With the poor performance of some old laptops, the problem is not the processor or the main memory, but the hard drive.
Modern SSD memories provide a remedy here and not only help old laptops to achieve unexpected performance peaks.
Most computers these days come with SSD storage.
There are many reasons why these are increasingly being preferred over older hard drives.
SSDs are designed completely differently than the old models, which - similar to a record player - still have a mechanical read head that not only physically limits their speed, but also makes them very susceptible to falls and similar minor mishaps.
The flash technology behind SSDs, on the other hand, allows you to work many times faster, while at the same time the risk of data loss due to falls has been reduced.
In principle, there are two different connection options for SSDs: the somewhat outdated SATA-3 connection and SSDs in M.2 format, which are connected via PCIe.
The latter are much faster and offer the option of a much more compact design.
However, they are still more expensive than the SATA-3 variants.
SSDs in the test
The test portal AllesBeste tested 28 SSDs.
The Samsung 970 EVO Plus was convincing with the M.2 SSDs.
It showed almost no weaknesses in the benchmark test; this hard drive will hardly be able to be brought to its limit in everyday use by a normal user.
The Samsung was able to deliver good measurement results even with data blocks distributed far across the hard drive.
In the ranks of the somewhat slower SATA-3 storage, the testers recommend the Seagate BarraCuda SSD.
It not only offered the best performance in the test field in terms of read and write speeds, but also set itself apart from the competition thanks to its low price.
More information and other recommended alternatives in each category can be found in the detailed review of AllesBeste.