Decisions decisions.

Raggy · 19 Jan 2015 at 15:25

My internal 1 TB drive has failed after many years of sterling service. What do I replace it with? I have a 250 GB Samsung SSD as boot drive but I do need more space for games and photos. I also have a Synology with 2TB.

Do I go for another 250 GB SSD or another spinning rust drive?

Grrrrr · 20 Jan 2015 at 09:01

It sounds to me like, unless you're made of money, another spinner would be fine. If speed was important I you'd have said so. Save yourself £40

ED209 · 20 Jan 2015 at 09:05

to be honest i would go for a normal HDD.

i have the same SSD and what I do is multiplayer games and games with huge maps i install to my SSD (only 2 or 3 games) and all my single player games went to my HDD.

i was in the same situation where my HDD died so i got another evo as 500gb HDD wasn't even half full, only used about 100GB.

save the money and get a normal HDD unless speed is a requirement

Raggy · 20 Jan 2015 at 13:47

Thanks guys. I'll wait until Wednesday to see if Gibbo & co. comes up with any offers. Spinning rust is likely. 1 TB seem to be better value than 500 GB.

ED209 · 20 Jan 2015 at 14:24

Raggy said:
Thanks guys. I'll wait until Wednesday to see if Gibbo & co. comes up with any offers. Spinning rust is likely. 1 TB seem to be better value than 500 GB.

my 500GB drive was the 1 my first SSD replaced so thought i may as well use it for my games library till it killed over.

HDDs are so cheap these days

Redgie · 20 Jan 2015 at 14:33

Unfortunately it seems the decent SSD's are still roughly 10x the price as mechanical

Do you have any need for the 1TB drive? IE, are you currently using 250GB+?

Raggy · 20 Jan 2015 at 15:05

I have a NAS, so I don't really need much storage but the current 250 GB is a bit too full after installing my games. It is only £ 5.00 between 500GB and 1TB, and another £ 40.00 up for a 250 GB SSD.

SSD is tempting, I could always move it to SWIMBO's PC when she needs an upgrade later this / early next year.

Redgie · 20 Jan 2015 at 15:21

Lol @ SWIMBO

How about getting the 500GB Samsung SSD and using the migration tool to move to that from your 250, then putting that in her PC?

Something I should have asked right away, what's your budget here?

Raggy · 20 Jan 2015 at 22:49

Budget is flexible. I like your idea of swapping over...
Maybe she can get my old Windows 7 license (She is on Vista) and I pick up Windows 10..