hdd or ssd

[your average enthusiast]

Hi i am thinking of buying a storage drive and i have some options:

-1tb NVMe PCIe g3x4

-2tb SATA ssd

-3x 3tb sata hdd

so,what should i buy?

(p.s i can spend 120 usd)

 

Edited July 29, 2020 by your average enthusiast
for giving more info

[Aurinko]

nvme and sata ssd are MUCH faster than hard drives. But hard drives are cheaper. I would get an ssd over hdd.

[PineyCreek]

I would ask what the storage drive is for before making any suggestions.  Is it like a one drive for everything situation, or is the drive specifically for data storage that you infrequently use, like saved videos, pictures, etc.?

[TomvanWijnen]

If you need a lot of space, definitely go with the HDDs, much cheaper for larger spaces. Especially for data that you infrequently access, they are great.

[your average enthusiast]

13 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

I would ask what the storage drive is for before making any suggestions.  Is it like a one drive for everything situation, or is the drive specifically for data storage that you infrequently use, like saved videos, pictures, etc.?

so, the drives are 

NVMe: crucial p5

sata ssd: samsung 860evo

hdd: seagate constellation es

[suedseefrucht]

I use a M.2 SSD (NVMe) for my operating system, games, programs and everything which needs to be fast.

I also use a large SATA HDD for archiving pictures and videos because it can store more data for the same price and I dont need a high speed to look at pictures.

[your average enthusiast]

3 minutes ago, suedseefrucht said:

I use a M.2 SSD (NVMe) for my operating system, games, programs and everything which needs to be fast.

I also use a large SATA HDD for archiving pictures and videos because it can store more data for the same price and I dont need a high speed to look at pictures.

well i do have an ssd for the os and some games

 

[suedseefrucht]

6 minutes ago, your average enthusiast said:

well i do have an ssd for the os and some games

 

If there is enough space on your SSD for your games, programs and OS, you don't really need another SSD.

 

What would you put on the new additional drive?

If it's just pictures, videos, or other things which don't need to be loaded really fast, then HDD is the cheaper solution.

[your average enthusiast]

17 minutes ago, suedseefrucht said:

If there is enough space on your SSD for your games, programs and OS, you don't really need another SSD.

 

What would you put on the new additional drive?

If it's just pictures, videos, or other things which don't need to be loaded really fast, then HDD is the cheaper solution.

i need a drive for more games but i want to know whats the better value

 

 

[suedseefrucht]

If you need it for games, an SSD will be the better choice because loading the games will be a lot faster.

Which kind of SSD you choose, is almost not noticable for gaming. So make it depending on if your motherboad has an M.2 slot or if there is enough space in your case.

 

[PineyCreek]

I would agree with @suedseefrucht here.  NVMe is nice but not necessary, and you can get a higher capacity SATA SSD cheaper than a higher capacity NVMe drive usually.  Considering how much loading's done from the drive for games, definitely go for the SSD at least.

[your average enthusiast]

good so i should buy an ssd