Advice Request HDD vs SSHD vs SSD

[Quassar]

SSHD is fail hybrid technology

best way is SSD + HDD
SSD for
-system
-games
-heavy programs with big files/data like video and program to encode it

-HDD
- Bulk data, music videos etc which you run sometimes or time to time which no need fast buffor

 

[ttto]

Overall, SSD is the best option. I think it depends of what are you going to do with your computer. For example, in my PC, used by my family, I have a 1TB HDD, and Windows and all services work fine in terms of speed for common use. In my macbook pro (mid 2012), I changed the HDD, introducing a SanDisk Ultra II SSD , (480GB) and the performance improved a lot. I recommend to use a SSD for primary storage, actually, you can get one for a very good prize, and have an external drive to storage huge stuff, and make security backups (in my case I have a Samsung M3 1TB, now Maxtor, divided for files and Time Machine).

 

[Rolo]

You don't have an option for SSD only, which my laptop and wife's Surface have.

My next build may have a platter drive for backups only, depending on SSD prices; otherwise it will be SSD only.

It will be odd not hearing the whirr...

 

[larry goes to church]

With the price difference now a days its not really needed in home PCs.

If you were writing to the HD often and continuously and you had a budget factor maybe as you might see a actual performance increase but you wont see it on a desktop.