Seagate SSHDs vs WD Black HDD series - game storage

[Airwolf1984]

Price wise, the Seagate SSHDs are cheaper on NCIX, but is it worth the savings over the WD Black series?

You think 1TB would be sufficient for game storage?

[Altecice]

yep and yep.

[Enderman]

dont buy either

get a dedicated SSD and a seagate barracuda

it will cost the same

[PixelPips]

1TB is plenty. I have over 100 games, some of them modded to hell (KSP, GMOD, etc) and all of them fully installed ins't even 500GB.

[hasnieking]

1TB is plenty. I have over 100 games, some of them modded to hell (KSP, GMOD, etc) and all of them fully installed ins't even 500GB.

Same but I need to get a new HDD because my 1000GB HDD is full. (I don't know how)

[PixelPips]

Same but I need to get a new HDD because my 1000GB HDD is full. (I don't know how)

So... your saying that your hard drive is full, but instead of cleaning it out, you're going to buy a new one instead? what is wrong with you?

[hasnieking]

So... your saying that your hard drive is full, but instead of cleaning it out, you're going to buy a new one instead? what is wrong with you?

Already cleaned a few times so now I got 20GB of free space :C I will do a scan for the big files and clean it again (hopefully)

[hasnieking]

So... your saying that your hard drive is full, but instead of cleaning it out, you're going to buy a new one instead? what is wrong with you?

Thanks for posting this! It was a time ago since I scanned for large files! Now I have 181GB free space!

[Alim]

Use scanner to find old/unneeded/huge games.

[ManWithBeard1990]

Assuming you're in the market for a 2.5 inch drive: Having tried both Seagate and Toshiba SSHD's I'm getting the impression the Toshiba is slightly better. The specs of both are the same so it must be that the learning algorithms for what needs to go onto the flash part are more efficient with the Toshiba one. It also uses SLC whereas the Seagate uses MLC NAND. The WD Black2 will outperform both of those but is much more expensive because it's basically a 1120GB drive with the first 120 being an SSD part fused onto a regular 1TB drive. It can be faster but requires a somewhat more involved setup process and is really only practical if you're doing a clean OS install.

[Circs]

Already cleaned a few times so now I got 20GB of free space :C I will do a scan for the big files and clean it again (hopefully)

 

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[Mighty_Miro_WD]

Hi there @Airwolf1984!

 

Your overall gaming experience will depend on how frequently you "call" the same file as only upto 8GB of files will be in the cache and these will be the most often used - all other files will load at the native speed of the HDD. In other words, if you do call the same files repetitively then you will see a nice performance boost, and if not very little performance boost because of the caching algorithm. 

 

Also, since you have a desktop I would recommend SSD+HDD configuration instead of SSHD which will suit better for laptops.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Cheers!

[Airwolf1984]

I already have an SSD for the OS. How noisy are the Black drives?

[KyonCoraeL]

I recommend buying a 6Tb hard drive over a 1Tb Black. The storage density in the 6Tb allows for some really fast read/write speeds. My 6Tb seagate reads/writes at over 250MB/s. It's pretty rediculous. Seek times I can't recall off the top of my head though lol. I can't say anything about using a SSHD over a WD black because I never tried using SSHDs for games before.

 

EDIT: I guess I should mention that the 250 MB/s is sequential and for random read and writes it is probably slower but I don't think it is slower than any 1Tb Black.

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

I already have an SSD for the OS. How noisy are the Black drives?

 

 

Between 28-34 dBA, depending on the capacity. I personally have one WD Black and don't find it loud.

[Circs]

I already have an SSD for the OS. How noisy are the Black drives?

 

In my experience they're not too bad. If you're concerned about noise you should probably use some isolation mounts especially if you're using a tin can case like my old Antec 300 as that case made a great noise conductor. In something more modern and civilized you can hear it if you're trying, but even in my desktop eSATA HDD toaster it's not bothersome.

 

Honestly if you notice it without actively hunting it I'd be surprised.

[Airwolf1984]

Alrighty. Thanks for the feedback.

[dalekphalm]

Same but I need to get a new HDD because my 1000GB HDD is full. (I don't know how)

For the love of god, please download and run this:

http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/download.html

 

Space Sniffer shows you a graphical representation of your HDD and what files are taking up space on it.

 

PLEASE run this and properly clean out your files

 

As for on topic, I would suggest a standard WD Blue or Seagate Baracuda for game storage. For your OS, I recommend a dedicated SSD (Anywhere around the 120GB to 256GB size should be good).