2.5" HDD

[TheCaptain53]

So I'm thinking of building a small form factor PC soon. I'll be using the Silverstone SG13, which limits me to only 2.5" drives. I'll be using an SSD as a boot drive and an HDD for mass storage. I've sort of sorted out my SSD, that's still undecided, but I don't know what to do for the HDD.

I was thinking of getting the WD Blue 1TB, which is a 5400 RPM drive, but my friend pointed out that the performance wouldn't be that great. 

Can you guys shoot that claim out of the water or suggest an alternative?

Thank you in advance!

[Chasem121]

I would not recommend using a 5400 RPM drive, especially if you were going to run games off of it.

[Badazzz]

Personally I would use the HDD as a boot drive and the SSD for game storage if you want a better lifetime out of your drives. An OS can be kind of disk intensive (especially with antivirus) for an SSD, which will reduce the lifespan tenfold. Performance though? Don't worry about your hard drives when it comes to performance. And even though it's 5400rpm the 2.5" form factor will result in higher read speeds than your average 3.5". I would know because my "game drive" is a 5400rpm seagate 2.5" drive.

[TheCaptain53]

Personally I would use the HDD as a boot drive and the SSD for game storage if you want a better lifetime out of your drives. An OS can be kind of disk intensive (especially with antivirus) for an SSD, which will reduce the lifespan tenfold. Performance though? Don't worry about your hard drives when it comes to performance. And even though it's 5400rpm the 2.5" form factor will result in higher read speeds than your average 3.5". I would know because my "game drive" is a 5400rpm seagate 2.5" drive.

I use an SSD as my boot drive on my main rig.

Ah well, time will tell if it dies on me.

[Chasem121]

Personally I would use the HDD as a boot drive and the SSD for game storage if you want a better lifetime out of your drives. An OS can be kind of disk intensive (especially with antivirus) for an SSD, which will reduce the lifespan tenfold. Performance though? Don't worry about your hard drives when it comes to performance. And even though it's 5400rpm the 2.5" form factor will result in higher read speeds than your average 3.5". I would know because my "game drive" is a 5400rpm seagate 2.5" drive.

The lifespan of ssd's are insanely long, the worst one in a benchmark lasted for 700 terabytes of read/write before it failed. A samsung drive lasted for 2 petabytes before failing.

Being used as a boot drive is nothing intensive, no idea what made you think something like that.

[SImoHayha]

So I'm thinking of building a small form factor PC soon. I'll be using the Silverstone SG13, which limits me to only 2.5" drives. I'll be using an SSD as a boot drive and an HDD for mass storage. I've sort of sorted out my SSD, that's still undecided, but I don't know what to do for the HDD.

I was thinking of getting the WD Blue 1TB, which is a 5400 RPM drive, but my friend pointed out that the performance wouldn't be that great. 

Can you guys shoot that claim out of the water or suggest an alternative?

Thank you in advance!

WD blues are ok. Just don't get the Green/Blue one's which are technically just green WD's as blue western digital's

[Badazzz]

I use an SSD as my boot drive on my main rig.

Ah well, time will tell if it dies on me.

 

 

The lifespan of ssd's are insanely long, the worst one in a benchmark lasted for 700 terabytes of read/write before it failed. A samsung drive lasted for 2 petabytes before failing.

Being used as a boot drive is nothing intensive, no idea what made you think something like that.

 

Not as long as an HDD though when it comes to being a boot drive. I've had my boot drive for over 6 years, which was handed down to me from my dad. An SSD would not last that long by a landslide.

[Chasem121]

Not as long as an HDD though when it comes to being a boot drive. I've had my boot drive for over 6 years, which was handed down to me from my dad. An SSD would not last that long by a landslide.

That is just blatantly false

[Badazzz]

That is just blatantly false

 

Well you pick your poison. HDDs die from physical damage, SSDs die from file transfer stress. It's really just a matter of choice.

[TheCaptain53]

Well you pick your poison. HDDs die from physical damage, SSDs die from file transfer stress. It's really just a matter of choice.

HDDs also die from wear and tear, don't forget that.

I'm quite happy to stick to my SSDs.