The only hard drive in my computer is an old HDD. It always takes at least 3 minutes for my computer to boot up, and loading into games or moving files around is unbearably slow. I've decided that I'm going to get an SSD this weekend. I've been looking at the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB for $82 (is this a good one?). What I'd put on it is my OS, recording/editing software and a few games.
That being said, would my current HDD be worth keeping for the extra storage? I attached a picture of the CrystalDiskInfo results. It has 1.81TB of usable space which is super nice because I have gone over 1TB of space used before. But with proper space management, like right now, I'm only using 730GB. I don't know a whole lot about how to read the information CDI gives me, so I'm unsure if it would be better to look maybe for a newer hard drive with perhaps only 1TB of storage? Or is my current one in good enough shape to keep me going for a while, despite being slow?
Thanks for the help!
That being said, would my current HDD be worth keeping for the extra storage? I attached a picture of the CrystalDiskInfo results. It has 1.81TB of usable space which is super nice because I have gone over 1TB of space used before. But with proper space management, like right now, I'm only using 730GB. I don't know a whole lot about how to read the information CDI gives me, so I'm unsure if it would be better to look maybe for a newer hard drive with perhaps only 1TB of storage? Or is my current one in good enough shape to keep me going for a while, despite being slow?
Thanks for the help!
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