Sshd's and there usefulness

[Eggman02]

Is an sshd even worth the $30 usd or so more than a regular mechanical drive? Or should I spent a bit more for a ssd and hdd setup?

[RGProductions]

9 minutes ago, Eggman02 said:

 

Spend the extra $10 for a boot SSD setup.

[JSD10]

An SSD is so worth it

[MoonlightSylv]

4 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

You know, we have the agree button so if someone's already said what you have to say and you don't have anything more to add, you DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN

wtf he just posted a reply, an answer to what the OP asked, it's literally the point of the forum.

Literally every forum user does that.

 

20 minutes ago, Eggman02 said:

Is an sshd even worth the $30 usd or so more than a regular mechanical drive? Or should I spent a bit more for a ssd and hdd setup?

SSD>SSHD>HDD

 

So get an SSD and a hard drive if you can.

[Mike Soda]

17 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

You know, we have the agree button so if someone's already said what you have to say and you don't have anything more to add, you DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN

An SSD would be a great upgrade though, perhaps one of the most important & easiest steps in that process.

[xentropa]

Spend a bit more for the separate hdd and ssd.

 

Sshdds have to use some internal software for the dynamic mapping of data to put frequently accessed data on the ssd part and infrequently used data on the hdd part.  I never seen that perform better than if the ssd and hdd worked as independent devices.

[ARikozuM]

SSHD's should ONLY (in my opinion) if you can only have one drive i.e. a laptop.

An SSD will be many times faster and won't slow down if you only use a program once in a while.

SSHD will place commonly used programs into the SSD portion for quick use, though they sometimes remove (more important) programs after a few cycles if another program is used more often.

An HDD is best used when speed is second to mass storage, such as when an SSD is present.

 

My recommendation is get a sizable SSD for now (say 120-250GB) and spend some money later on a Toshiba 2TB HDD or WD Blue.

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

Hi @Eggman02

 

I agree with @ARikozuM - if you're going for a desktop then a dual storage configuration of SSD and HDD will suit far better than a single hybrid drive.

 

That's because SSHDs have specific architecture that makes them a considerable option for laptops and devices with only one drive slot. Basically a SSHD blends HDD capacity with SSD speeds by mixing rotating platters and a small amount of flash memory on a single drive. As a result, a hybrid drive only has a certain amount of fast storage (cache) for commonly accessed files, which means that the files within this cache are accessed at SSD speeds while the rest are accessed at standard HDD speeds.

 

The biggest con however is that with the SSHDs you have no control over what the SSHD stores in its cache - the drive uses a built-in algorithm to determine which frequently used files it will cache. So unless you're going to use the same file very often you won't see a big deal of benefit.

 

Hope this helps and feel free to ask any questions you may have.