Solid state disks (SSDs) are a flash-based memory storage device that carries an insane price premium in the current market. They will usually cost $600 to $1,000 as an upgrade from the manufacturer or computer parts store, making them outside the price range of many consumers. A new cheaper (slightly slower) option is available thanks to low-cost, high-capacity flash cards. This option is using a cheap compact flash to SATA adapter, and purchasing a moderately fast memory card that would fill your storage needs.

For this review I aimed to keep the price less than $100 just to show how affordable this option could be.

Addonics CF To SATA HDD Adapter

• Enable Compact Flash (CFI/II) or Micro DriveTM to be used like ordinary 2.5" SATA hard drive


• Mounts directly onto notebook 2.5" SATA connector
• CF Card can be the primary bootable device containing the OS and applications.
• Transparent to the operating system and does not require any drivers
• Supports DMA and Ultra DMA modes (only on flash media card with such features).
• Compatible with DOS, Windows 3.1, NT4, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac, Linux
• Price $30 (available here)

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