{"id":4340,"date":"2015-03-26T14:12:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T03:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=4340"},"modified":"2015-03-26T14:12:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T03:12:11","slug":"speed-up-your-pc-with-and-ssd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/speed-up-your-pc-with-and-ssd\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed up your PC with and SSD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/bx100-intro.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4341\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/bx100-intro-300x186.png\" alt=\"bx100-intro\" width=\"237\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/bx100-intro-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/bx100-intro-150x93.png 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/bx100-intro-89x55.png 89w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/bx100-intro-480x300.png 480w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/bx100-intro.png 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a>If you\u2019re computer isn\u2019t ancient but is acting\u00a0a bit sluggish, one way to ramp up performance is by replacing your old hard drive with a Solid State Drive.<\/p>\n<p>I did this recently with my home desktop computer and I have to say the performance difference is definitely noticeable, starting with the time it takes to boot up into Windows.<\/p>\n<p>Last week I spoke with Matthew Luu from Micron, manufacturer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crucial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Crucial <\/a>Solid state drives. \u00a0We talk about what&#8217;s inside SSDs and the advantages of the technology. \u00a0Listen below.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4340-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crucial_SSD-Chat-with-Matthew-Wuu.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crucial_SSD-Chat-with-Matthew-Wuu.mp3\">http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crucial_SSD-Chat-with-Matthew-Wuu.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re computer isn\u2019t ancient but is acting\u00a0a bit sluggish, one way to ramp up performance is by replacing your old hard drive with a Solid State Drive. 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Last<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/speed-up-your-pc-with-and-ssd\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[829,825],"tags":[1155,1156,1157,1158,1159],"class_list":["post-4340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","category-tips-2","tag-crucial","tag-micron","tag-solid-state-drives","tag-ssd","tag-upgrades"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Speed up your PC with and SSD - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/speed-up-your-pc-with-and-ssd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Speed up your PC with and SSD - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you\u2019re computer isn\u2019t ancient but is acting\u00a0a bit sluggish, one way to ramp up performance is by replacing your old hard drive with a Solid State Drive. 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