Need help choosing a 100GB HDD/SSD and a 1TB/2TB HDD

[Stadin6]

I need a smaller than 100GB HDD/SSD for the OS (root drive for Arch linux). It will be OS only.

 

I need a 1 or 2 TB  hard drive for storage (home). It has to be fast and good quality.

 

I want the OS to be on a separate drive to make it easier to change OS and/or distro.

[Gershy13]

WD Blue... if you can afford get the WD black...

 

SSD, good one is 850 evo...

[Stadin6]

WD Blue... if you can afford get the WD black...

 

SSD, good one is 850 evo...

 

I can afford nearly all 2TB hdd`s

[daniellearmouth]

Well, 120GB SSDs seem to be the smallest decent ones you can get, since Kingston changed the flash on their V300 SSDNow line-up.

A Samsung 850 EVO will satisfy your needs perfectly.

 

As for a hard drive...either WD or Toshiba, from my experience. I don't recommend the Seagate Barracuda, personally; I had one which died on me days after it went out of warranty. Some people are reporting positive results with their Barracuda, so I can't say they're entirely awful drives, but it's a huge caveat emptor situation.

[Gershy13]

I can afford nearly all 2TB hdd`s

ok get the black 2tb then

its about £100

 

Samsung 850 evo 120gb ssd

£57 i would reccomend getting 250gb tho... im kinda suffering with 120gb...

it only £20 more... and you can install big stuff like games or editing software on it...

[Stadin6]

ok get the black 2tb then

its about £100

 

Samsung 850 evo 120gb ssd

£57 i would reccomend getting 250gb tho... im kinda suffering with 120gb...

it only £20 more... and you can install big stuff like games or editing software on it...

 

As my OS drive is OS only it will most likely never go above 50 GB. That is why i said less than 100GB storage drive and the reason i might use an SSD is because so low capacity drives are usually very cheap.

[Gershy13]

As my OS drive is OS only it will most likely never go above 50 GB. That is why i said less than 100GB storage drive and the reason i might use an SSD is because so low capacity drives are usually very cheap.

ok... but arent you going to install anything on it???  other than windows? thats what i said to myself when i got mine... but now im regretting...

[Stadin6]

ok... but arent you going to install anything on it???  other than windows? thats what i said to myself when i got mine... but now im regretting...

 

It will be a root drive for Arch linux, i (think) it will be impossible/hard/dumb to install anything (other than OS) on it.

[Gershy13]

It will be a root drive for Arch linux, i (think) it will be impossible/hard/dumb to install anything (other than OS) on it.

OHHH OKKKK i tht it was for windows... ok its good... get the 850 evo...