Which SSD from this 480GB / 500GB list?

pappa_golf

hybrid hard drive?


claimed to work , but not successful in practice in operation


https://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGHP_en-GBGB675GB675&q=hybrid+hard+drive&gws_rd=ssl




couple of yrs old , http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025402/ssds-vs-hard-drives-vs-hybrids-which-storage-tech-is-right-for-you-.html

pappa_golf

I have 4 machines running here and work


z97 m/board i3 4150t 16g ram , 1x 240g ssd backup is a 500g WD (3.5)


amd AM11 in a micro case 8g memory 1 x 120g ssd and 500g backup (WD 2.5)


intel nuc 513 i3 5010u cpu 256g SSD


intel nuc 513 i3 5010u cpu 1 x 128g M.2 card and 256 backup WD 2.5


I will never return to basic drives , on the AMD AM11 thing its appalling with a basic 2.5 drive , but flies with the SSD


I have tried hybrid drives but was not impressed

Tropez

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

Back on to the topic of hard drives....

SSHD <

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this is new to me.

Is this any good in terms of a storage drive? It seems too good to be true kind of thing. Performance almost of an SSD with the capacity & price of a HDD??

Seems a bit too much

I have two laptops with SSHD's. One of them (with a Seagate SSHD) boots reasonably fast and the performance is decent. It's not SSD-level performance, it isn't even 'almost SSD' level performance but it is noticeably better than a standard HDD (as found in the third laptop).

The other one though (Western Digital SSHD)... might as well just be a regular slow hard drive for all I've noticed.

Cycrow

SSHD drives are basically standard HDD with extra cache (in the form of an SSD)

data/programs that get used alot will be moved to the cache to speed up access to them.

essentially they can be slightly quicker than a mechanical HDD, but still not comparable to an SSD

JustAnotherSaver

The RPM on HDDs....

5400 & 7200. Is it always just a case of go for the 7200?

I currently have a 1TB & a 500GB. I was thinking of getting a 3TB HDD & maybe partitioning it off. Doing this (ridding myself of 1 HDD) should also free up a SATA port on the mobo.

From a HDD i will obviously be wanting something that is quick & ideally reliable.


http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Storage/cat/Hard-Drive---Internal/3TB


So many to choose from with varying prices & brands

pappa_golf

umm , you need to do some research


western digital


blue
black
green
red
purple




each type has a specific use , do not buy on colour alone , do some research first

londonTiger

in the past for the sake of bootups it was recommended that you just put the OS on the SSD drive and just buy a drive that just about exceeds your requirements for OS, data and key programs. However now SSDs are a lot cheaper and you can fork out on a 500gb SSD drive and uses it like you would an old mechanical drive.

I would got for samsung as that's the drive that's recommended heavily on the overclockers forums and they ususally pick the best stuff and know what they're doing.

I have a samsung pro ssd and used to have a crucial m4. The crucial m4 had a serious firmware issue which caused the harddrive to stop working suddenly. I didn't research the problem and I needed to use my computer so I went to currys and bought the samsung 830 pro and used it instead.

Then before doing RMA on the crucial I worked out that the drive could be saved using firmware flashing. SInce fixing it I have it on my HTPC which worked a treat, but left a bad taste in my mouth. apparantly the cruical m4 drives would fail predictably after a certain volume of read write ops.

The new cheap ssds (samsung evo incuded, not samsung pro) are meant to degrade quicker and have feewer read/write volumes. But it will be a good 10 or so years before you will get to that point by then you'll probably look to upgrade the drive because SATA 6 is out or something. Or C: drive needs to be 2TB minimum. Or 2.5" drives are too big by then and m.2 drives are the standard and everyone us using NUC size computers that dont have space for 2.5" drives

Samsonite1

As a general rule, you can use SSDs for anything you like - they are quite affordable now. The speed is excellent. In terms of reliablilty - I have only ever had 2 mechanical drives fail and no SSDs and I have had SSDs for many years.

Regardless of drive type, you would be wise to dedicate separate drives to OS, Apps, Data. I have slowly replaced mechanical drives with SSDs, to the extent that I have an SSD OS drive, SSD Apps Drive, SSD Games drive (makes a huge difference) and I have an 8TB NAS for data (previously had a big drive in my PC, but moving to a NAS means that my PC is an SSD speed freak and my data is safely RAIDed on the NAS).

I have Linux and Windows 7 dual boot, but never use Windows - it is there from previous years and can boot it if needed, but it is coming up to a year since I last booted it!

darrenhlive

i have used Samsung 850 Evo the through output is quite good in terms of hi-end gaming

JustAnotherSaver

What is this NAS?

When i was looking at the colourful Western Digital HDDs i saw this NAS thing.