--- title: I ditched 2TB SSD upgrade plan for a 1TB microSD card,... description: Facing rising SSD prices, a PC media-server owner swapped a planned 2TB SSD upgrade for a 1TB microSD card instead. The card handles non-performance-sensitive... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-ditched-2tb-ssd-upgrade-plan-for-a-1tb-microsd-card-and-the-speed-difference-matters-way-less-tha-do9xmtidn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I ditched 2TB SSD upgrade plan for a 1TB microSD card, and the speed difference matters way less than I expected | daily.dev og:description: Facing rising SSD prices, a PC media-server owner swapped a planned 2TB SSD upgrade for a 1TB microSD card instead. The card handles non-performance-sensitive... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-ditched-2tb-ssd-upgrade-plan-for-a-1tb-microsd-card-and-the-speed-difference-matters-way-less-tha-do9xmtidn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/do9xMtIDN.png og:image:alt: I ditched 2TB SSD upgrade plan for a 1TB microSD card, and the speed difference matters way less than I expected og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I ditched 2TB SSD upgrade plan for a 1TB microSD card, and the speed difference matters way less than I expected **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Facing rising SSD prices, a PC media-server owner swapped a planned 2TB SSD upgrade for a 1TB microSD card instead. The card handles non-performance-sensitive files like movies, media backups, and indie games, freeing up primary SSD space. While the microSD card is noticeably slower than an NVMe drive, that speed gap barely matters for archival-type files, and it buys time before eventually still upgrading to a proper secondary SSD. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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