Cons of having both SSD and HDD on one computer?

[TheProMaster]

So , I have a pc with 1tb HDD and I was thinking of adding another hdd, but hearing that the sdd has a much faster boot time and no loading screen , I was wondering if I could add an ssd to my computer that has a hdd without degrading the ssd?

Would adding an ssd to my computer have any effect to the sdd? Would it make the ssd slower? And what would you suggest? Adding another HDD or and SSD? If any , what ssd or hdd should I get?

Here is my computer that I bought pre built ( which was stupid of me ) from a store :

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c02859331

Thanks in advance!

 

[i7Baby]

You should be fine adding an SSD. Get one 120gb or more. 120gb will fit your OS and not much else.

You'd need to install Windows on it. Then wipe windows off the hdd after saving data (Users). Then re-install apps and copy back the data.

 

[DelroyMonjo]

A typical full WIN7 installation will use about 22-25GB of space.....period!

 

[i7Baby]

My 120gb formatted to 90gb. Windows also adds a 30gb reserve partition (for doing system restores). So I've got 30gb left.

 

[Hawkeye22]

My 120gb formatted to 90gb. Windows also adds a 30gb reserve partition (for doing system restores). So I've got 30gb left.

You can easily change the percentage of disk space that is reserved for system restores.

 

[kenrivers]

So , I have a pc with 1tb HDD and I was thinking of adding another hdd, but hearing that the sdd has a much faster boot time and no loading screen , I was wondering if I could add an ssd to my computer that has a hdd without degrading the ssd?

Would adding an ssd to my computer have any effect to the sdd? Would it make the ssd slower? And what would you suggest? Adding another HDD or and SSD? If any , what ssd or hdd should I get?

Here is my computer that I bought pre built ( which was stupid of me ) from a store :

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c02859331

Thanks in advance!

I have three computers, two laptops and a desktop, with both an SSD boot drive and HDD storage drive installed and have not had any problems or seen any degradation of the HDD performance. You should be fine with both an SSD and HDD in the same system. After adding the SSDs I have noticed an improvement in boot times in all of the machines.

 

[USAFRet]

No cons at all. OS and applications on the SSD, other files and games on the HDD(s).

And a 120GB SSD can hold a LOT more than the OS.
My 120GB Kingston has Win 8.1 Pro, Office 2013, LibreOffice, Adobe Lightroom, Corel VideoStudio, Paintshop Pro, MS Visual Studio, and dozens of other applications.
Currently 61.9GB used, 49GB free.

22 months old, 24/7 operation, zero performance degradation.