Need a new HD. In need of advice.

[mikey760]

I've got a bit older machine (Phenom x3) that my larger 3 TB HD is taking a dive. I use the system as a Plex Server and use Lightroom for raw editing.

I am currently using a 1 TB drive for the OS and the 3 TB drive for media. But now that I need to replace the 3 TB drive I am thinking of a couple routes.

1. I could get a newer 2-3 TB 7200 WD Black drive. Run it for everything and ditch the 1 TB drive.

or

2. I've got a few year old Kingston SSD drive (snv125-s2/64GB) sitting unused. So I could run this for my OS and then for the time being reuse the 1 TB for media (I really do not have much over a TB at any given time). Need be buy a bigger media drive down the road.

But does the Kingston have any benefits over a newer 7200 drive? I think the read times are actually slightly lower than the newest Black WB drive.

Thank you for your input!

 

[sadams04]

The Kingston SSD will have read speeds on par with a new spindle drive, but writes will be slow. If it were me I would still do option #2. There is no cost there and you likely won't notice much of a difference. If you want to buy a new drive look toward a Seagate 1TB. The WD Black isn't worth the price.

Seagate 1TB ($70) => http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

 

[mikey760]

The Kingston SSD will have read speeds on par with a new spindle drive, but writes will be slow. If it were me I would still do option #2. There is no cost there and you likely won't notice much of a difference. If you want to buy a new drive look toward a Seagate 1TB. The WD Black isn't worth the price.

Seagate 1TB ($70) => http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

Thank you for the advice. It's hard for me to keep current on everything. And at this point the machine is dated (but works great for what I need) and don't know how worth throwing money at it is... Thank you again!