SSD vs SATA
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Hey all,
I'm planning to buy a new desktop and while customizing it, I was given 2 choices
1) 2 TB SATA 3 GB/s 7200rpm Hard Drive
and
2) 256 GB Mobility Solid State Drive
So I was wondering for gaming purposes especially online games like MMO's which one is better?
I'm planning to buy a new desktop and while customizing it, I was given 2 choices
1) 2 TB SATA 3 GB/s 7200rpm Hard Drive
and
2) 256 GB Mobility Solid State Drive
So I was wondering for gaming purposes especially online games like MMO's which one is better?
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ssd for the boot drive
hdd for everything else
Also it looks like you're buying a prebuilt.
hdd for everything else
Also it looks like you're buying a prebuilt.
Spoiler:
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Running a game from an SSD will decrease load and save times but has a minimal impact on performance once the data is loaded and in your memory, after that it's all about your RAM, GPU & CPU.
256 GB doesn't go very far anymore but it is more than enough space to store an operating system and a few good games, just don't expect to have much room for anything else like music, videos etc. Personally I would go for the HDD if you can only choose between the two.
256 GB doesn't go very far anymore but it is more than enough space to store an operating system and a few good games, just don't expect to have much room for anything else like music, videos etc. Personally I would go for the HDD if you can only choose between the two.
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Depends what you are gonna use your pc for. If gaming I would recommend the SSD for boot drive and game that you play frequently or if is just a pc for movies and other stuff then HDD would be fine.
On another note you could always get a HDD installed after you have brought it.
On another note you could always get a HDD installed after you have brought it.
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SavageBJ wrote...
ssd for the boot drivehdd for everything else
This. Also if you have the space, put some frequently used programs on the SSD as well. No point in buying large capacity SSD's though due to price drops and improvements,
On a side note, I think SSD's are sata like most drives nowadays.
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Fruid
Lurker of Threads
Go with the 2TB SATA HD with 7200 rpm, it has both speed and space. Buying the SSD for boot times is silly, as it would only reduce boot times by a few seconds both for the OS and the accompanying software. If you're getting win8 it is even more silly since win8 already boots quickly. On the other hand, if you truly don't store anything for long term - you don't store media - and you want speed above everything else, then go for the SSD.
My personal opinion? I've already said it, get the 2TB HD. Without delving into the specifics of rpm, generally there's a directly proportional relationship between rpm and retrieving data from that disk. In other words, you're going to get a good bit of performance from that 7200 rpm hard drive.
My personal opinion? I've already said it, get the 2TB HD. Without delving into the specifics of rpm, generally there's a directly proportional relationship between rpm and retrieving data from that disk. In other words, you're going to get a good bit of performance from that 7200 rpm hard drive.
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I got a 128 GB SSD back when I built my current computer. They were more expensive back then, so my plan was to just fit the OS and maybe a few games; but I've been able to store almost all the games I'm playing at any given moment on it.
If you can't afford both, I would advise you to get the HDD, and one additional, smaller SSD, just for the OS (if you can afford it). You'll know why when your computer reboots in like 15 seconds. Another good thing about SSDs is that the performance doesn't degrade at all over time if you have it set up correctly (HDDs have minor degredation, but we're talking years here).
OT:
Is it safe to assume that, when it comes to RAID with storage devices in general, that for instance a 256 GB drive will equal the speed of 2 128 GB drives put together with RAID 0? It seems logical considering my understanding of the technology.
If you can't afford both, I would advise you to get the HDD, and one additional, smaller SSD, just for the OS (if you can afford it). You'll know why when your computer reboots in like 15 seconds. Another good thing about SSDs is that the performance doesn't degrade at all over time if you have it set up correctly (HDDs have minor degredation, but we're talking years here).
OT:
Is it safe to assume that, when it comes to RAID with storage devices in general, that for instance a 256 GB drive will equal the speed of 2 128 GB drives put together with RAID 0? It seems logical considering my understanding of the technology.
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ponyrein
I am not I as appear
Probably somewhat off topic and somewhat of a rant but;
Computers and phones are tools. Not my life. I do not know how we evolved to something that cannot drive or eat or walk or shop without the phone glued to their ears. (Again my HO) They are missing a large part of life that goes on around them.
After 6 years of working as my business and play computer. My poor little Dell 1525 finally died. (RIP Agnus Dei)
I just got a laptop with the 256 SSD. A 1 TB 7200 internal hard drive. A 1 tb 7200 usb3 external drive for backup. 12 gig ram, 17.3 in screen and HDMI output for my 26 in monitor, which is full HD. More than fast and complete enough for probably 90% of the users out there.
(Had to order it as Toshiba considers it a custom. [Toshiba Gosmio x870] So it was probably built by child labor as it came from China)
Personally I have no use for Win 8. I have a dumb phone. It does everything I need it to do. I have no need for a smart phone, tablet, touch screens or any of the other things that will work with the 8 os
I run win 7 professional 64 bit.
On those games which wont load full screen at 1600 x 900 and produce a 6x5 screen on win 7 and even smaller in the XP Mode. It takes 20 seconds to switch to 800x600 which gives me in most cases full screen
The rational in my case was heat and speed
ssd's produce virtually no heat.
and the cooling on the new laptop is more than enough to keep the 1 tb happy
I load virtually everything games videos etc on the 1 tb and put a shortcut on the desktop which is part of the os which is on the ssd
I boot up fast and can access my program just as fast
There are a few exceptions
Almost anything that has Microsoft as part of the name (Microsoft Office 2010 Ultimate, as an example) on it will not load properly unless you put it on the C drive
It is now 10 am My morning computer time is used up. I am off to work and will be back this evening. I will not be on tomorrow evening as it is Friday which is DATE NIGHT!
Everyone have a great weekend.
Computers and phones are tools. Not my life. I do not know how we evolved to something that cannot drive or eat or walk or shop without the phone glued to their ears. (Again my HO) They are missing a large part of life that goes on around them.
After 6 years of working as my business and play computer. My poor little Dell 1525 finally died. (RIP Agnus Dei)
I just got a laptop with the 256 SSD. A 1 TB 7200 internal hard drive. A 1 tb 7200 usb3 external drive for backup. 12 gig ram, 17.3 in screen and HDMI output for my 26 in monitor, which is full HD. More than fast and complete enough for probably 90% of the users out there.
(Had to order it as Toshiba considers it a custom. [Toshiba Gosmio x870] So it was probably built by child labor as it came from China)
Personally I have no use for Win 8. I have a dumb phone. It does everything I need it to do. I have no need for a smart phone, tablet, touch screens or any of the other things that will work with the 8 os
I run win 7 professional 64 bit.
On those games which wont load full screen at 1600 x 900 and produce a 6x5 screen on win 7 and even smaller in the XP Mode. It takes 20 seconds to switch to 800x600 which gives me in most cases full screen
The rational in my case was heat and speed
ssd's produce virtually no heat.
and the cooling on the new laptop is more than enough to keep the 1 tb happy
I load virtually everything games videos etc on the 1 tb and put a shortcut on the desktop which is part of the os which is on the ssd
I boot up fast and can access my program just as fast
There are a few exceptions
Almost anything that has Microsoft as part of the name (Microsoft Office 2010 Ultimate, as an example) on it will not load properly unless you put it on the C drive
It is now 10 am My morning computer time is used up. I am off to work and will be back this evening. I will not be on tomorrow evening as it is Friday which is DATE NIGHT!
Everyone have a great weekend.
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ponyrein wrote...
Probably somewhat off topic and somewhat of a rant but;The rational in my case was heat and speed
ssd's produce virtually no heat.
and the cooling on the new laptop is more than enough to keep the 1 tb happy
Yes, performance is definitely not the only reason to use SSDs. I've dropped more external HDDs than I'd like to admit. They all broke, no matter how small the impact was.
SSDs are extremely resistant to blunt force.
No moving parts
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If you can afford it I would get both, you can also get a Black^2 from Western Digital if you want the best of both worlds. It is a 1 TB HDD and a 128 GB SSD combined and will fit in most laptops. But having an SSD is definitely great for gaming, I have some of my most played games on my SSD and the boot times are drastically decreased.