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Why No SSD Drives
Am I missing it or can anyone tell me why Dell doesn't offer SSD drives with their systems?
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Am I missing it or can anyone tell me why Dell doesn't offer SSD drives with their systems?
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ejn63
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September 11th, 2016 09:00
Problems with SSDs are not necessarily related to reliability, which is at least as good as for hard drives AND SSDs of reputable manufacturer.
Some things to consider:
1. SSDs cost more per gigabyte than hard drives, and many systems sell -- particularly to consumers -- based on price more than anything.
2. Unlike in the past, systems aren't custom-built - they're stocked after being built and shipped from ODMs in China and Mexico. They lose value from the moment they're assembled -- all the manufacturers walk a tightrope between sufficient supply and having to heavily discount models that don't sell.
3. Very few buyers of home machines will go for 512G or 1T SSDs due to cost -- they can add $200-300 or more to the cost of a system.
4. The SSD market is currently the wild west that hard drives were 25-30 years ago - there are far too many manufacturers and the technology changes constantly. See #2 -- what's current in September 2016 will be out of date by March 2017. SATA SSDs are on their way out rapidly - PCIe (and NVMe) SSDs are on the way in.
Dan-H
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September 10th, 2016 17:00
Yes, you are missing it.
www.dell.com/.../desktops
buzzmag
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September 11th, 2016 07:00
Thanks but why such low capacity SSDs?
eternalozzie
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September 11th, 2016 08:00
dell really is dropping the ball on ssds. i am wondering if the fail rate on SSDs is higher than traditional hard drives.
buzzmag
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September 11th, 2016 09:00
I have SSDs in my desktop and laptop running for the past year without a hiccup.
eternalozzie
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September 11th, 2016 20:00
we know all of that ... it would be nice to have the option though.
buzzmag
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September 12th, 2016 05:00
enj63's reply makes sense but as eternalozzie mentions, it would be nice to have the option.
ejn63
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September 12th, 2016 06:00
True, but the numbers that would sell when built that way don't justify the cost of stocking systems with large capacity SSDs -- as is the case with other high-end systems, users will either build their own or add their own SSDs after purchase.
speedstep
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September 12th, 2016 09:00
The Detrapping issue isnt going away anytime soon.
Detrapping in a hot environment can erase an ssd in as little as a few hours.
It will be interesting to see what people do when they find this out.