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[Feah]

So external media has come a long way and getting bigger, faster and more efficient.

So the common SD cards are appernetly being replaced with something called an SDXC which is capable of the following;

up to 2TB in size
Maximum transfer rate of 304mb a second.

So the other day I was thinking of changing my PC to make it as silent as possble, the HDD was probably the biggest issue until I thought of the option of using an SD card as your HDD.

I don't know if it's possible but if it does work, it would be amazing and completely eliminate HDD sound.

What are your thoughts?

[Kryten]

What you're describing is essentials what SSD hard drives are. SSD stands for solid state drive and the technology already exists, although a bit more pricey than traditional hard drives.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Disassembled_HDD_and_SSD.JPG

[SeoulFinn]

SD-cards may not be a good choice. Yes, they may be fast but what about the latency and IOPS? I recommend that you get a good SSD instead. Here's a link to a thread that has tons of info about SSD's. If you have a question and the guys don't know it there, no one does! ^^

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=429972

I replaced my MBP's 160GB 5400RMP HDD with Intel's x25-m 160GB. Although my laptop is quite old (2007) with only a SATA 150 interface, it got a lot faster. Yup. faster, lighter, cooler, longer battery operation time...

The thing I really like is how quiet it is now. Actually, the laptop is so quiet that I just noticed how my external Samsung 22" LCD emits this annoying high electronic sound!

[Feah]

Yah I know about SSDs, I also know about their price tags T.T

I guess SD cards just aren't efficient enough to run from yet >_<!