensive SSD test (this time under more consistent conditions) which basically confirms that many newer SSDs are, in fact, power savers in most usage scenarios. Not all drives and scenarios, but many. Tom's also namechecks OCZ's Core SSD (a Samsung in disguise) as the clear winner by a longshot, having "unmatched" power efficiency. Sold.