[SOLVED] Which hard drive is better?

[Lordicon2021]

So I have been trying to figure out which hard drive I should install windows 10 on and use for most things. I have been googling for a couple days and can not find a compare anywhere online that would show which is best.

WD Velociraptor WD1000DHTZ, 1TB, 3.5", SATA Hard Drive
10,000RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB cache

Seagate Barracuda 120 SSD, 1TB, 2.5", ZA1000CM1003
SATA 6 GB/s, Read and Write speeds 560 MB/s and 540 MB/s

Performance wise for gaming and video editing which of these two drives would be the best performer?
Overall which is best?

 

[USAFRet]

Truly, neither.

The HDD is fast (for an HDD) but loud.
The SSD is too small.

Those are the only two drives in the system?


But given those two, Windows and applications on the SSD, everything else on the HDD.

 

[Lordicon2021]

Not sure what you mean by the SSD is too small. If you mean because it is a 2.5" drive there is a converter that can be used to allow it to connect as a 3.5" I really do not need more space than the 1TB for now if that is what you mean by too small.

yes they are the only two drives in the system at this time.

 

[USAFRet]

I meant in capacity.
120GB can be pretty slim for an actual Windows drive.

I know it seems like it should not be, but in actual practice, it is.
An SSD needs 15% or so free space to work with. That leaves a "120GB" device at about 80-85GB actual usable space.

Lots of things save to the C drive on their own.
The semi annual Windows Update will also take a big chunk of that.


I can be made to work, but you end up spending too much time in space management.

 

[Lordicon2021]

Ohh no it is a 1TB drive not 120GB lol. must be the way I wrote it out.

Seagate Barracuda 120 SSD
1TB
2.5"
ZA1000CM1003

 

[USAFRet]

Oh...

Then yes, no problem at all.
I read it as "120GB".

OS and applications on the SSD, everything else on the HDD.

 

[geofelt]

Any ssd will be 40x faster in random i/o; that is what windows does most.
It will be some 4x faster than even your 10k rpm velociraptor.

Use the ssd for everything.
Use the hdd for sequential storage and backups.

---I also thought initially that the ssd was 120gb.