I'm very new to PC building on want to start my first project, it wont be a full blown build just something thats mobile and i can use for web browsing , videos, office programs etc. I want it to run Windows 10 and i was leaning towards a Hybrid drive for my storage against a traditional HDD is there a notable difference between the two?
Hybrid Drives - Are they worth it!
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I find it beneficial for data drives.
The NAND stores all the metadata so you get all the lightning fast directory reads like an SSD.
Seems to be the case on my mac anyway!
Edit: SSD for boot/apps all day long however.
The NAND stores all the metadata so you get all the lightning fast directory reads like an SSD.
Seems to be the case on my mac anyway!
Edit: SSD for boot/apps all day long however.
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+1 Aye SSD ftw
the hybrid drives only have 8gb of ssd cache , they should work better than a std hard drive as say, a boot drive. But if you can go for a SSD, even a slow or mediocre one.. then plump for that. Laptop hdd are meant to be portable but still have a habit of failing. so an SSD has the advantage of no moving parts so much more robust
I have 2 of them, one as a general drive on my desktop 2tb used for captured video and other general stuff. basically a trash/temp drive, it improves data access times but its not a big improvement for the most part.
The other is on my xbox one as external USB attached storage, that does make a big difference, game loading times are faster, its not SSD fast but its not that much slower and as Xbox games are getting very big it was a sensible middle ground.
I think they are ok but horses for courses, i would rather have an OS on a small SSD than a large SSHD but i would take an SSHD over a normal HD anytime.
£/tb is what it comes down to and you aint getting a 2tb SSD for £85 any time soon, and if your working with 4k video or stupidly large files it does its job.
The other is on my xbox one as external USB attached storage, that does make a big difference, game loading times are faster, its not SSD fast but its not that much slower and as Xbox games are getting very big it was a sensible middle ground.
I think they are ok but horses for courses, i would rather have an OS on a small SSD than a large SSHD but i would take an SSHD over a normal HD anytime.
£/tb is what it comes down to and you aint getting a 2tb SSD for £85 any time soon, and if your working with 4k video or stupidly large files it does its job.