Is it worth upgrading from a HDD to a SSHD?

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I currently have a 4tb HDD, but its getting slow and opening up files are is starting to lag (especially compared to my other ssd drives), Is it worth it to upgrade to a SSHD? Ideally I want both storage and performance and this seems like a good compromise.
 
Hi Praz,

Praz94 said:
Is it worth it to upgrade to a SSHD? Ideally I want both storage and performance and this seems like a good compromise.
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It depends on the pattern of your data access. An SSHD seeks to improve access times by caching frequently accessed data in NAND. However, as the size of the Cache is relatively small compared to the underlying HDD based storage, the caching strategy obviously has limitations. For example, an SSHD can be effective when used for storing and launching games (where one tends to access the same data repeatedly for a period of time and then move onto playing another game and repeat....). However, if you tend to access data in an irregular pattern then the SSHD will struggle to predict and cache the data you may wish to access next and hence it is unlikely that you will experience any acceleration upon HDD speeds.

SSHDs are far more effective in accelerating reads than writes.

With the price of SSDs having come down so much in the last few years I feel the appeal of SSHDs is not what it was.

Hope this helps, JR
 
Hi Praz,

I believe Andy mentions 'Optane Memory' as it can be used for caching data.

I do enjoy caching data as it can have a dramatic effect on my user experience. I use software call Primocache. This allows me to cache data at two levels RAM and SSD. RAM is of course the fastest place to cache things. Caching data in RAM can be fun, for example loading a game/reloading/restarting after you've been shot to pieces etc. can be amazingly quick. The advantage of Optane is it is the fastest persistent memory than can be used for caching. I think you can try Primocache for free for 30 days.

Regds, JR
 
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JR1 said:
Hi Praz,

I believe Andy mentions 'Optane Memory' as it can be used for caching data.

I do enjoy caching data as it can have a dramatic effect on my user experience. I use software call Primocache. This allows me to cache data at two levels RAM and SSD. RAM is of course the fastest place to cache things. Caching data in RAM can be fun, for example loading a game/reloading/restarting after you've been shot to pieces etc. can be amazingly quick. The advantage of Optane is it is the fastest persistent memory than can be used for caching. I think you can try Primocache for free for 30 days.

Regds, JR
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Oh awesome thanks for the help! I will look more into this.
 
Yeah Optane is better then a SSD, but if you want it to speed up a non boot drive, you need a z370 motherboard or better and optane only works with intel and win10.

I might be selling my 32gb optane in a few weeks if anyone is interested?
 
JR1 said:
Hi Praz,

I believe Andy mentions 'Optane Memory' as it can be used for caching data.

I do enjoy caching data as it can have a dramatic effect on my user experience. I use software call Primocache. This allows me to cache data at two levels RAM and SSD. RAM is of course the fastest place to cache things. Caching data in RAM can be fun, for example loading a game/reloading/restarting after you've been shot to pieces etc. can be amazingly quick. The advantage of Optane is it is the fastest persistent memory than can be used for caching. I think you can try Primocache for free for 30 days.

Regds, JR
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Yes caching data is what optane was designed for, not as a ssd drive as the price per gb is way too much..... optane is all about rock bottom latency and that's great for caching. You can buy faster other m.2/pcie ssd drives that are faster and cheaper for normal drive use,, like I say optane is not really designed to work as a standard drive

I use the intel optane software to speed up my games/storage drive.

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I've never had a good time with SSHDs, I've never seen a noticeable improvement over regular HDDs when I had one.
I've personally possess all SSDs, but think that a mix of SSD and HDD can work if you're resourceful in what you put where.
 
Sshd and Optane are a waste of time and money in my opinion get a 120 or 240gb ssd put windows / documents on it use the big slow drive for all your junk
 
Cooler running said:
I've never had a good time with SSHDs, I've never seen a noticeable improvement over regular HDDs when I had one.
I've personally possess all SSDs, but think that a mix of SSD and HDD can work if you're resourceful in what you put where.
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Tiny 8GB NAND cache of SSHDs is simply too small to cache much of data like games.
For boosting Windows loading time in very light use PC it would work.
But games and such simply start evicting older data very fast from it.

PrimoCache and using partition from normal cheap per GB SSD for caching is the best/most flexible solution for getting good size SSD cache.
 
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