An employee at a small company is looking to upgrade their desktop computer's internal storage. They need a storage device that has a balance of speed, capacity, and value. Which of the following options would best meet their requirements?
A Solid State Drive (SSD) offers the best balance of speed, capacity, and value for a modern desktop upgrade. Unlike traditional Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) that use spinning disks, SSDs have no moving parts, which allows for much faster data access, greater durability, and quieter operation. While the cost per gigabyte for an SSD can be higher than for an HDD, the significant performance improvement provides excellent value for an upgrade. SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) and IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) are legacy interface standards for connecting storage devices. Drives using these older technologies are significantly slower than modern SSDs and have been largely replaced, making them poor choices for an upgrade focused on performance and value. An optical drive is used for reading from and writing to removable media like CDs, DVDs, or Blu-ray discs and is not suitable as a primary storage device for an operating system and applications.
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