Shall I get SSD or HDD

Minibiker · 13 Sep 2017 at 16:27

Hi all

Gathering all my parts for a new build and I'm not sure what I should get to store all my games on..

SSD or HDD?

Obviously HDD 1tb is cheaper than a SSD, Is there any reasons why one may be Better than the other... I bought a 120GB western digital M.2 to install windows on now thinking of others to go inside the case..

Minibiker · 13 Sep 2017 at 16:48

koolpc said:
A fast HDD would suffice for storing games I would say.

I was looking at the Seagate 7200rpm 1Tb HDD's earlier, I'm tempted to purchase one...

Minibiker · 13 Sep 2017 at 17:52

JasonM said:
I don't like the consumer based Seagate drives as there failure rate appears high, there is a thread on Seagate failure rates on this forum. As it's a games drive and you can easily re-install it's far less an issue however

Any other recommendations bud

Minibiker · 13 Sep 2017 at 20:30

JasonM said:
Western Digital, used loads of the years and never known one to fail. The very best are the Black and the RE drives (both of these drives are physically built better than the lower end drives, they also have dual controllers for performance), however that's perhaps overkill for a games drive.

I had a WD in one of my older builds, Didnt know Seagate had high failure rates :eek: