SSHD v. the SSD

[TheTemest]

Is there enough competition out there to be confident that a SSHD is/can be as reliable as a SSD or HDD? i just can seem to pull the trigger on a purchase.

 

[rgd1101]

on a desktop or laptop? prebuild or custom build?

 

[Finkledbody]

If you have the funds, just go with one small SSD for the operating system and get a HDD for games. If you have more money, get one large 500gb+ SSD and put everything on that.

The hybrid SSD+HDD just don't do it for me. SSD's have come down in price far enough to use them solely on new builds without breaking the bank.

 

[johnnyb105]

SSD for sure the hybread one is actually sometimes slower then a normal hard drive.

 

[TheTemest]

Desktop - home built.

Finkledbody - That's kind of my line of thinking, however my demands are far less than most. After all my years of computing all I have on my current HDD is 176GB of stuff. I'm not a gamer. I know I could get by with a 240-256GB SSD (and probably should) but not sure of the sanity of all my eggs in one SSD basket....thus why I started considering the SSHD.

 

[johnnyb105]

Benn running A SSD for years no issues all my apps on it run faster there have been a lot of issues with the ssdhybread drive with failiars they are fairly new ,,,,

 

[rgd1101]

See if your motherboard have m.2 slot, newer motherboard have those. if it does, you could add a m.2 ssd as cache for your existing hdd, might need to check your motherboard m.2 compatible device list.

If you have 176gb of stuff, 240-256 ssd might not be enough as the usable size is probably closer to 200gb.

 

[johnnyb105]

I have the m.2 slot on this pc the problem is I have just a 128 gig drive in there but when you use the m.2 slot you loose 2 sata ports for it so when your board has 6 sata ports and you use the m.2 you only can use 4 after that... Its a tad bit faster then the SSD bUT COSTS a lot more as well.

 

[RobCrezz]

I have both. The SSHDs are very good and faster than normal HDDs but not as fast as a SSD.

 

[TheTemest]

"If you have 176gb of stuff, 240-256 ssd might not be enough as the usable size is probably closer to 200gb." Do SSD's follow the same rule as HDD's? ie, 1000 bytes actual vs. 1024 bytes?

 

[RobCrezz]

"If you have 176gb of stuff, 240-256 ssd might not be enough as the usable size is probably closer to 200gb." Do SSD's follow the same rule as HDD's? ie, 1000 bytes actual vs. 1024 bytes?

Yeah exactly. A 250gb SSD will give you 230GB usable space.

Ive found the best way is to have a 250gb SSD for boot up, windows and any applications you use frequently or have slow loading times. And a regular HDD or SSHD for everything else.

 

[RelaxPrime]

Get an SSD. No reason to worry about them nowadays. Do a backup image to your HDD in case the SSD ever dies.

 

[TheTemest]

Had to pick only 1 as the solution so #1 in line got it. Only wish Tom's had a method for recognizing answers that were extremely beneficial in coming to a decision. SSD it is and I'll think about an HDD. Thanks to everyone.