SSHD

[Fluffy123]

Is Seagate FireCuda 1TB SSHD a good upgrade for my laptop?

[TheNextLinus]

It depends

[manikyath]

what's in your laptop right now? i'd rather just suggest you get a regular ordinary 7200RPM laptop drive.

[Fluffy123]

If have any better recommendation feel free to reply 

[pelark]

What do you currently have? I'd recommend getting a smaller ssd 

[Fluffy123]

Just now, manikyath said:

what's in your laptop right now? i'd rather just suggest you get a regular ordinary 7200RPM laptop drive.

A normal 1 tb HDD

[manikyath]

Just now, Fluffy123 said:

A normal 1 tb HDD

5400 or 7200RPM?

[Fluffy123]

It depends?

 

[Fluffy123]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

5400 or 7200RPM?

5400

[pelark]

Just now, Fluffy123 said:

A normal 1 tb HDD

Then get an ssd if you want a faster system, the sshd only has like 8 gb electronic storage, it's not much faster

[Fluffy123]

Just now, pelark said:

Then get an ssd if you want a faster system, the sshd only has like 8 gb electronic storage, it's not much faster

But SSD is very expensive 

[manikyath]

Just now, Fluffy123 said:

5400

get a 7200RPM 1TB drive, it's gonna be night and day difference from the 5400RPM drive, and for the most part within margin of what the firecuda can do, and offcourse much cheaper than an SSD

[Fluffy123]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

get a 7200RPM 1TB drive, it's gonna be night and day difference from the 5400RPM drive, and for the most part within margin of what the firecuda can do, and offcourse much cheaper than an SSD

Thanks, you have any recommendation?

[manikyath]

Just now, Fluffy123 said:

Thanks, you have any recommendation?

depends on what you can get locally, 7200RPM laptop drives are kind of a small market

[Fluffy123]

6 minutes ago, manikyath said:

depends on what you can get locally, 7200RPM laptop drives are kind of a small market

ok, other thing my laptop HDD is 7mm but can i use a 9.5mm drive?

 

[manikyath]

Just now, Fluffy123 said:

ok, other thing my laptop HDD is 7mm but can i use a 9.5mm drive?

 

depends on if your laptop has the room for it or not. that's up to you to check.

[Fluffy123]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

depends on if your laptop has the room for it or not. that's up to you to check.

Ok , Thank you

[Donut417]

9 hours ago, Fluffy123 said:

Is Seagate FireCuda 1TB SSHD a good upgrade for my laptop?

I have a 1Tb SSHD. No faster than normally HDD. Get a faster hard disk. Or invest in an SSD. For HDD, anything Seagate or WD will work. For SSD, Id recommend a Samsung 950 Evo or something around that. 

[Pendragon]

7 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

For SSD, Id recommend a Samsung 950 Evo

Honestly you're overpaying for it. You don't need anything past a good MLC SSD or a 850 evo. 

[Donut417]

8 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

Honestly you're overpaying for it. You don't need anything past a good MLC SSD or a 850 evo. 

Good catch. I actually met the 850 Evo. Which can be had for under $200 USD for 500 Gigs. When I come in to some money thats what Im going to be upgrading my laptop with. 

[Fluffy123]

2 hours ago, Donut417 said:

I have a 1Tb SSHD. No faster than normally HDD. Get a faster hard disk. Or invest in an SSD. For HDD, anything Seagate or WD will work. For SSD, Id recommend a Samsung 950 Evo or something around that. 

You have any recommendations?

 

[Donut417]

Just now, Fluffy123 said:

You have any recommendations?

 

For hard drives I have had good luck with Seagate, but from what I read, they have a higher failure rate. 

 

Honestly if your looking for a hard drive any thing 7200rpm hard disk would be good. The only issue, is most laptops have 5400 rpm drives. So if your upgrade to a faster hard disk, you might reduce battery life. As far as models go, Just go with one that has good reviews.  

[Fluffy123]

8 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

For hard drives I have had good luck with Seagate, but from what I read, they have a higher failure rate. 

 

Honestly if your looking for a hard drive any thing 7200rpm hard disk would be good. The only issue, is most laptops have 5400 rpm drives. So if your upgrade to a faster hard disk, you might reduce battery life. As far as models go, Just go with one that has good reviews.  

Ok thx, but it's very hard to find a 7200rpm that is 7mm?

[seagate_surfer]

The Firecuda SSHD usually delivers delivers up to 5x faster load times by using the flash-accelerated technology. Regular write access is comparable to standard HDDs. Without ripping a hole in your wallet, it should significantly increase your read speeds though...