difference between SSD and HDD

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nickfok

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Hey, I know this might be a stupid question, but im trying to slowly learn about pc parts and maybe build my own in the future.
Whats the difference between SSD and HDD in terms of performance? And how should i group between what to store in a SSD or HDD if im building my pc from scratch and spend most of my time gaming?
 
SSD vs HDD is like having a pornstar vs old granny. A pornstar will get you going but an old granny will put you off(hopefully you run for dear life).

Performance is unbelievable in difference. I for example only run ssds in my system. I can get onto google in less than 9 seconds and open anything i want instantly. Size is whatever you feel you will need.
 
If let's say I have an SSD and an HDD would should i store my games on the SSD or the HDD, or should only us my SSD for my OS? thanks for the reply dude, I appreciate it
 
what size ssd and hdd do you have??

and the above analogy is sick, think of it more like a pinto to a corvette.
 
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If you can fit all your games on SSD go for it, personally I have OS, BF3 and basic programs like coms, browsers, benchmark tools on SSD. Then all other games, movies / series on the HDD ;)
 
best rule is put your os and frequently used proggies on the ssd if they will fit. Everything else on hdd. I run 2x 240GB ssd's in raid 0 for 447Gb of room and I have a 1tb black hdd that has nothing on it. The ssd raid ahs 264Gb of free space left after game installs and programs. plus of course op sys.
 
It's best to use all ssds. You can tweak the OS to give more life to the ssd where as with an hdd many tweaks can not be done because the hdd uses it.
 
nickfok said:
What do you mean by giving more life?
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SSDs have a limited number of write cycles and so eventually wear out, get slower and die (usually around 5-8 years with normal use).

Turning off things like hibernation and putting certain caching functions on a HDD can help to improve the life, although tbh - that's probably more effort than it's worth.

Just get something reliable and you shouldn't have any problems for a long long time - by which time you'll probably have upgraded the drive anyway.
 
Did a bench to show you, left is my vertex 4 SSD and on right is WD 500GB green drive both on sata 3 (Gb/s)
 

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Get the biggest possible size is the best advice anyone can give you. I would try and aim for getting all ssds if possible. In some cases it's not worth it but in many it is.

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