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R3ep3r
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At the moment I am using a 500gb western digital black with no SSD and I kinda feel the lack of storage. In a few weeks I will solve this issue by buying a SSD and another HDD.

My question is:

Is worth a 120gb SSD from hyperX that has both write and read speeds over 450?

Also which one is better a 2tb 5600rpm WD blue or a 1tb 7200rpm (still blue)?

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Well on that 2tb I'll only store images, music, videos and all of my games installers whilst on the 500 i'll install the games and in the SSD will be only the windows and maybe some apps like chrome etc. That's why I am confused by these two wd blues

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>> Headphones << >> Keyboard << >> HDD << >> Mouse << >> PC Case << >> Memory(another stick) << >> Graphics Card << 

 

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I would get a 240GB SSD instead of an 120 GB one.

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Get 2x 240 GB SSD's and RAID then in RAID 0 & another 500 GB WD Black and also RAID that $h!t

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is this going to be a NAS or inside your main PC???

 

cause if it's a NAS then get 2 x 2TB HDD and put then in RAID 1 or another option is 5 more 500GB HDDs and put them in RAID 6 with the old 500GB. Or 3 1TB HDDs and use RAID 5, but as for the SSD, if it's a NAS it anit necessary, but that being said a SSD could be used as a SSD cache for the NAS, it won't hurt, I would suggest maybe 60-120GB SSD, you will only need 1 to do that probably

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The 2tb will have slower read and write speeds but have more capacity. It's a trade off that you have to choose for yourself. Personally I would rather have the speed and just try not to use too much space. For the ssd basically all of them will be a massive upgrade from a hard drive but some are faster than others. Personally I just get the middle of the way ssd that is both pretty fast but not too expensive like a Samsung 850 evo.

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11 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

The 2tb will have slower read and write speeds but have more capacity. It's a trade off that you have to choose for yourself. Personally I would rather have the speed and just try not to use too much space. For the ssd basically all of them will be a massive upgrade from a hard drive but some are faster than others. Personally I just get the middle of the way ssd that is both pretty fast but not too expensive like a Samsung 850 evo.

You are right. Also this update will have a limited budget of let's say 150 or 200€.

That's why I've picked the hyperx and the wd blue. Black would also be available but it depends on budget and maybe if I get it on sale.

 || CPU: Intel i5-8600K || Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212X || Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 HD3P || GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050ti OC Windforce 4GB || Memory: 16GB Crucial DDR4 3000mhz || HDD: WD Black 500GB + Seagate Barracuda 2TB || SSD: Samsung 980 1TB || PSU: Corsair VS550 || Case: nJoy Ice Cage || Fans: Segotep Halo Ring RGB ||Monitor: 2x Dell 27" P2717H IPS Full HD || Second Monitor/TV: LG 49UJ620V UHD || Mouse: Logitech G502 || Keyboard: Logitech G810 + Royal Kludge RK84 || Speakers: Philips SPA-5300 subw + Arylic 2.1 + DIY Bookshelves w/ Dayton Audio || Headphones: HyperX Cloud Flight S ||

 

TO BE UPGRADED:

>> Headphones << >> Keyboard << >> HDD << >> Mouse << >> PC Case << >> Memory(another stick) << >> Graphics Card << 

 

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3 hours ago, R3ep3r said:

You are right. Also this update will have a limited budget of let's say 150 or 200€.

That's why I've picked the hyperx and the wd blue. Black would also be available but it depends on budget and maybe if I get it on sale.

I think blacks are overrated. You are better off getting a faster ssd than getting a nicer hard drive

 

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