ssd or hdd

[lalo2123]

I'm building a gaming pc and was wondering which i should buy first and buy later since i don;t need both of the right now just one to run the OS and programs. ill later buy a hdd to put my steam games. That's my plan so far but i need to make sure its safe and good

 

[Gam3r01]

It would be a better idea to get the HDD first, that way you can put more data on it, and once it slows down you can get the ssd. Plus running an ssd by itself isnt the best plan.

 

[boju]

Depends if you can be bothered with reinstalling operating system + games.

Since hdds aren't dear, would make more sence get an ssd, depending on your budget i would look at either a 256GB/512GB Samsung 840Pro SSD and get 2TB Seagate/WD Caviar Black for 80$ or so.

Keep the os/games you love on the SSD and configure internet downloads/steam backups to the HDD.

Also there's a few tweaks that are necesary for an SSD that Windows does not do by default. Think they would, not at the moment so its up to you.

Answers are here: http://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/optimization-guides/the-ssd-optimization-guide-2/

Also Samsumg provide their own software to make these changes;

http://connecteddigitalworld.com/2011/11/06/review-of-the-samsung-ssd-magician-software/

Works for series 830/840/840Pro.