SSHD?

[Toysoldiers35]

I have a toshiba 5tb which is extremely loud. I am planning to just store files on it rather than games as the noise is now too annoying. I want a quiet drive and came across a Db post for hard drives. The segeate 2tb SSHD was not the quietest but was reccomended for its cache feature for loading games to near ssd performace. Is this true? and is it worth it? Other than that it also states the WD Red is the quietest drive. Is that also true? and would it be good for storing games? I also have a 250gb almost full ssd for boot so thats not an issue. Thanks

[RadiatingLight]

SSHDs don't provide SSD speeds. whoever told you that is definitely wrong. especially for games, where their files can be up to 60GB, which obviously can't be stored in an 8GB or 16GB cache. in addition, SSHDs are not always necessarily the quietest drives on the market. SSDs are obviously completely silent, but if you want mass storage, I'd suggest you go for a WD Green , which I've heard are pretty quiet.

 

all drives would be the same amount of "good" for storing games.

[Ya_Mi]

There's no way sshd will have an SSD speed.

Because they only use SSD nand as a cache.

U better off with the old HDD.

Try a low RPM hard drive they tend to be quieter and less vibrate.

[Toysoldiers35]

1 minute ago, Ya_Mi said:

There's no way sshd will have an SSD speed.

Because they only use SSD nand as a cache.

U better off with the old HDD.

Try a low RPM hard drive they tend to be quieter and less vibrate.

is their speed difference noticeable?

[aisle9]

SSHDs are only really a good idea in laptops, and in systems so compact that you can't fit a typical SSD+HDD combo. On top of that, I've had terrible experiences with Seagate SSHDs (plural) dying a very, very early death.

 

Putting that aside, SSHDs are just impractical for bulk storage. The NAND partition is too small to be of use in a bulk storage scenario. You're best off with the tried and true WD Green or Seagate...whatever they call their 5900RPM drives for quiet bulk storage.

[Ya_Mi]

Just now, Toysoldiers35 said:

is their speed difference noticeable?

Over time yes because the SSHD itself need to learn on where to put the files (hdd/ssd cache) but its not that mind blowingly noticeable.
Its not worth it IMO. its better to spend on either hdd or ssd until there's a better solution available for us.

[Toysoldiers35]

Just now, Ya_Mi said:

Over time yes because the SSHD itself need to learn on where to put the files (hdd/ssd cache) but its not that mind blowingly noticeable.
Its not worth it IMO. its better to spend on either hdd or ssd until there's a better solution available for us.

is 5900rpm hard drive noticeably slower than a 7200rpm?

[Ya_Mi]

Just now, Toysoldiers35 said:

is 5900rpm hard drive noticeably slower than a 7200rpm?

No although it depends on the controller in some cases 5900rpm can be equal or faster than 7200rpm hdd.

But seriously it doesnt really matter for massive storage devices low rpm hdd is more than enough.

[Toysoldiers35]

Just now, Ya_Mi said:

No although it depends on the controller in some cases 5900rpm can be equal or faster than 7200rpm hdd.

But seriously it doesnt really matter for massive storage devices low rpm hdd is more than enough.

so even unnoticeable when loading games?

[Ya_Mi]

Just now, Toysoldiers35 said:

so even unnoticeable when loading games?

yep even sata ssd only 5-10 seconds faster when loading game but it can help with texture pop in faster if u are really speed demon try using Nvme.

[aisle9]

2 minutes ago, Ya_Mi said:

Over time yes because the SSHD itself need to learn on where to put the files (hdd/ssd cache) but its not that mind blowingly noticeable.
Its not worth it IMO. its better to spend on either hdd or ssd until there's a better solution available for us.

I can confirm that the algorithm in Seagate SSHDs is hilarious. I don't know what the SSHD that I reluctantly purchased for my dad's PC has put on the NAND partition, but after a year's worth of usage to figure it out, it sure as hell isn't the OS.

1 minute ago, Toysoldiers35 said:

is 5900rpm hard drive noticeably slower than a 7200rpm?

Depends on the drive. In general, not really. I'm not sure of the specifics of how this work, but I believe that drive speed scales with size somehow, and a 4TB 5900 RPM drive is faster than a 1TB 7200 RPM drive. Don't quote me on that exact scenario, but I know there's scaling in play.

[Ya_Mi]

2 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

I can confirm that the algorithm in Seagate SSHDs is hilarious. I don't know what the SSHD that I reluctantly purchased for my dad's PC has put on the NAND partition, but after a year's worth of usage to figure it out, it sure as hell isn't the OS.

Thats why i only use sshd only once in my entire life despite it cost more than regular HDD having a small cache that barely even work or should i say it cant be monitored is annoying.

For now the best solution to get rid of hdd speed is intel optane but i dont really need it.