Which Hybrid for PS4?

SuperSaiyan4 · 12 Nov 2013 at 12:38

Hi all,

Am a bit confused on why these two are very different in price even though the 7,200rpm is cheaper (when it was in stock) but the more expensive one says it has 8gb nand mlc flash?

Cheaper and faster: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-292-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1894

More expensive and slower:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-283-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1894

If anyone can please advise if there is a better alternative? Am on a budget to be honest but ideally want a 1TB but best performance as this is going in a PlayStation 4.

SuperSaiyan4 · 13 Nov 2013 at 11:13

Smit said:
No idea about what type of drives the PS4 supports but you have appeared to have linked to one 2.5" drive and one 3.5" drive.

Ah I didn't even notice that, thanks for the heads up. The PS4 takes a laptop hard drive and ideally after a 7200rpm.

SuperSaiyan4 · 13 Nov 2013 at 11:14

zoomee said:
The 7200RPM SSHD's are no longer manufactured by seagate I believe.
All new SSHD's are 5400RPM.

Look in the Official PS4 thread and we've got some recommendations bud

Seagate Momentus XT 1Tb
Toshiba 1Tb SSHD (can't remember the model number off hand but it ends with a 'H' - denoting hybrid) - roughly same specs as the seagate - ever so slightly cheaper.

Oh ok cool, am ideally after a 7200rpm, any ideas why companies don't make them and are stopping? Makes no sense to only make slower hard drives :-(

SuperSaiyan4 · 14 Nov 2013 at 12:32

Still no joy even in the PS4 section.

Am still stuck on what to really get however it seems the best one has been out of stock for ages: Seagate Momentus XT 750GB

Seems like theres no other 750gb/1TB hybrid 7200rpm for cheap, or is it worth just sticking to a 5400rpm? Im certain that its still faster than the standard 500gb hard drive in the PS4 by going to a hybrid.

Just would like some feedback on what others are using as want the best performance for around £70 or less ideally.

SuperSaiyan4 · 16 Nov 2013 at 10:16

zoomee said:
The 5400 SSHD's are still going to give better performance than just a standard 7200 2.5" HDD.

Stick with the Seagate Momentus 1Gb SSHD tbh - can't go wrong for the price.

EDIT: Anyone seen any benchies yet regarding PS4 and SSD performance?

Here:

http://uk.ign.com/wikis/playstation-4/PlayStation_4_Hard_Drive_Speed_Test_Comparison

However they didn't re-run the tests as from what I've found out is that you need to keep running the same stuff in order for the 8gb SSD part in the Hybrid to cache then go into programs and files faster when you keep using it.

Really don't have the money to spend £100 on a Hybrid :-(

but looks like I guess I am gonna have to just stick with the regular console and save up for a new hard drive.

SuperSaiyan4 · 16 Nov 2013 at 20:07

zoomee said:
can pickup the Seagate 1TB SSHD for £78 these days mate

I've personally got a Seagate 750Gb Momentus XT (7200rpm) SSHD sat here waiting for my PS4

Pixmania have it on offer for £78 but everywhere else its £100.

Im on a budget so kinda tempted to get the 7200rpm that you currently have from ebay for around £60 or thereabouts a refurb but its from the states :-/

Will have to see what my funds are like next week as would really like to have the 7200rpm.

SuperSaiyan4 · 20 Nov 2013 at 09:31

kmetek said:
which model of seagate are you talking about? this?

http://www.seagate.com/internal-har...state-hybrid-drive/#tTabContentSpecifications

?

ST1000LM014 7mm ?

That's the 5400rpm 1tb drive.

Having seen the recent info on how big each launch title is on the PS4 it looks like it may be a better idea getting the 1tb linked above rather than sourcing the older 750gb 7200rpm hybrid :-/

SuperSaiyan4 · 24 Nov 2013 at 10:49

I think I might just settle on the Seagate Momentus XT 7200rpm 750gb hybrid from the bay but I will just have to manage my hard drive space over the years until SSD's become inline with current hard drive pricing for space.