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SOLID STATE HARD DRIVES

Welcome to the SSD (Solid State Drive) section of our web store. Here you will find our new and refurbished SSD hard drive range. An SSD drive can offer considerable improvements in terms of performance compared to a traditional mechanical hard drive.

 

At Tekeurope we have over 15 years experience supplying drives to a range of customers, from FTSE 250 companies to home users so if aren’t sure what you are looking for or can’t see the SSD you need in store please feel free to contact us and let us help you to identify or source the solid state drive  you need.

Even a system with the fastest CPU can get bottlenecked if it has to wait for data to be retrieved from storage devices such as drives. An SSD (Solid State Drive) offers a speed advantage over a conventional hard drive and with the fall in prices in recent years this is a technology accessible for more and more home users, have a look in store today and we think you will be surprised how far your budget will now stretch.

Our extensive range covers a variety of capacities and form factors so whether you need a SATA SSD, an M2 SSD or any other type you should find what you are looking for in store

Whilst we offer a number of brand new drives sometimes the most economical solution can be a refurbished SSD hard drive. Each refurbished SSD in our inventory has been tested and wiped and ships with its own test report specific to that drive’s serial number so when you a refurb SSD from us you can be assured of quality.

When choosing an SSD it is important to check what your machine can support. Many older laptops support 2.5” drives either 9.5mm or 7mm. Newer laptops may support smaller M2 NVME drives. If your laptop supports both then an M2 NVME is likely to offer you more speed, but this of course comes at an increased price compared to a 2.5” SATA SSD. Even a slower SSD will offer a considerable performance boost when compared to an older mechanical hard drive.

What is a solid state drive (SSD)?

A solid state drive is a storage device that uses non volatile flash memory to store data. This is in contrast to the mechanical storage of a traditional hard drive and offers a number of advantages.

What are the advantages of upgrading to an SSD from a mechanical hard drive?

A solid state drive is considerably faster than a hard drive in both its data access and transfer speeds. There is minimal seek time meaning data is transferred quickly, leading to faster load times in the software running on them, from operating systems to games.

Solid state drives have no mechanical parts making them more resistant to physical damage and meaning they run silently. SSDs are also generally smaller and lighter than traditional hard drives, making them ideal for laptops and other portable devices.

What is the difference between SATA and NVMe SSDs

SATA (Serial ATA): Originally widely used for traditional hard drives SATA is also used for solid state drives. Whilst SSDs are faster than HDDs they are still limited by the data transfer rate of the SATA interface, with SATA-3 only offering speeds of 6Gb/s

NVME (Non-Volatile Memory Express): NVMe is a high speed interface designed for modern SSDs. It uses the PCIe interface to connect directly to a machine’s motherboard. Often available in the m2 form factor It offers far faster read and write speeds when compared to SATA.

Whilst SATA is often the more cost effective option suitable for everyday tasks people who need quicker data access speeds such as gamers will benefit greatly from NVMe drives. The first step is of course checking the compatibility of the system to see what can be supported.

What is the difference between TLC, MLC and SLC memory

SLC (Single-Level Cell) stores only 1 bit of data in each cell. This provides the highest reliability because there are less read-write cycles to maintain data. However it is the most expensive option and usually seen in enterprise devices.

MLC (Multi-Level Cell) stores 2 bits of data per memory cell. It offers higher storage density and lower cost when compared to SLC but will not last long due to the increased number of write/erase cycles.

Finally TLC (Triple-Level Cell) stores 3 bits per cell. As a result it has higher storage density than SLC or MLC and is cheaper but at the cost of lower longevity.