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Doesn't all your files automatically reappear once you plug in your HDD again?

yes but there is also the OS on that HDD, so to make sure that you dont accidentally boot from it, and to get more storage space, you can delete everything except the files you want to keep.

I say no, I'd rather save the money with a regular Caviar blue / Barracuda and just get an ssd later on. 

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No, HDD and save up for a SSD later. The only reason i would choose a SSHD is one a laptop or anything that only accepts 2.5 drives.

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I say no, I'd rather save the money with a regular Caviar blue / Barracuda and just get an ssd later on. 

 

No, HDD and save up for a SSD later. The only reason i would choose a SSHD is one a laptop or anything that only accepts 2.5 drives.

Are SSHD bad or something? Sorry i am a noob 

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Are SSHD bad or something? Sorry i am a noob 

They're not that much better than an HDD; however, they're quite a bit more than an HDD and only a bit less than an HDD+SSD.

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Get a cheap hdd, and save up for an ssd. I have a sshd and it sucks flurpy ballz. 

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SSHD's are terrible. For by build I have a 1tb Seagate SSHD for storage and it does not work. The random reads and writes are very slow. The only reason why you would want to get one is if you only have 1 2.5 inch drive slot. Other wise get a hard disk drive and then get a solid state drive

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Are SSHD bad or something? Sorry i am a noob 

Yes. In some ways.

You dont get to choose what data goes to the SSD, since it is just a cache for the most used data on the HDD.

This means that some things will be fast while others will be slow, and you have no control over it.

 

Having two separate drivers is far better because you can choose all the data that goes on the SSD, such as OS and programs and games.

Also the SSD inside an SSHD is usually small, like 64GB or something not really useful.

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Yes. In some ways.

You dont get to choose what data goes to the SSD, since it is just a cache for the most used data on the HDD.

This means that some things will be fast while others will be slow, and you have no control over it.

 

Having two separate drivers is far better because you can choose all the data that goes on the SSD, such as OS and programs and games.

Also the SSD inside an SSHD is usually small, like 64GB or something not really useful.

If i get a SSD later on how will i make it boot windows? I heard that i had to unplug the Sata connector from the HDD first, and install a clean windows on the SSD. Wouldn't there be two copies of windows then?

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If i get a SSD later on how will i make it boot windows? I heard that i had to unplug the Sata connector from the HDD first, and install a clean windows on the SSD. Wouldn't there be two copies of windows then?

No because you can only boot from one OS at a time.

So you boot from the SSD, and delete windows from the HDD.

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No because you can only boot from one OS at a time.

So you boot from the SSD, and delete windows from the HDD.

So basically this is what i do in the future?

Unplug the connector for the HDD first?

Then plug another one into the SSD, reinstall the OS, use the same key?

Then plug in the HDD again, Boot in the bios, change it so it boots from the SSD?

And then boot windows, and delete the files from the HDD?

And all my data is saved and not lost? 

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So basically this is what i do in the future?

Unplug the connector for the HDD first?

Then plug another one into the SSD, reinstall the OS, use the same key?

Then plug in the HDD again, Boot in the bios, change it so it boots from the SSD?

And then boot windows, and delete the files from the HDD?

And all my data is saved and not lost? 

You can use an imaging program to copy the OS to the SSD.

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You can use an imaging program to copy the OS to the SSD.

How many GB does Windows 8.1 64 Bit take?

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You can use an imaging program to copy the OS to the SSD.

No. Bad idea. Don't do this.

 

So basically this is what i do in the future?

Unplug the connector for the HDD first?

Then plug another one into the SSD, reinstall the OS, use the same key?

Then plug in the HDD again, Boot in the bios, change it so it boots from the SSD?

And then boot windows, and delete the files from the HDD?

And all my data is saved and not lost? 

yes

when you delete the filed from the HDD you can choose what to keep and what to not keep.

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How many GB does Windows 8.1 64 Bit take?

20-something gb. But don't get a sub 120gb ssd. 

 

And the proper way to deal with it is: 

Do a fresh install of windows on the ssd.

Set the SSD as the highest priority in the boot order.

Save any important files on the HDD, format it and copy all the important shit back onto it (or just delete windows, but I'd rather format and get rid of all the random crap).

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No. Bad idea. Don't do this.

 

yes

when you delete the filed from the HDD you can choose what to keep and what to not keep.

Why not? 

 

How many GB does Windows 8.1 64 Bit take?

Apparently don't do this.

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20-something gb. But don't get a sub 120gb ssd. 

 

And the proper way to deal with it is: 

Do a fresh install of windows on the ssd.

Set the SSD as the highest priority in the boot order.

Save any important files on the HDD, format it and copy all the important shit back onto it (or just delete windows, but I'd rather format and get rid of all the random crap).

Why not 120 SSD? Is it because of some applications? I was planning on getting a Crucial MX100 128 GB later on

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Why not? 

 

Apparently don't do this.

Cloning HDD to SSD makes it far more likely that you will have OS problems in the near future (in the next year or two)

You can get stuff like corrupted files, disk usage spikes, BSODs, slow program loading times, etc... that all can be avoided by doing a proper clean isntall.

 

Clean isntall is the right way to do it, the non-lazy way :)

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Cloning HDD to SSD makes it far more likely that you will have OS problems in the near future (in the next year or two)

You can get stuff like corrupted files, disk usage spikes, BSODs, slow program loading times, etc... that all can be avoided by doing a proper clean isntall.

 

Clean isntall is the right way to do it, the non-lazy way :)

Doesn't all your files automatically reappear once you plug in your HDD again?

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A lot of people here are recommending going HDD first but I always say go SSD first. In whatever capacity you can afford. It saves you the hassle of having to reinstall your OS. Cloning from an HDD to an SSD is not recommended so you have to redownload and install everything again. If you're upgrading from a laptop of old computer you can just take out that HDD and use it to bridge the gap until you can afford a new HDD. 

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I use a 2 TB SSHD from Seagate and have had no problems with it.

I got it for only £10 more than a regular 2TB HDD by Segate.

It caches what's used frequently.

 

Meaning that I can open Photoshop in a second as I use it a lot.

I'm still planning on getting an SSD though.

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A lot of people here are recommending going HDD first but I always say go SSD first. In whatever capacity you can afford. It saves you the hassle of having to reinstall your OS. Cloning from an HDD to an SSD is not recommended so you have to redownload and install everything again. If you're upgrading from a laptop of old computer you can just take out that HDD and use it to bridge the gap until you can afford a new HDD. 

How many GB would i be able to use on a 128 GB SSD after OS install?

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A lot of people here are recommending going HDD first but I always say go SSD first. In whatever capacity you can afford. It saves you the hassle of having to reinstall your OS. Cloning from an HDD to an SSD is not recommended so you have to redownload and install everything again. If you're upgrading from a laptop of old computer you can just take out that HDD and use it to bridge the gap until you can afford a new HDD. 

I agree wholeheartedly, but the issue with going with an SSD first is that you're very limited with how many programs/games you can put on it; and if ones going to be doing that, then the drive certainly won't be bigger than 128gb~, in which case you could put windows, some music, BF4 and a handful of programs (which as far as I'm concerned is pretty bad). 

 

How many GB would i be able to use on a 128 GB SSD after OS install?

Around 90gb after you account for windows and space allocated to the drive itself. 

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Doesn't all your files automatically reappear once you plug in your HDD again?

yes but there is also the OS on that HDD, so to make sure that you dont accidentally boot from it, and to get more storage space, you can delete everything except the files you want to keep.

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A lot of people here are recommending going HDD first but I always say go SSD first. In whatever capacity you can afford. It saves you the hassle of having to reinstall your OS. Cloning from an HDD to an SSD is not recommended so you have to redownload and install everything again. If you're upgrading from a laptop of old computer you can just take out that HDD and use it to bridge the gap until you can afford a new HDD. 

Yes this is a good idea, and thats what I did.

I bought an SSD, put my OS on it, moved all my files to it, then formatted my old HDD and used it as backup.

But this is only because the SSD I bought was large enough for all my files.

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