Depends on what metric you look at.
- Lifetime when stored on a shelf: HDD wins
- Lifetime while powered: SSD wins
- Lifetime while constantly writing: HDD wins
- Lifetime when used in a mobile device that gets thrown around: SSD wins
Depends on what metric you look at.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
SSDs also have essentially no wear from reading.
SD cards just die out quickly because people don’t treat them the same as their internal drive. When you’re replacing the main drive to your most important machine do you go to aliexpress and sort by price low to high? Or do you do some research first and see if it’s a well rated drive?
SD cards are tiny so getting one in high capacities, speeds, and high write cycles is a lot harder without paying a lot more money. The SD cards I have in my dashcam have been recording 4k + 1080p video almost continuously for 5+ years and they’re still going strong. But I also bought drives rated for that kind of use.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is exactly it. If you buy a €20 SSD you’ll be disappointed as well.