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genchinho8

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Guys was just wondering would it be fine if i just bought like a 2-3TB HDD for my games? Because i currently dont have money to buy a 1TB ssd to put my games so they load faster is it really a big difference?
 
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JackNaylorPE

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1. Tests on identical machine

Boot Time SSD = 15.6 seconds
Boot Time SSHD = 16.5 seconds
Boot Time HD = 21.2 seconds

2. We ran tests on the above box letting various users (5) work / play at the machine. Machine was bootable from any of the above devices. Without their knowledge, we changed boot order. With the HD boot, 1 in 4 noticed. With the SSHD boot, no one noticed.

3. Same test was done with two lappies identically configured except:

a) 20 GB SSD + 2 TB 7200 rpm HD
b) 2 TB 7200 rpm SSHD

No one noticed.

Granted if we told everyone what they were working with, I imagine they would have tried to discern a difference... but few peeps are cable of discerning 15.6 versus 16.5 seconds without a stop watch.

When user is budget limited, we always install SSHDs....

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/5748/seagate-desktop-2tb-sshd-st2000dx001-review/index9.html

With the increasing market penetration of the SSD, a lot of users have now had the chance to upgrade their PCs. Now we all know while SSDs offer massive benefits in terms of performance, they have always lacked in one area - capacity.

A situation like this left most power users using an SSD for their operating system, while still running a secondary mechanical drive for storage and games. A typical setup such as this would allow the OS to load very quickly, while leaving you stunned at how long it took to load a game. With the introduction of the Desktop SSHD, Seagate has again switched up the game, offering a substantial performance boost to those of you in this situation.

Now, if you are one that chooses to use a single drive for your operating system, and have held onto your standard desktop HDD for the benefit of capacity, the Desktop SSHD is calling your name. The 8GB of NAND cache in conjunction with Seagate's application optimized algorithms should offer a tremendous performance boost, and again the more you use, it the faster the drive will get, as it learns how you use your system.
Click to expand...

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tR2kcf/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st2000dx001
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LwNp99/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st4000dx001

 
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Ajvanho

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RAMdisk will be the only difference u can feel. SATAs limited at 6Gb/s meaning its less than 1MB/s. If u really want to feel, get like 64-128GB of RAM and test it out. Never done it my self, ive tested Battlefield 4 on the same setup, HDD 7200RPM (higher data density) and 850 Evo. No difference what so ever (unless ure doing benchmarks)
 
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genchinho8

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No i dont have that much in games but i only have a 120gb ssd and games are like 30gb so 4 games and its full with dlcs and stuff less then 4games
 
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