ssd vs sshd vs hdd

bethss1949 · Jun 25, 2014

my hdd has died so looking for a good hdd but not tooo expensive. i have a HP P7-1414 amd quadcore A8-5500 apu with radeon hd 7750. play the sims 3 game only . it has a lots of graphics and requires at least 4 gbs to play all the expansions pks,mods etc. so looking at speed and storage.

Danifilth · Jun 25, 2014

SSD if you got the money and want fast boot times
Hybrid Drive if you got patience to let the drive copy the files to the ssd overtime.
Hard drive if you don't mind 7 second boot times.

My seagate 2TB hard drive partitions 200GB OS and rest for games only takes 7 seconds for me on my amd 1055T. That's probably too slow for windows 7 this days probably. Not sure for the APU processors

bethss1949 · Jun 25, 2014

Danifilth :

i have 2 computers now and going to use the hp p7 1414 for game only. need faster in game speed. have a lot of game mods and downloaded custom content installed

bethss1949 · Jun 25, 2014

Danifilth :

Danifilth · Jun 25, 2014

You will get the fastest loading times on an SSD perfect for simulation games since it process a lot of data quick. But if you mean fps as of faster in game speed you will need a new power supply and a video card if you want smoother graphics.

bethss1949 · Jun 25, 2014

Danifilth :

bethss1949 · Jun 25, 2014

Danifilth :

yes going to get a better gpu after a hdd someone suggested a seagate sshd 1td 64 mb sata 6gbs any suggestions? wavering between sshd and sdd havent heard much about the sshd.

Danifilth · Jun 25, 2014

SSHD is fine its only 10-15% slower than a SSD and the reason you don't hear about it is cause a lot of sites like to advertise expensive ssd for free giving it awards for no reason.

bethss1949 · Jun 25, 2014

Danifilth :

bethss1949 · Jun 25, 2014

Danifilth :

thanks for ur advise going to compare the sshd and ssd and decide. and is the seagate an excellant choice

RCguitarist · Jun 25, 2014

If you can afford it, get a 120GB SSD for windows and programs, then get a 1TB HDD for games, photos, music, etc. If you are on a tight budget, just get a 1 or 2 TB HDD that has a 7200RPM speed. Those are plenty fast by themselves.

bethss1949 · Jun 25, 2014

RCguitarist :

i realy dont know how to work with 2 hhd. what brand hhd would u recommend? so u think a hdd instead of sshd would be better??

RCguitarist · Jun 25, 2014

bethss1949 :

Not sure it would be better. But an SSD + HDD setup would be better. For HDD drives, I like Western Digital's Black series. Alot of people run seagate barracudas and love them too.

For running 2 drives, you basically, just install windows to the SSD like normal and then when in windows, just format the HDD and assign it a drive letter. Windows will see it as an empty drive. Then you just fill it with your stuff. Install your games to it, etc.

bethss1949 · Jun 25, 2014

RCguitarist :

bethss1949 · Jun 25, 2014

RCguitarist :

bethss1949 :

Not sure it would be better. But an SSD + HDD setup would be better. For HDD drives, I like Western Digital's Black series. Alot of people run seagate barracudas and love them too.

For running 2 drives, you basically, just install windows to the SSD like normal and then when in windows, just format the HDD and assign it a drive letter. Windows will see it as an empty drive. Then you just fill it with your stuff. Install your games to it, etc.

can u send me some info on how to hook up 2 hdd to my computer and then how to format the hdd i use for games etc. how do i switch from one drive to the other?

RCguitarist · Jun 25, 2014

bethss1949 :

You just hook them up using sata cables just like you would if you only had one. You will have multiple sata 3 connectors on yourmotherboard. As for formatting the drive, just pull up "my computer" in windows, right click on the HDD drive and click format. Format it as NTFS.
You won't ever "switch" from one drive to the other. They will both always be running. When you install games, just direct the installers to put the games in a folder on the HDD. They will install a desktop icon and start menu icon as normal. You can put a shortcut to the HDD drive main folder on your desktop so you can get to it's contents without going to my computer.

Danifilth · Jun 26, 2014

bethss1949 :

RCguitarist :

can u send me some info on how to hook up 2 hdd to my computer and then how to format the hdd i use for games etc. how do i switch from one drive to the other?

When hooking up multiple hard drives make sure you have extra SATA ports. For example if your getting an SSD hook that up to Sata port number 0 some motherboards start with Sata 1. Then the second drive would be Sata 2 and so on. You won't have to configure anything since Sata drives usually configures itself or bios sets up the boot priority. So for OS port 1 For data port 2

Danifilth · Jun 26, 2014

bethss1949 :

SeaGate and Western Digital are both good brands but for SSD Adata is the best

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