SSD or SSHD on SATA II?

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So I am having trouble deciding what to choose from:
SSD: http://www.cclonline.com/product/150759/CT256MX100SSD1/Solid-State-Drives-SSDs-/256GB-Crucial-MX100-SATA-6Gbps-2-5-7mm-with-9-5mm-adapter-SSD/SSD0028/

Or
SSHD: http://www.cclonline.com/product/121476/ST1000DX001/Hard-Drives/Seagate-1TB-3-5-inch-Desktop-Solid-State-Hybrid-Drive-6Gb/s-SATA-64MB-7200rpm-8GB-MLC-NAND-Flash-Internal-/HDD2101/?siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-kTt46c9_BTvUCAuiSGVn8Q

I can only use SATA II (3GB/s) since my mobo doesn't support SATA III.
I want to know what the read/write speeds the SSHD and SSD will do on that connector.
 
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photonboy
You should just cap at SATAII speeds, however that's not an answer that will explain how these products will perform.

SSD:
In the real-world it's hard to tell the difference between any modern SSD. They just feel snappy. For another thing, much of the data still gets buffered into the main SYSTEM RAM anyway. Anyway, the loss of SATA3 is not a big deal.

SSHD:
There is only a small amount of SSD memory (8GB) so the software will use that for boot files and frequently used data. So when booting it can feel similar to an SSD, and for launching some programs and tasks.

However, any time you start a game or do something that isn't buffered in the SSD you'll get hard drive performance.

*My advice is get the SSHD if you think you'll need...
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You should just cap at SATAII speeds, however that's not an answer that will explain how these products will perform.

SSD:
In the real-world it's hard to tell the difference between any modern SSD. They just feel snappy. For another thing, much of the data still gets buffered into the main SYSTEM RAM anyway. Anyway, the loss of SATA3 is not a big deal.

SSHD:
There is only a small amount of SSD memory (8GB) so the software will use that for boot files and frequently used data. So when booting it can feel similar to an SSD, and for launching some programs and tasks.

However, any time you start a game or do something that isn't buffered in the SSD you'll get hard drive performance.

*My advice is get the SSHD if you think you'll need the extra space, otherwise get the SSD. If you already have a hard drive maybe get the SSD for Windows and use the hard drive for storage as well as making a backup Image of the SSD (Acronis True Image for example).
 
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