Regular HDD or hybrid FireCuda for secondary storage drive?

hinkdog1 · Sep 10, 2018

I'm not a gamer. My current computer has Windows and program files on a 128 GB SSD, and I've got 3 HDDs. On my new computer I'm planning on a 500 GB SSD and probably a 2TB HDD. I'm usually a WD guy, but the FireCuda hybrid drives aren't much different in price. Would there be any advantage at all to the hybrid drive if it's going to be storing mainly media files? I think they're supposed to cache the files you access most frequently and provide quicker access. As I said at the beginning, they don't seem any more expensive and if there was some benefit I'd be willing to switch from my usual choice, but if not I'll stick with WD. Thanks.

vapour · Sep 10, 2018

regular 2tb is good enough. For the price diff, I will probably go with 3tb like this:

https://www.outletpc.com/lg5821-toshiba-p300-hdwd130xzsta-3tb-7200-rpm-64mb-cache.html?utm_source=lg5821-toshiba-p300-hdwd130xzsta-3tb-7200-rpm-64mb-cache&utm_medium=shopping%2Bengine&utm_campaign=pcpartpicker&utm_content=Toshiba%2B-%2BHard%20Drives%20%26%20SSD%20%3E%203%2E5%22%20SATA%20Hard%20Drives&sscid=91k2_7upyz

seagate_surfer · Sep 10, 2018

hinkdog1, here is the data on the FireCuda , along with the data sheet and manual.

Thanks for considering Seagate! Please feel free to ask if you run into any questions on the hard drive.

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