SSD for games and multimedia

[Simon771]

Right now I only have 250GB Samsung evo 850 in my PC, and it's not enough for all my games and I have to delete movies after I watch them.

I had 1TB WD black HDD, but it's noisy AF ... every single HDD is causing so much vibrations that I just don't wanna have it in my PC  

 

So I'm looking for some 480-500GB SSD that will be sued for games and movies. I know that for movies it doesn't matter, but for games it might.

 

EVO 850 500GB cost a bit too much, so I won't be buying that for games only.

I was looking at kingston hyperX fury 480GB, and just wondering what you guys think about it?

There are some benchmarks on web, showing that it's about 80% slower than samsung evo 850. Is that acctually true?

 

Any other budget recomendations for SSD that will be used for games and other crap only?

[ShadowCaptain]

the Hyper X is fine
Crucial do some nice lower cost SSDs

Adata do some nice ones too

[Sauron]

If you don't care too much about warranty you could get a colorful ssd, they perform close to the 850 evo and cost significantly less.

[Matias_Chambers]

This is a good budget SSD: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/tsL7YJ/mushkin-internal-hard-drive-mknssde3480gb

[SageOfSpice]

Why not just stop it from vibrating?

 

My girlfriend's PC is nearly completely silent, you can't hear the thing from 3 feet away in a completely silent room. I'd probably attribute that to the HDD tray of the MasterCase 5, as it's got little rubber grommets that hold the HDD.

 

My case is just an old Antec 300, so being the cheap ass that I am, I used little foam pads I'd bought from the dollar store to prevent mine from reverberating. It works just as well.

 

I mean, if it's just media like movies and music, then the transfer rate really isn't important. If we're looking at memory density, you can get 2TB HDD cheaper than you can get a 120GB SSD most places.

[porina]

Even a bad SSD will be much faster than a fast HD, so personally it doesn't matter much. Just get whatever SSD is on sale.

 

Without caring for performance and just looking at price, I have following types of SSDs: Sandisk Plus, Sandisk Z400s, Sandisk Ultra, Kingston V300. I think in performance terms, the Sandisk ones goes Ultra fastest, then Plus, then Z400, but in normal use I can't tell the difference between them. I've tended to stick to Sandisk and Kingston since at least they are known brands and quite often on sale where I am, but there are lesser ones around too.

[Mira Yurizaki]

If you're working on a budget, I'd still rather get an HDD over an SSD if capacity is a concern. Multimedia doesn't really have any benefit on an SSD and games are designed to load as quickly as possible on any media. If you're juggling which games to put on the SSD and leave off it, leave the ones you actually play a lot on the SSD.

 

The only thing bad about using an HDD for gaming is the initial load time. And even then I haven't seen a game take up any more than  just over a minute. Aside from that, HDDs don't hamper performance, even in open world games.

[Simon771]

Thanks everyone for answers  

I will just order that kingston SSD.

It's one of the chepest one in my country.

 

[Captain_WD]

On 8.07.2016 г. at 3:59 PM, Simon771 said:

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Hi there Simon771

 

As you pointed out the storage's performance doesn't really matter when it comes to regular mainstream home media data. 

When it comes to gaming, the storage's performance only affects the loading times. FPS and graphics would be the same regardless if you run a game off a SSD or a HDD. Some games such as MMOs and Open World games may have their surrounding textures load smoother or faster, but that won't affect the graphics' quality nor would it affect the FPS. 

 

I would suggest to consider a regular non-performance HDD as a data/game drive. WD Blue should be a good choice.

 

Also, HDD noise can come from improper mounting, resonance with the case or another part touching the drive while it is working so I'd check those things too.

 

Captain_WD.

[Simon771]

4 minutes ago, Captain_WD said:

Hi there Simon771

 

As you pointed out the storage's performance doesn't really matter when it comes to regular mainstream home media data. 

When it comes to gaming, the storage's performance only affects the loading times. FPS and graphics would be the same regardless if you run a game off a SSD or a HDD. Some games such as MMOs and Open World games may have their surrounding textures load smoother or faster, but that won't affect the graphics' quality nor would it affect the FPS. 

 

I would suggest to consider a regular non-performance HDD as a data/game drive. WD Blue should be a good choice.

 

Also, HDD noise can come from improper mounting, resonance with the case or another part touching the drive while it is working so I'd check those things too.

 

Captain_WD.

Hello,

 

thanks for your input on my topic.

I did use WD black in my S340 case and it was causing vibrations and loud noise, but S340 doeson't have any anti-vibration mehanism.

But I also tried it in new define S case, that have anti vibration pads for HDD ... still it's loud.

At least it's louder than any other component in my system. 5 radiator fans + 2 case fans + pump + GPU coil whine + PSU fan, and yet when I plug in my HDD, it will be louder than all those other components combined.

It's probbably problem with me, because I'm looking for dead silent components anyway.

 

HDD is just not good enough for me anymore.

I hope WD will decide to invest in SSD in near future. Prices of SSD is going down kinda fast, and sooner or later HDD will be thing of the past. So I do hope WD is working on something else also, otherwise I don't know what your company will look like after 10 years.

[Captain_WD]

1 hour ago, Simon771 said:

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Excessive noise is usually a sign of trouble when it comes to HDDs so I would check the health of that drive if it's still around (post back if you need help with that). 

 

Many HDDs work at least as silent as the case fans and some (WD AV for example) work below the level of human hearing so noise isn't that big of a problem. But everyone is free to pick their storage device as they please.   

 

I wouldn't hurry to throw HDDs off the market that fast as they still offer many advantages over SSDs for many types of usage. 

 

Captain_WD.