I'm looking to put a new drive in my PS4 and I'm torn on which would be a better choice for the system. Can anyone give me some advice as to which would be best.
I'd say you can't go wrong with a 7200RPM drive, the price difference is marginal and if you need the space anyway then whey not spend the little bit of difference on a 7200RPM drive. I wouldn't expect much difference in speed though.
I don't think that SSD are worth it. I also don't see the usefulness of a SSHD. The NAND cache is so small that it really doesn't seem worth it to me.
I seen a few years back a website "benchmarked" the impact of faster storage on different consoles. For the most part, the differences were minimal. I'll try and dig up a link.
I've seen those videos and there is some difference, but I'm getting a bigger drive for it either way. This is just me trying to figure out if I should drop the extra cash for a 7200rpm drive.
I'd say you can't go wrong with a 7200RPM drive, the price difference is marginal and if you need the space anyway then whey not spend the little bit of difference on a 7200RPM drive. I wouldn't expect much difference in speed though.
I don't think that SSD are worth it. I also don't see the usefulness of a SSHD. The NAND cache is so small that it really doesn't seem worth it to me.
Just as important as the flash cache size (which is what in this case?), is how it gets used.
Without an OS or some excellent form of management, it would be a waste, especially on a console.