[SOLVED] Will an SSHD work on my motherboard?

[Metrospectia]

Hey I'm just wondering if an SSHD will work on the motherboard I'm using. It says that the motherboard only supports 128GB or 120GB Solid State Drives and a 1TB Hard drive. I'm just wondering if they're the same or if they're compatible with the motherboard I'm using.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03382665 motherboard specs

 

[Barty1884]

That's not what it "supports", it's the options available from the factory.

An SSHD is a hybrid of an SSD and HDD (as the name would suggest) - and uses the same SATA interface of either an SSD or HDD.
So, yes, an SSHD is compatible with that system.

However, if you're already running an SSD + HDD setup, then an SSD is probably not worth it. SSHD's main benefit was in laptops, where storage space was limited & you couldn't have both the speed of an SSD and the capacity of an HDD.
If you have the ability to have a true SSD, that would be the preferred route to go.

 

[1LiquidPC]

What drive are you looking at? That's just HP's own drives. Any drive that is proper type should work, regardless of capacity in most instances. I know years back, meaning 15 or so, HP was picky and only certain brand drives would work correctly in their systems. IBM did this too. Today though, this shouldn't be the case. Just recently fixed a cheap HP laptop by installing 500GB 860 EVO ssd, works fine.

 

[Metrospectia]

That's not what it "supports", it's the options available from the factory.

An SSHD is a hybrid of an SSD and HDD (as the name would suggest) - and uses the same SATA interface of either an SSD or HDD.
So, yes, an SSHD is compatible with that system.

However, if you're already running an SSD + HDD setup, then an SSD is probably not worth it. SSHD's main benefit was in laptops, where storage space was limited & you couldn't have both the speed of an SSD and the capacity of an HDD.
If you have the ability to have a true SSD, that would be the preferred route to go.

Ok thanks