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Triggatomic

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I want to get an SSD for gaming, but I do not know if I need to replace it with HDD or still use an HDD. I am a noob in PC so please tell me. I heard someone say if the SSD is 500 GB you can run it without HDD?
 
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SSD's are getting cheaper in price as time goes on, but in my opinion it is still not worth using a high-capacity SSD.
I would stick with a 128/256GB SSD, for your Operating System and apps/some games. With the HDD as a secondary drive for storing media and less-often played games.

---In terms of games, it will only help the initial load of content, afterwards the levels are cached and will not benefit from a HDD over a SSD.
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SSD's are getting cheaper in price as time goes on, but in my opinion it is still not worth using a high-capacity SSD.
I would stick with a 128/256GB SSD, for your Operating System and apps/some games. With the HDD as a secondary drive for storing media and less-often played games.

---In terms of games, it will only help the initial load of content, afterwards the levels are cached and will not benefit from a HDD over a SSD.
 
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SSDs are a "hard drive". Generally people use a SSD for the OS. Games can be put on there as well if you get a large enough SSD.

Most people would still have a traditional hard drive though for data, and files. Primarily this is due to SSD just not being large enough to store everything. Traditional hard drives are still considered a bit more reliable too (not to say SSD are unreliable if you buy a quality one).
 
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I'd do as everyone else says, SSD's are great but they have their downfalls (price per gigabyte is still not as good as HDD) I would get a small sized SSD (not more than 256 gigs), for your OS, and favorite games for improved load times.
Here's a video that might help, Linus is great! It's a bit outdated, but for the most part should be able to help a lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQEjGKYXjw8
 
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