Why are SSDs so big? - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

Wayne · 2011-07-25, 09:23 AM

I guess it makes sense to standardize to a few sizes but why are SSDs made in a 2.5" form factor? Why not make them much smaller - essentially just large enough for a SATA connector and a power connector? This would make it easier to make more compact laptops and to make very tiny HTPCs in a mini-ITX form factor. I know that there are some custom form factors and there is a Mini PCI-Express version but why not have the most commonly sold versions be a smaller size?

2011-07-25, 09:23 AM	#1
Wayne Veteran Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Scarboro Posts: 5,578	Why are SSDs so big? I guess it makes sense to standardize to a few sizes but why are SSDs made in a 2.5" form factor? Why not make them much smaller - essentially just large enough for a SATA connector and a power connector? This would make it easier to make more compact laptops and to make very tiny HTPCs in a mini-ITX form factor. I know that there are some custom form factors and there is a Mini PCI-Express version but why not have the most commonly sold versions be a smaller size?

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