Question Which is the better storage setup

[whiteknighter]

I can't make up my mind, should I choose
1. 250 GB SSD + 1TB HDD
or
2. 500 GB SSD and buy more storage later

I will use it to study about web development.

 

[taeioum]

It totally depends on what you're going to do with that storage. Do you want all of your data to be quickly accessible, use a larger SSD. If you only care about Windows, some programs and maybe a game or two to start quickly, go for a smaller SSD as boot drive and a larger HDD for document storage. (option 1)

You could always choose to have important data stored on both drives, so one will act as a backup for the other.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I can't make up my mind, should I choose

1. 250 GB SSD + 1TB HDD or
2. 500 GB SSD and buy more storage later

First option. 250GB is plenty for OS alone. May be consider getting larger HDD than 1TB.

 

[mdd1963]

Neither...?

Jump straight to an NVME 1 TB for only $109 with Intel's 660P....(you can add a 4 TB HGST storage drive later for $120)

If you intend to install any games such as BF1 or BF5, the 240-250 GB SSD just does not go very far any more...

(A 250 GB SSD is still plenty adequate for WIndows/Office/surfing, however!)

 

[whiteknighter]

Neither...?

Jump straight to an NVME 1 TB for only $109 with Intel's 660P....(you can add a 4 TB HGST storage drive later for $120)

If you intend to install any games such as BF1 or BF5, the 240-250 GB SSD just does not go very far any more...

(A 250 GB SSD is still plenty adequate for WIndows/Office/surfing, however!)

Well, never thought of that, is nvme worth it? I'm not really heavy gamer. My purpose is to build PC for programming (web development).

 

[USAFRet]

NVMe depends on the rest of the system, primarily the motherboard.
What is it?