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Primer on SSD and internal hard drives

I recently acquired a streamer /DAC that supports an SSD or internal hard drive.  This is new turf for me and wonder if I could get some basic guidance.  Please pardon my complete ignorance on this topic.

So what is the difference between an internal hard drive and an SSD?  Is one preferable?

The manual suggests using either a 3,5" or 2,5" drive. Does size matter ? ( no pun intended)

Are there sonic differences in the different available brands?  

Again, pardon my lack of knowledge on this topic and thanks for your help.

Mike

 

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Enterprise grade spinning drives are ideal for backup.

Good hygene is to have a bakcup of your backup stored in a different location.

The downside of enterprise grade drive is that they can be noisy so I don't use them any computer that needs to be quiet.

SSDs are faster, dead silent and the preferred solution for pretty much any form of computing.

NMVE drives are faster than conventional SATA SSDs and ideally suite for storing the computer OS - provided the motherboard supports it. However, its worth noting that some motherboards have an M2 form factor drive slot but it may not be NMVE compatible.

 

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