Hdd or Ssd

[James23]

I currently have a 250gb hard drive in my pc and i need/want more storage i have about 80gb left in the current haed drive.

[genexis_x]

120GB isn't enough if you want more storage. Moreover, you didn't give the exact model of the SSD.

[mpsparrow]

If you have the money I would suggest getting both.

[mariushm]

Go for the 1 TB drive.

I would actually suggest going for  2 TB because the price difference between 1TB  and 2 TB is very small and often worth the money.

 

But, if your system is very old (as in maybe 10-15 years old, in the times of SATA 1, 3gbps max), some motherboards may not recognize properly hard drives with capacity of over 2 TB. 

[James23]

Just now, mariushm said:

Go for the 1 TB drive.

I would actually suggest going for  2 TB because the price difference between 1TB  and 2 TB is very small and often worth the money.

 

But, if your system is very old (as in maybe 10-15 years old, in the times of SATA 1, 3gbps max), some motherboards may not recognize properly hard drives with capacity of over 2 TB. 

It supports sata 3 so it should be fine,but thanks for the input

[openthatchest]

dude get both.

• ssd for windows
• hdd for games

[James23]

Just now, openthatchest said:

dude get both.

• ssd for windows
• hdd for games

Eventually i will get both, but i want to lnow what to get first

[Mira Yurizaki]

If you don't think your storage needs will grow rapidly by the time you can save for the other drive, get the SSD. Otherwise get the HDD.

[James23]

3 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

If you don't think your storage needs will grow rapidly by the time you can save for the other drive, get the SSD. Otherwise get the HDD.

I like your point

[blbalsdfkjivbvwerlo3244534]

You could keep the old drive and just move windows to the ssd, then replace the old hdd with the 1tb one later for an improvement in performance AND storage right now

[dizmo]

Get the SSD. Huge improvement in the usability of the computer. I'll never use a soley HDD based computer again, haven't for years.

[mariushm]

He only has a 250 GB HDD. When most new games are now in the 10-40 GB range, seems like using a SSD for OS and only 250 GB for games, movies and music would be a bad choice.

A 1TB or 2 TB drive would be better investment if you're gaming or if you're interested in watching HD movies.

 

You can always find some money to buy a SSD at a later time.

 

I may have said something different if the guy already had at least a 500 GB or 750 GB HDD, but with just 250 GB that computer probably needs storage more than speed.

With the non important data moved from that 250 GB drive to the storage drive and with some hdd defragmentation, the operating system will also seem a bit faster.