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SSHD for new build?

superjuddy
By superjuddy
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I've been planning my new build for christmas with my brother for a while now (whenever I think of something for it I go to him for validation).  He recently told me that I should just get a new hard drive completely, something faster, or just a new one. and as I have a seagate barracuda which is 7200 RPM the only things I could think of that would be faster would be an ssd, a wd black would be a little better, or an sshd.

I wish wd made 1tb sshds because I really don't need 4 f****ing terabytes of storage for now. So seagate is the only option .-. (if you cant tell i'm quite the wd fanboy :3)

So I face a conundrum, just get a regular hard drive or get an sshd, I have a couple questions.

  • How much performance would I actually get from an sshd. *boot times, gaming, and general browsing performance.*
  • As games are gaining in size, and everything else is generally gaining in size, should I go for the 2tb version or should I just stick with the 1tb (my 1tb has like 670gbs free and I dont really use ccleaner or anything) Is the price to performance worth it?
  • Is it worth it to pay the extra bit to get that sshd drive or should I just go and save a couple bucks getting a regular ol' WD Black 1tb drive?

 

 

Thanks

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SSHD are poopy. Just get a SSD or a HDD or both.

My Rigs:

Gaming/CAD/Rendering Rig
Case:
 Corsair Air 240 , CPU: i7-4790K, Mobo: ASUS Gryphon Z97 mATX,  GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970, RAM: G.Skill Sniper 16GB, SSD: SAMSUNG 1TB 840 EVO, Cooling: Corsair H80i PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/f2TH99SFF HTPC
Case:
Silverstone ML06B, CPU: Pentium G3258, Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WiFi, RAM: G.Skill 4GB, SSD: Kingston SSDNow 120GB PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/JmZ8TW
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A) what's your budget?

B) better off going SSD for OS and HDD for mass storage

Current Build : 

 
CASE: Fractal Design R4 w/Window CPU: Intel 4930K,  RAM: 16GB Ripjaws Z 2133Mhz  Cooling: H100i  MotherBoard: Asus P9x79 Pro , PSU: CS750M   Storage: 2x Samsung 840 Pro 256Gb , 1Tb Seagate Barracuda, 500GB WD Black,  Graphics: Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce 3GB,  Monitors: AOC G2460PG ( G sync monitor), Edge10 24" 1080p , 24" 1680*1020p monitor ( LCD)  Microphone: Blue Yeti  Keyboard: Cougar 700k  Phone: Samsung Note 3  Headphones: Sennheiser HD598

Laptop:

 CPU: 
4710MQ  Ram: 8GB 1600MHz Storage:120Gb 840 Evo + 1Tb 5400Rpm HDD  Graphics: GTX 850M 2GB   Screen: 1080p IPS  
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