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SSHD Vs. HDD

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I know the SSD is better than both of them but this is what I was planning to do; 1 Samsung Evo 1TB SSD, & 3 Seagate SSHD's 4TB. But a few people are telling me that the HDD is better than the SSHD. I don't get it SSHD's are way faster than a regular HDD..

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SSHD is a HDD + Cache. Drive caches work best when an OS is installed on the drive or certain programs. You have the SSD for OS and programs. It's redundant and not very useful. 

 

In a large drive where there is great variety in files accessed (see typical storage drive) a cache is not build well enough to be significant. 

 

(from my understanding, I don't know just putting 2 and 2 together) 

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SSHD is a HDD + Cache. Drive caches work best when an OS is installed on the drive or certain programs. You have the SSD for OS and programs. It's redundant and not very useful. 

 

In a large drive where there is great variety in files accessed (see typical storage drive) a cache is not build well enough to be significant. 

 

(from my understanding, I don't know just putting 2 and 2 together)

Not going to ignore your post ;). And yeah so should I just get an SSD and an SSHD I don't want my PC to be slow in any kind of way.

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Speed is not usually needed for general storage. You should get an SSD for your OS and all your programs and load movies/music/photos on an HDD as helping suggested. Get a 7200 rpm HDD and you will be fine.

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It's important that someone clarify this.  Typically the recommendation is SSD + HDD for storage, and it's an effective solution.  Now with SSHDs, many people want to know if the cache on the SSHD will make it a superior option than an HDD.  Specifically, how will the SSHD cache be used/not be used that makes it different/the same as and HDD?

 

Let's consider the price difference as a non factor.  Would you benefit from having and SSD + SSHD vs SSD + HDD?  And if yes, how so?

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