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Nt1310 Unit 3 Storage Devices

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Storage Devices
Storage Devices are used to store things for a long time. This memory is non-volatile, meaning it won't be lost should power be turned off. Storage devices, like ram, vary in terms of storage capacity. Like RAM, storage devices’ capacity is measured in Bytes (B) and data transfer speed is measured in Bits Per Second (bit/s) or Bytes Per Second (B/s) A basic storage device

There are three types of storage devices. Magnetic storage devices store data as magnetic dots on spinning disks. These dots are written and read by an electromagnet. Examples of magnetic storage devices include Hard Drives (HDD) and Floppy Disks. Optical storage devices store data as coloured dots or small indentations on spinning disks. This data …show more content…

This is very important for my computer as video games have a large file size, and I will need a large storage device to have multiple games downloaded at once. The data transfer speed is less important as it will only change the launch speed of my game, the loading during the game is primarily handled by the RAM.
With this in mind, I have chosen the Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SSD. This Solid-State Drive has a massive 512GB storage capacity, which will be able to hold a huge number of games. It also has a transfer speed of 520MB/s, which will be able to load applications very quickly. The price point of NZ$430 is good for a storage device this powerful.

Storage Devices connect to the motherboard using AT Attachment (ATA). Like RAM, ATA use busses to transfer data. Older storage devices use PATA (Parallel ATA), which have a bus width of 16 bits (2 bytes) and as such have slow data transfer speeds (up to 133 Mbit/s). The more modern SATA (Serial ATA) was released January 7, 2003, and has much higher transfer speeds. As of now, five types of SATA are available: SATA 1.0 (1.5Gbit/s), SATA 2.0 (3Gbit/s), SATA 3.0 (6Gbit/s), SATA 3.1 and SATA 3.2.

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