{"id":2340,"date":"2016-04-22T07:34:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T14:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2016-05-04T23:41:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T06:41:09","slug":"give-new-speed-to-an-old-computer-with-a-ssd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/give-new-speed-to-an-old-computer-with-a-ssd\/","title":{"rendered":"Give new speed to an old computer with a SSD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SSD (Solid State Drive) is a newer type of hard drive for computers that is much faster and more reliable than the older standard HDD (Hard Disk Drive). The cost for SSD&#8217;s has come down considerably in the past few years, capacities have increased, and we are now recommending them to replace aging HDD&#8217;s in computers up to about 5 years old. Watch the short video below to see a comparison between a SSD and HDD.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rjCmLJtITK4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In summary, the advantages of SSD&#8217;s are faster startup\/boot times of typically 50% or greater, faster program load times, greater durability and a longer lifespan. We can replace your current hard drive with a speedy new SSD ranging from about $300-$375 which includes the drive and labor to clone your current drive to the new drive. We can also upgrade the drive in a new computer for the same price. Please <a href=\"http:\/\/ctreno.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">contact us<\/a> for details or to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Also read: Here&#8217;s an article describing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2048120\/benchmarks-dont-lie-ssd-upgrades-deliver-huge-performance-gains.html\" target=\"_blank\">huge performance gains of SSD&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/give-new-speed-to-an-old-computer-with-a-ssd\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Article\" title=\"Print This Article\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/give-new-speed-to-an-old-computer-with-a-ssd\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSD (Solid State Drive) is a newer type of hard drive for computers that is much faster and more reliable than the older standard HDD (Hard Disk Drive). The cost for SSD&#8217;s has come down considerably in the past few years, capacities have increased, and we are now recommending them to replace aging HDD&#8217;s in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2340"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2363,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions\/2363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}