What is the best HDD or SDD for gaming cost-benefit? (Or just recommend me something)

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sammael1984

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Hello people,

This is my (intended) build:

CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K
MOBO:Gigabyte ga-z97mx Gaming 5 (Full ATX version)
GPU:Gtx 980 Gygabyte Gaming 1
Noctua Ventilador NH-D14, S-1366, 1200RPM
RAM: Ddr3 Kingston Hyperx Fury 8gb 1866mhz Pc
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 3.5'', 1TB, SATA III, 6 Gbit/s, 7200RPM, 64MB Cache
SSD: Crucial MX100 128 GB
Power Supply 3: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Case: Nzxt H440

I am having second thoughts on the HDDand the SSD.

My questions are:

1.-Is the Western Digital Caviar Black a better choice than the Caviar Blue?
How about the Velociraptor? (Which is almost as expensive as an SSD)

I intend to use my PC for gaming almost exclusively.

2.-Should I leave a 128GB SSD only for my OS (Win7 64)? What would happen if I get a 500GB SSD and put everything in there along with the OS?

3.-I just want to play Steam games in here, like, playing one, finish it, erase it, install and play the next and so on. Would that mess up my SSD?

As you can see I am fairly new to this world.

I appreciate your input
 
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The WD Black drive is their best performing consumer drive. The Blue drive is for general purpose storage, green is good for a backup drive (it spins down when not in use, so if used for live data, you will experience "time-outs" while it spins up) and red is good for NAS drives. The other drives they sell like the Velociraptor are designed for commercial use, and a bit of overkill for a consumer PC.

Most SSDs perform really well for operating system and a few programs (like MS-Office, Adobe Photoshop and other CS products and other large programs), but are limited to the benefit for some of the games. A good performing drive like the WD Black will give you performance on the games.

The SSD should theoretically outlast your HDD -...
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1. Caviar Blue is fine.
2. 256GB is fine if you want to have a few 50GB games on your SSD including your OS and other applications. it's up to you if you can manage a 128GB or 256GB. YOu can get a 500GB if you want to.
SSD is still a storage device like a HDD.
3. It should be fine.
 
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The WD Black drive is their best performing consumer drive. The Blue drive is for general purpose storage, green is good for a backup drive (it spins down when not in use, so if used for live data, you will experience "time-outs" while it spins up) and red is good for NAS drives. The other drives they sell like the Velociraptor are designed for commercial use, and a bit of overkill for a consumer PC.

Most SSDs perform really well for operating system and a few programs (like MS-Office, Adobe Photoshop and other CS products and other large programs), but are limited to the benefit for some of the games. A good performing drive like the WD Black will give you performance on the games.

The SSD should theoretically outlast your HDD - the problem with using all SSDs are the cost - the SSD is about 5 times the price per GB as a HDD. You can run everything on a SSD, but you won't see dramatic improvement on everything....especially on a lot of data files (big example - MP3s load just as fast on a HDD as compared to the SSD).

I build machines with a 128GB SSD for my OS, a 1TB WD Black (for performance rigs) or a 1TB WD Blue for the data, and I put a 2TB WD Green for backing up the drives.
 
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