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I am looking for parts for my new PC and I am not sure on whether to get an SSD or an HDD or even both. I spoke to my relative who knows quite a bit about PC's and he recommended that if I did get an SSD that I should put my OS on the SSD so that it is fast. What should I do? My budget is £500
 
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GET a 1TB+ HDD and get a 128GB (minimum) SSD for games, OS and popular programs.

You will notice a massive difference in terms of speed.

I recommend you get this HDD>http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0088PUEPK/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computers


and a very good SSD like the Samsung 840
 
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Seeing as I would only be putting my OS on the SSD wouldn't say a 45GB one be better sized?
SSD: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-internal-hard-drive-cssdc45gb
HDD: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003
 
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The SSD would only help in the boot up of the game so it would be pointless me putting the games onto the SSD, however if I put the OS onto the SSD it would be a quicker load up for the bootup and opening windows or tabs etc
 
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It's main use would be to load an OS off of it, but Azrael is correct on future-proofing. Getting a 128gb is large enough to be able to load most of whatever you want for a few years
 
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Yes I can understand that but my budget is £500 and a 128GB SSD is about £100 or maybe more
 
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They aren't too expensive thankfully. Anything over 256gb gets really expensive and unneeded. The 128gb will allow for all basic windows programs, some extra stuff (Microsoft office, antivirus, etc.) and major Windows 7 updates for the next several years. Along with that, SSD's are odd little devices and the larger the capacity on them, the faster they are. So a 128gb has a faster transfer rate than a 64gb, and so on. Here is another forum post where most people recommend a 128gb based on all I have just explained.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/284198-32-30gb-large-install-windows-professional
 
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I assume that is £500 for the whole PC not just the storage.

At your budget you are probably best off getting just a regular hard drive. The SSD helps, but fitting it into your budget you would most likely be sacrificing too much performance elsewhere. £75-100 more and the SSD would start to be benefitial. Something in the 120GB range for this budget.

Quickly did a scan.co.uk build with:
Mobo: MSI 970A-G43 £53
CPU: AMD FX 6300 Black Edition £90
Memory: 2x4GB Vengeance LP 1600Mhz £60
GPU: Gigabyte 650 TI Boost 2GB £132
HDD: Seagate 1TB £49
DVD: Lite-on 24x £14
Case: CM HAF 912 £60
PSU: XFX 550W £50

~ £520
 
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One of the other reasons I was going to get an SSD was because I use my Dads Laptop at the moment and that has an i5 processor, 8GB or RAM and 1TB hard drive, and to be honest it isn't as fast as I think it should be. Is this because it doesn't have an SSD or is it because it could be full of junk etc?
 
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Its full of junk. My laptop has an i5 with 6GB RAM and a 500GB HDD and it used to run very fast but now after so much junk I have on it, it runs incredibly slow. So you are looking into putting an SSD into a laptop, not a desktop, correct?
 
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No, no I was just using that as an example, I am going to build my own PC not a laptop, I don't really like laptops
 
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Oh oh oh ok hahaha. Same here. I build a pc about 2 weeks ago to replace my xbox and my current laptop. Unfortunately I ordered a faulty video card and it's out of commission for another week or so :/ sadly one of the risks you take when building. But yea get an SSD.
 
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