[SOLVED] 500gb SSD or 1tb SSHD

[chrismcnabbosu]

Hi, I build my own PC and only used 250gb SSD, but I'm finding it too small,
I've been looking at a
Seagate 1TB FireCuda Gaming SATA 6Gb/s Flash Accelerated (8GB) Performance Hard Drive (ST1000LX015) ($60)
Vs a
Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E500B/AM) ($80)

I would most likely use it for amateur gaming like ARK or other big name single player games. I do not know which one would be best and if I should worry about RAID settings(I don't really understand what it is)?
Thanks

 

[feelinfroggy777]

For gaming, the SSHD will be fine. Although SSD prices have come down quite a bit. You can find a suitable SSD for gaming that does not need to be a Samsung. A DRAM-less SSD is very cheap and will game just fine.

Here is a budget option that will work very well. I would not use it for a boot drive, it will run games fine. While the price per gb is still higher than the SSHD, it is getting close.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wNHYXP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wNHYXP/by_merchant/

Storage: Team - L5 LITE 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($52.99 @ Newegg Business)
Total: $52.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-11 12:21 EST-0500

 

[Darkbreeze]

If you can increase the budget a little bit, by just biting the bullet or by waiting a little longer to add to it, this might be the better option giving you the best of both worlds. Those SSHD are are a waste in my opinion unless you are using them for frequent transfers of large amounts of data that needs to be kept backed up and need it to be a bit faster than a regular HDD. Mostly I think they are pointless, but that's more just my opinion than anything else.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Team - L5 LITE 3D 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ Newegg Business)
Total: $129.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-11 12:26 EST-0500

 

[tejdeepg1995]

FireCuda SSD don't give a significant improvement over the ssds.
As others have mentioned that ssd can be other samsung, you can get a good ssd for 70$ (500gb)....

Up until yesterday Bestbuy offered Sandisk Ultra 512gb ssd for 69$. We can expect good offers on SSD for the black friday sales.

Newegg is offering WD blue ssd 500gb for 69$ for 23rd Nov sale and Crucial 500gb MX500 for 73$
I think it's better to go for a good branded SSD, as they have better relaiblility and consistant performance and better endurance.

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I have seen pretty band review for the other third party ssds, most them either failed or had a bad performance
Hope this helps

 

[Darkbreeze]

Well, if you find a 1TB Crucial, Sandisk or Samsung SSD anytime during the next two months for less than 100 bucks, you let me know. LOL. Seriously, I'll buy it on the spot.