I understand that a SSD greatly increases the speed of boot and any read/write operation. But with how light Lakka is and and fast it boots up are there really much benefits to using a SSD. Aside from less heat generation and noise?
It’ll load yer rawmz faster… Also, very large cores like the various MAMEs will load into memory much faster.
is it that noticeable though? save 1 second on a 2 second load?
nah, it’s not a big deal, but some people really hate the pauses.
thanks! I got the computer for $20, so just deciding how much I want to put in to it
Late to reply to this but I see a few distinct advantages to an SSD for this.
- Uses less power (can have smaller PSU)
- No moving parts. (Much less likely to break down)
- Generates way less heat.
- Less noise.
- Usually faster to push data onto (write speed).
- Almost always faster reads.
- Mountable at any angle in a small case (A few pcs of 2 sided tape work well)
- No worries about vibration/shock during transport (taking system to a friends place for the evening)
dont really care how “fast” it is (unless im running it in some sort of data mining or database server of sorts), but its small, light and requires low power, and would fit well with very tight, small cases.
As a person who put Lakka on his SSD and his ROMs/ISOs on a HDD, the answer is “YESH!”
Granted, my Brix has both a M.2 slot and a SATA slot and I just happened to have some SSDs lying around along with nice large-capacity 2.5" HDDs, so, it’d be crazy NOT to do it. My Brix Lakka unit is my favorite by far, but to be honest, it boots up fast regardless of the medium.