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So at the moment I have a single 250gb SSD (50gb left) this was due to budget constraints on the build!!

 

So I have enough money to buy the next bit of storage!! what should it be??

 

I can either get another 250gb  SSD(M.2) or I could buy a 1tb hard drive.

 

The SSD could fit everything I need on there and have 150 gb left over!!

 

so should I get a HDD or and SSD??

 

thanks in advance

 

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depends on what you want to keep on it. if you plan to keep movies, pictures and random things a hard drive would make more sense and is cheaper, but if you want to install programs or games get the SSD, but I have about half my games on a hard drive, sometimes I don't even know if they are on the Hard Drive or the SSD

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HDD because 1TB is a lot

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Hard drive.  Only keep frequently used programs on the SSD, and everything else on the hard drive.  Some games that have few loading screens can also be put onto the hard drive without much of a noticeable difference.  The SSD makes the most difference with the OS and certain games with many loading screens, so you shouldn't have any problems with a single 250gb ssd if you properly manage it.

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hard drive, no debate.

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Why don't you have an HDD in the system already? Usually people get an HDD first, unless you are not telling us something get the HDD.

 

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Why don't you have an HDD in the system already? Usually people get an HDD first, unless you are not telling us something get the HDD.

No I don,t have one because I would have had to skimp on something else so I just got an SSD because that is what I wanted my OS on!!

 

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