ssd or sshd please help

FaZePULLOUT

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I'm currently looking for a ssd 240gb, I seen that they have sshd's that are kinda fast. Also they can hold alot of storage too.
Should I get a hyper x savage ssd 240gb or should I get a 2tb sshd firecuda from seagate please help
update I get a free copy of farcry primal if I get the sshd lol thanks amazon
 
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1. Writing too much to an SSD is an outdated concept.
2. The SSD portion (8GB) of an SSHD is an SSD. Has the same 'drawbacks' as a regular SSD.
Which isn't really a drawback anymore, but it's only 8GB.

If you are space limited (a laptop), or severely budget limited, then OK...get an SSHD.

An SSHD works by eventually placing the most often used files (not applications) on the SSD portion. Everything else is read off the HDD at spinning platter speeds.
And initial writes are always...

USAFRet

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You should get a 240GB SD and a 1-2TB HDD.
 

Rogue Leader

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The only time an SSHD is fast is if you very often run the same program only all the time Otherwise its just as slow as any other hard drive. the SSD will be fast all the time and you don't have the risk of part of the drive failing and losing your data to it.
 

BadBoyGreek

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On an SSHD, the flash portion of it tends to be minuscule and ultimately won't do much good in terms of performance if your OS installation, apps etc. exceed the size of that partition. Go with what Rogue Leader says and get separate SSD / HDDs.
 

FaZePULLOUT

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How sshd's actually work is that they save cache from the programs that you use more often. Therefor over time aka 2-4 time of using the program it will actually learn what programs you use the most.
I'm thinking about just getting the sshd, I have a 1tb hhd too right now but it's running out.
also they all have about the same failure rate.
 

Rogue Leader

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I know thats how they work, thats exactly what I explained. However your performance benefit is minimal and generally on your most used program at the time.

You will far more benefit from moving your OS and most used programs to an SSD.
 

FaZePULLOUT

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You're kinda being biased, about the sshd's they prove significantly faster than the hhd's, but not faster than the ssd's. It's a kinda in the middle drive, also you don't have to worry about writing to your drive to much like a ssd.
 

USAFRet

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1. Writing too much to an SSD is an outdated concept.
2. The SSD portion (8GB) of an SSHD is an SSD. Has the same 'drawbacks' as a regular SSD.
Which isn't really a drawback anymore, but it's only 8GB.

If you are space limited (a laptop), or severely budget limited, then OK...get an SSHD.

An SSHD works by eventually placing the most often used files (not applications) on the SSD portion. Everything else is read off the HDD at spinning platter speeds.
And initial writes are always at spinning platter speeds.
 
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Rogue Leader

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No I'm relating my experience, they prove significantly faster in very specific tasks that you do most often, up to the 8gb limit which in most cases is too small to help with everything especially stuff like loading levels in a game you are playing.

And writing too much to an SSD is a fear of the past.