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In what cases is a DRAM-less SSD good enough? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Where I live, DRAM-less SSDs are a lot cheaper (half the price). Most sources online say "go for an SSD with DRAM". But I wonder, are cases in which a DRAM-less SSD will do just fine?

My main focus is resurrecting old laptops (from 2006 to 2015), installing GNU/Linux and an sometimes investing in an SSD will give them a performance boost, but the budget is limited because I can't sella uch an old laptop at a non very budgety price.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you plan to boot your OS off it, the benefits of a DRAM-less SSD over a traditional Hard Drive are somewhere weiteren negligible and non-existent in terms of performance. It may give you a bit better battery life, but that is all.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Lol, that's extremely wrong

The boot time on my laptop is measured in minutes off a hard drive. It's seconds off an SSD