SSD vs HDD vs Hybrids?

[dappy10]

So I'm planning on changing my HDD, which is the best?

$100~

[Arty]

So I'm planning on changing my HDD, which is the best?

$100~

Keep your hdd

and use an SSD as your boot drive. 

[TheNeutraliser]

SSD as a boot , its like new hardware and keep your old HDD for storage

[Aytex]

buy anything except the kingston v300 series

[dappy10]

Keep your hdd

and use an SSD as your boot drive. 

 

SSD as a boot , its like new hardware and keep your old HDD for storage

My HDD is ancient, I want to replace it

[TheNeutraliser]

what sata is it? sata 2?

[dappy10]

what sata is it? sata 2?

I believe Sata 2

[WoodenMarker]

It would help to mention what the system is being used for and how much storage you would need.

[TheNeutraliser]

I believe Sata 2

if it is a sata 2 its good , its old but still living , can u tell me whats your hdd ? i mean RPM and storage?

[dragosudeki]

HDD for storage

OR

SSD for speed

 

Storage is more important than speed for me, but if you got storage than go SSD. The hybrids are for people who are willing to spend much more for a faster HDD.

[Raffy98]

My HDD is ancient, I want to replace it

For the Hard Drive:

 

If you want the best performance then go for the Western Digital Black series and choose your preferred size.

If you want a mix you could grab a Western Digital Blue series or a Seagate Barracuda, I have a Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM and it works great.

However, if you're a guy that cares about power consumption you could go for the Green Series by Western Digital.

This obviously depends on your needs and uses of your PC, but i hope this helps you.

 

I personally do not recommend hybrids, it's better to have an SSD as Boot drive and an Hard Drive as a storage drive.

 

For the SSD, it's a hard choice: there are so many of them so to get a really good advice you should release some more details about the uses of your pc and how many programs/data you would like to store on your boot drive!  :unsure:

[Captain_WD]

So I'm planning on changing my HDD, which is the best?

$100~

 

Hey there dappy10,

 

What is your current HDD's brand and model? If you have a SATA2 port on your computer, SSDs would generally be limited to 375MB/s even if they support higher speeds. What are you using your system for? Not all applications would benefit from higher speeds. 

SSDs generally improve the whole responsiveness, boot/load times and transfer speeds but tend to be more expensive in terms of price per GB.

SSHDs are useful if you use only a few applications mainly on your computer so it can store their files on the SSD portion for better performance. Everything else works pretty much as it would on a regular HDD.

HDDs are generally the most inexpensive option and can handle pretty much anything. 

 

Captain_WD.