SilverStones HDDBOOST is a unique product that combines the best qualities of traditional hard drive and solid state disk (SSD) into one virtual super storage solution. Depending on the speed of the SSD added, the HDDBOOST can increase the performance of an existing host hard drive considerably. Its a bit of a niche product, but it certainly is innovative. Lets take a look.

Quote: The SilverStone SST-HDDBOOST is a very simple device once you read just th e first couple pages of the manual, being practically PnP in a set it and f orget it type of manner. The HDDBOOST gives any hard drive the boot times o f an SSD without sacrificing hard drive capacity, write wear on the SSD or the complications of having to change file paths when you would run program s off a secondary hard drive. One of the best features of the SST-HDDBOOST is that you are not limited to any SSD…

QUOTE: System builders are at a crossroads of sorts when it comes time to choose a storage solution. Do you go for balls-to-the-wall performance and slap yo ur wallet silly by investing in a high performance solid state drive (SSD), or are you better off picking up a high capacity, yet slower performing ha rd drive for a fraction of the cost? There isnt a clear cut answer, but th anks to SilverStone, there might be an alternative. What if you could have both performance and capacity, and not have to spend a fortune to get them?

SilverStone produces a variety of products from cases and power supplies to coolers and storage enclosures. With the HDDBOOST, the basic concept is that we are combining the storage capacity of a traditional hard drive with the speed capabilities of a solid-state drive. That alone would be a good reason to look into the HDDBOOST but furthermore this device is targeted at users who have an existing system and would like a speed increase but dont want to reinstall the operating system and start fresh. SilverStone claims that an existing host drive can see an increase in performance of up to 70%.