On Sun, 07 Mar 2021 16:12:25 -0500, micky wrote:

How it is possible that one SSD is 17 times as fast as another but costs
less? Both are 240G. Why would anyone buy the slower one (like I did
last summer)?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N5IB20Q...t_details&th=1
350 Mb per second $35

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS900-240...01N5IB20Q?th=1
6 Gb per second $30 plus $6 for a bracket if you need one.

The first drive has a read speed of 500 Megabytes Per Second. The second 535, so
only slightly faster.

A sata iii Hardware Interface works with a sata iii controller that supports a max
bus speed of 6 Gb. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA

The first drive is actually a sata ii drive, the second sata iii.

The term "Style" has no technical meaning. It's just a marketing term. The hardware
interface speed tells you whether it's sata, sata ii, or sata iii.

Newer drives are often lower in price per MB than older ones.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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