I grew up with PC since the early 80s, actually played with Tandy TI 99, 6 hertz circa 1970's and some other ancient, dinosaur Computers.......
One thing if we had it then and we didn't that I recall, was cache memory onboard, like read ahead dedicated memory, when used correctly in HD's, on CPU Chips, Etc, it can make a heck of difference, especially on Hard Drives, the function as one expects, keep the CPU operational Pipe Line Full, but not so full it can't handle Computing for other items motherboard, Threads, etc.......The worst thing is waiting for hard Drive information.......IT slows things to a Crawl.......It was very apparent when DOS went to Windows, and GUI Screen was introduced Yada Yada..........
Now with all the Cores on Chip, lots of L2, L3, L4, Cached HD's with 64 meg or more, etc, if the Cache works as designed, your Computer will definitely KICK UP some speed......I recall when I bought my first hard Drive with some extra memory installed as Cache, and what a gem it was too see that drive in action.
I would think SSD's with proper Cache should work much faster than ones without. Of course speed of Memory whether it be on System Ram,,CPU L Cache Etc. is very important as well as Stable error free........
In totality, balancing one's PC to the desired Software needs can be daunting if not downright expensive for the job at hand........And truth be told, your Computer will never out run the Software which more often than not is a step ahead, thus the Continuous cycle of always buying a faster Computer.....Sound familiar?
Response to @JCitron "I come from the same legacy crowd as well. My first 'computer' was an Atari 800"
Thank you John, I couldn't remember the other one I played on back in the day, one of my family owned one,
I couldn't afford it then, but I just remember them playing on it, and said it was one of the best things since slice bread, because of what it offered and what it did. Years later, I remember people bringing it back and kit bashing it with other stuff, because it was so well liked.......Just like some the old Video Machines and Pin Ball games that believe it or not, are still around, I played them for 25 cents a game, I remember always carrying a Roll of Quarters when I went to play in the local Game or Bowling place, oh heavens, now I am really dating myself,,,,That was in the 50/60 sixty's..........
Want to say John, you make one heck of a historian and teacher.............Thank you for insight down memory lane!!
"what used to be EEROMs. EEROMs " if I remember it was these that I had bought a small pouch tool kit to remove them, change out , too add to certain printer models etc, like Dot Matrix........
As I have alluded to others, this forum has a wealth of information...........
Originally Posted by clam1952
My thoughts.....
As said watch out for cheap SSDs with no Dram they are inferior to the recognized "good" Brands. I'd stick to Samsung, Crucial, Kingston and OCZ, being ones I've used with zero problems and good performance.
@clam1952
Absolutely agree there, you have to know what your spending your hard earned cash on..............I have tried off leader market models, and had major problems of failure..........