Laptop vs Desktop HDD

SCDrummer7 · Feb 12, 2016

Hi there. I'm looking to figure out which hard drive would be better to run windows and certain applications with. Would a 320 gb 3.0 gb/s SATA Hitachi Laptop Hard Drive [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA67S2981157]

or a 250gb 1.5gb/s SATA Samsung sp2504c (can't find specific as everything is 3 gb/s SATA now...) desktop hard drive a better choice?

I'll be using a 1tb as my main storage. Also, is there anything I should do to make this set up work more consistently? Doing research I've seen mention of keeping 40 or so Mb of space free on certain drives, etc...

tambeshakunt · Feb 12, 2016

Do you have a budget?

Without a doubt, an SSD is the BEST choice especially when you combine it with a large 1TB storage drive as you have.

If you have a budget, we can suggest some SSDs to fit in that.
Also, what 'certain applications do you mean' ? Games or just like ms office?

jsmithepa · Feb 12, 2016

There is no sense to use a 2.5" drive on a desktop.

SCDrummer7 · Feb 15, 2016

tambeshakunt :

No budget, just trying to upgrade my system with items that seem to be laying around my household and figure out which parts would be best. I have multiple roommates and they ditch pc parts like they are nothing, so I thought I would try to repurpose them.
I would be using this drive as a home for windows and drivers, and anything else I dont know about. Ive never messed around with disk drives so I'm pretty much in the dark.

jsmithepa · Feb 15, 2016

3.5" drives perform better than 2.5" drives.

SCDrummer7 :

No need to over-think it, if you are constantly having to delete stuff to put on more, you need a bigger drive.

When upgrading, my rule of thumb is, you want at least double of what you got now.

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