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Hello!

I'm getting into building a PC from a scratch in a month or two. So far I've been considering on getting a 128 GB SanDisk SSD drive for OS and some important software I use daily (Firefox, Skype, Steam etc.) and a HDD drive for games, photos, music and other software.

I've been doing some research and found very contradictory information on WD's HDD drives. Some do recommend WD Green for gaming, but some don't. What is your opinion in this situation? Is WD Green good enough for me and gaming, even though it's speed is 5 400 RPM or should I just go for a WD Black? WD Blue has not yet been a choice as those are only manufactured for up to 1 TB.

Currently, I am using a laptop equipped with Hitachi 5 400 RPM HDD drive, and I don't see any stutters or problems during gameplay (or then I've just gotten used to them). My friends are using WD Greens and I haven't noticed any problems with them, also.

If you got some ideas for an another drive other than WD that has a reasonably price and is suitable for gaming, please, just mention it! :) Just to remind you the very last time: SSD for OS and the most important software, HDD for games, photos, music and other software.

Thank you in advance! :)
 
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As far as I know, an SSD over HDD won't add any FPS(frames per second) in games so that's why you don't see any stutters or problems during gameplay. The main difference is load times, when first booting the game or entering a new area in the game it should be quicker on an SSD.
I have a 250GB SSD and 4TB WD Green HDD. I use Steam on my SSD and download games to it, when I think I won't be playing the game for a long time, I just put it on the HDD and delete it on the SSD
Example:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alan Wake
I'll take the entire Alan Wake folder and put it on my storage HDD E:\Games\PC\Alan Wake
Then if I want to play it again, I just copy it back over to my SSD in the same place Steam put it. Then I open up...
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As far as I know, an SSD over HDD won't add any FPS(frames per second) in games so that's why you don't see any stutters or problems during gameplay. The main difference is load times, when first booting the game or entering a new area in the game it should be quicker on an SSD.
I have a 250GB SSD and 4TB WD Green HDD. I use Steam on my SSD and download games to it, when I think I won't be playing the game for a long time, I just put it on the HDD and delete it on the SSD
Example:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alan Wake
I'll take the entire Alan Wake folder and put it on my storage HDD E:\Games\PC\Alan Wake
Then if I want to play it again, I just copy it back over to my SSD in the same place Steam put it. Then I open up Steam, find my game in Steam Library, click on Install and Steam will detect the game and allow me to play it without having to download anything
But yeah, if you want Steam to download and play games to/from your HDD, there shouldn't be any problem with that either. Just slower load times
 
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Thank you for your answer, I appreciate it!

I don't mind about longer load times or things like that, all I want it to run my games smoothly without stutters. So practically I should go with SSD+WD Green combo as it only affects the load times, not FPS or anything like that?

 
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Correct. Once the game is loaded, an SSD won't make any difference in performance. And load times aren't even that long for games with a HDD to begin with. I've noticed a few of my online games can take a little longer than usual to load but nothing to the point where it bothers me
The main factor for gaming (FPS, stuttering, etc.) is the GPU
 
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So thats it - thank you a lot! I'm getting a GTX 970 for GPU, so it won't be a problem. I'm going for the 128 GB SSD + 3 TB WD Green.



 
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No problem, glad I could help :)
 
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