Need help with my storage set up

[Gabe_96]

Hello. I recently bought a semi-gaming laptop that came with a 250GB M.2 SSD and a free slot for a normal drive. I need more space so I'm in the process of buying another drive for the laptop. My question is, should it be a 1TB SSHD or another 250GB SSD? The laptop's main purpose will be college work and running some programs like Matlab, AutoCad, etc ; however, I will also do some light gaming (CSGO, Garry's mod, etc) The price of the drives that Im considering is practically the same (Seagate 1TB SSHD or Crucial BX100 2050GB SSD). Please, help me out a little bit and thanks in advance!

 

PS. If my best option is the 1TB HDD, should I store my games there? Thanks!

 

Gabe

[sushisharkjl]

1 minute ago, Gabe_96 said:

Hello. I recently bought a semi-gaming laptop that came with a 250GB M.2 SSD and a free slot for a normal drive. I need more space so I'm in the process of buying another drive for the laptop. My question is, should it be a 1TB SSHD or another 250GB SSD? The laptop's main purpose will be college work and running some programs like Matlab, AutoCad, etc ; however, I will also do some light gaming (CSGO, Garry's mod, etc) The price of the drives that Im considering is practically the same (Seagate 1TB SSHD or Crucial BX100 2050GB SSD). Please, help me out a little bit and thanks in advance!

 

PS. If my best option is the 1TB HDD, should I store my games there? Thanks!

 

Gabe

Go SSHD, it doesn't look like you need the faster speed of an SSD.

[GeekaWhat]

1 minute ago, Gabe_96 said:

Hello. I recently bought a semi-gaming laptop that came with a 250GB M.2 SSD and a free slot for a normal drive. I need more space so I'm in the process of buying another drive for the laptop. My question is, should it be a 1TB SSHD or another 250GB SSD? The laptop's main purpose will be college work and running some programs like Matlab, AutoCad, etc ; however, I will also do some light gaming (CSGO, Garry's mod, etc) The price of the drives that Im considering is practically the same (Seagate 1TB SSHD or Crucial BX100 2050GB SSD). Please, help me out a little bit and thanks in advance!

 

PS. If my best option is the 1TB HDD, should I store my games there? Thanks!

 

Gabe

If its games and basic office documents I'd go mass storage with an SSHD, windows will be on your SSD so boot speeds will still be there. If you install the programs which create your documents - e.g. word and powerpoint on the SSD but the documents on the HDD speed shouldn't really be affected - it all depends on the documents but SSD and HDD is the optimal combo for speed, capacity and value!