SSHD vs SSD+HDD

[Badgerworks]

Hi everyone,

Trying to decide between an HDD, or spending $100 more to get an SSD as well for my first PC build, and then i heard about SSHDs. Opinions? Can I choose to load my operating system onto the SSD part, or is that out of my control? Which is the best brand to by one from if I do?

Thanks

[minibois]

Hi everyone,

Trying to decide between an HDD, or spending $100 more to get an SSD as well for my first PC build, and then i heard about SSHDs. Opinions? Can I choose to load my operating system onto the SSD part, or is that out of my control? Which is the best brand to by one from if I do?

Thanks

I prefer SSD + HDD, not a huge fan of SSHD's. Don't think it is worth it.. 

HDD brands to look at: Seagate and HDD

SSHD's: same.

SSD: Samsung, Crucial and Intel

[paprikman]

I prefer SSD + HDD, not a huge fan of SSHD's. Don't think it is worth it.. 

HDD brands to look at: Seagate and HDD

SSHD's: same.

SSD: Samsung, Crucial and Intel

This man is right. SSHD usually cost too much and have around 8gb of ssd storage, used only for caching.

You can get a good hdd + ssd for OS and use some free space on SSD for the same caching, still it will be way faster than sshd.

[Vavetti]

You can't put your OS on the SSD part of the SSHD that part is 8 GB IIRC.

I'd just get a ssd and a hdd. 

[Tarantula]

You've probably seen Linus' great explanation that I think is still the best option for the next few years, linked below.

If you haven't, give it a watch. Having an SSD as your boot isn't just what makes it fast, its the fact because its an SSD people take more care, trying to keep the drive uncluttered, carrying only what the OS and programs need + a few little extras.

 

I personally have my SSD as boot and getting from the end of BIOS to logged in takes 6-10 seconds, and then another 15 for all the processes to finish (if I feel like waiting). For opening large applications and accessing large files off the SSD, that's where the performance comes in, but there is no huge benefit to having the SSD as a boot drive and not needing the sequential r/w performance (big file thing). If you don't end up getting a SSD, then spend the money on a way to backup the system once a week. Should save yourself from some tears.

 

 

Cool, thanks.