1tb SSD vs. 1tb HDD+Xgb SSD

[boxingkangeroo]

So I was pondering pc builds when i had a question that I qcouldnt seem to find. If I'm building a pc, everything is all set except for the storage and I have two options. Put in a 1tb SSD or do a traditional 1tb HDD+Xgb SSD (that is if I have no budget for a pc build). I would think the solo SSD would be better, but would it become slower since I'm putting all my files on it? Or would it run just fine?

 

[11sphere92]

You are crazy if you are going for 1TB ssd. It would be a waste. For me.

Why???

Usually what i did is.
1. Had HDD 2TB
2. Had SSD 250GB / 128GB.

All of processing windows is on SSD, so its gonna be faster.

 

[turbopixel]

You don't need to save your music or other media on SSD. The most speed comes from programs and operating system saved on SSD. It can be read lightning fast on this, which makes startup time of applications and Windows fast. SSDs tend to be getting slower and fail, if it have many write operations (after a long time of using it this way). Also, there should be around 15-25% free space (at least 10% free), so the fragmentation does not get worse (this is true for all storage under Windows).

As an example for a 1tb SSD
1 TB SSD Samsung EVO costs $344.99

You could get for that price HD from Western Digital and SSD from Samsung
500 GB SSD Samsung EVO costs $165.98
+
1 TB HD WD Blue Caviar costs $49.49
or even
4 TB HD WD Red Pro costs $210.00

Prices got from
> http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/internal-hard-drive/#xcx=0&t=0&R=5,4&m=32
> http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/internal-hard-drive/#xcx=0&R=5,4&m=38&t=7200

I am running multiple SSD and HD for multiple operating systems (Linux and Windows, both single SSD + HD). They are both fast on booting. With optimizations on settings, faster SSD and single OS solutions, I could go from 35 sec (includes password typing and loading of browser and email program) to maybe 15 sec on load time. Would it be worth? I don't think so. My Windows is on a cheap and early SSD with 64 GB from Crucial, which I used it around 4 years long or so. And it still works.

 

[giantbucket]

big SSD are great for laptops where you only have one slot available. in a desktop, a single 120G SSD for Windows/Linux is enough, and the rest goes onto cheaper HDD.

 

[alexb75]

For the price of a 1TB SSD, you can do a 120-250GB SSD + 2-4TB or larger HDD. Unless you need SSD speed for anything by boot drive, and gaming, it's overkill. The only application that makes sense, is editting large video files, otherwise on a storage drive HDD speeds are just fine.