Drive for games + general storage

Looking at components for a complete new build. Probably going with a 120GB SSD for the OS drive but unsure what's the best drive to be looking at for games and general storage? I'm looking at around 2TB.

Hi

I would go for one of these as your OS drive:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £87.98
1 x Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT120M500SSD1) £59.99
Total : £157.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).



And for your game drive I would go for this because it will load your games up faster:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £89.99
Total : £98.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).



How ever, if you did select the 240gb SSD then i would look to go for a 1TB SSHD:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £59.99
Total : £68.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

Thank you, that's a great help

While 120GB is good for OS and some core programs, if you went with the 240GB drive you could use steam mover to put your top 5 games on the SSD, which makes a massive difference in games like BF where spawning early can get you choppers etc. Also gives you room to expand in the future and reduces the hassle of micro managing where you install applications to to save SSD space. Once you go SSD, you'll never go back!

These would be my choices.

Samsung in my opinion make the best SSDs on the market and currently I wouldn't buy from anyone else.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Desktop Kit - (MZ-7TE250KW) £149.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
Total : £227.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I would also go with Western Digital for your mechanical drive they have better reliability than Seagate. The black drives listed below come with a 5 year warranty and are super fast too.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2003FZEX) HDD £109.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1003FZEX) HDD £69.98
Total : £189.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Depends what your budget is?

The new MX100 drives look like brilliant value for money.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-037-CR&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat=2393

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2014/06/02/crucial-mx100-512gb-review/1

Well budget is a little open ended as I don't mind saving. I know SSDs are quick, my current build has one as the OS drive but it would be nice with the new build to have everything on an SSD however games seem to get bigger and bigger so working out what size I could get away with without breaking the bank is a bit of an issue. Just Titanfall and Wolfenstein alone take 50GB each so even moving a few games to a smaller SSD will soon gobble it up.

that new mx has got me thinking 512 gb for 160 quid is a great deal. that and a 1 tb caviar black is ideal.

so id go with a 250gb and a 1tb caviar black or a 512 mx and the black 1tb.

games are getting silly big as you say i have titanfall and bf4 with expansions that's 90gb before you start