HUADISK HC2000 Review
Foreword:
It's 2023, and surprisingly some people are still using dual-core processors. Most people assume quad-core is the bare minimum today — after all, even the i3 has evolved to 4 cores and 8 threads. Recently I actually came across a user running an entry-level dual-core machine.
He mainly uses it to play Dou Dizhu on QQ Games and check stocks, with no other needs.
An H81M motherboard + Celeron G1820 dual-core processor, a 640GB hard drive and 8GB of memory. The reason for the upgrade was simple: the power supply was too old — a 2007 AcBel R8 blew up on power-on. After replacing the PSU, everything worked normally.
But he mentioned that playing Dou Dizhu and checking stocks had become a little laggy lately. No surprise there — open a few more web pages and the CPU is probably maxed out, haha.
As luck would have it, I happened to have an i5 4460 I'd kept for a long time, so I sacrificed it for the cause. The memory was also upgraded to 16GB. But the most noticeable improvement clearly came from replacing the hard drive with an SSD — even with a SATA interface, the difference compared with a hard drive is night and day. For the SSD, the HC2000 is our guest today: SATA interface, 2TB capacity, and a three-year warranty (1200TBW)!
HUADISK doesn't just make value-for-money products — we also offer wide-temperature SSDs that operate stably from -40°C to 85°C, which speaks to our technical strength.
The packaging is as minimalist as ever. After all, extra packaging materials add nothing beyond a bit of visual appeal at unboxing and unnecessary cost.
The back shows the product specifications, and the warranty is five years.
The sandblasted enclosure and silk-screened logo give it a rather premium feel.
SOLID STATE DRIVE — that's why solid-state drives are abbreviated as SSD. Did you know that?
Don't tear off the warranty seal, or the warranty will be void.
The back of the product bears the SN serial number and various certification marks, and the 2TB marking confirms its capacity.
SSDs are much smaller than hard drives.
When upgrading an older machine, the most effective first step is undoubtedly replacing the hard drive with an SSD. Between a 2TB hard drive and a 2TB SSD, if you don't need to store critical data, the latter is the obvious choice.
After all, SSDs completely outclass hard drives in read/write speed, making boot-up and everyday application response far faster. Performance Testing:
CrystalDiskInfo overview: power-on count is 0.
Read speed 400MB/s, write speed 428MB/s.
AS SSD score: 700+.
In the CrystalDiskMark 7.0 test, read/write speeds were around 400MB/s.
PCMark 8 score: 49323. Conclusion:
All in all, this upgrade extends the life of this old machine by at least three to four years. In today's less-than-booming economic climate, every penny saved counts, and getting the most out of your hardware matters.