The next-gen consoles will use SSD technology rather than a hard drive (HDD) to store your game installs. What is the main difference between SSD vs HDD? That is easy.

HDDs used to be the standard for gaming 5-6 years ago, and one of the reasons was that their counterpart — SSDs — were available at highly steep prices.

Are SSDs or HDDs better for gaming? Since the main advantage of an SSD is speed, it directly impacts the gaming experience by reducing load times and making everything feel smoother.

1) Game load time: 59-60 seconds 2) Free play load time: 43-45 seconds 3) Exit free play time: 32 seconds Switching to an SSD definitely helps reduce load times.

Learn how to install Windows on SSD and everything else on HDD to optimize performance and storage capacity of your PC.

Learn how to increase hard drive transfer speed & improve performance to make HDD perform faster in Windows 11/10. This post also breaks a lot of myths.

We take a look at if 500GB SSD is enough for gaming and find out how much some popular games take to download to help you decide.

But a new study compared SSD and HDDs from a new angle, energy consumption. Scality has a series of posts comparing HDDs and SSDs, one of which focuses on power consumption.

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