Are SSHD worth it?

[R9 295X2]

Im sure someone had a special for a 1TB SSHD at £50 and i wondered if it was worth it, rather than getting 2 separate drives (SSD/HDD)?

[EndlessWaves]

Separate SSD cache drives a pretty rare these days so if you wanted that setup a hybrid drive is likely to be as good an option. They won't compare to the instant response of a full sized SSD though.

[shaithis]

They are good for laptops if you can't stretch to a large SSD.

For desktops, I'd rather pay the small extra and have an SSD+HDD.

[Spreadie]

If you have the space and the budget, SSD + HDD is a much better option. I had an SSHD fro a while and quite liked it - it will learn your preferred apps, and those that are frequently accessed are cached and open very quickly. However, infrequently used apps can take what seems like an age to run.

[Bonebreaker777]

Agree with shaithis. If you have the space + money, it's SSD & HDD.
If you have little or no space but more money, SSD.
When you have little or no space and fewer money, SSHD.
The rest is obvious

[Graywoodford]

personally i dont think so, ssd and hdd for storage personally, even in laptops you can get a dvd drive replacement caddy for a 2nd hard drive

[ik9000]

personally i dont think so, ssd and hdd for storage personally, even in laptops you can get a dvd drive replacement caddy for a 2nd hard drive

Really? A 2.5 HDD in the optical drive bay? Not heard of that before.

Plus most modern ultrabooks and 13" laptops don't even have an optical drive, or the ability to tinker with the chassis in nearly the same way.

I'd also be surpised if the optical drive was on more than Sata2 interface, so that would limit bandwidth available.

[abaxas]

Really? A 2.5 HDD in the optical drive bay? Not heard of that before.

Plus most modern ultrabooks and 13" laptops don't even have an optical drive, or the ability to tinker with the chassis in nearly the same way.

I'd also be surpised if the optical drive was on more than Sata2 interface, so that would limit bandwidth available.

Bandwidth is not the reason you use SSDs........

[ik9000]

Bandwidth is not the reason you use SSDs........

there is no point buying a high end SSD to stick it on sata2 and wonder why it doesn't give you the headline speeds.

And yes, you can tell the difference. Having to run an SSD on sata2 at work and it is noticeably slower.

[abaxas]

Dont think there is a such a thing as a high end SSD that uses SATA

Ultra low to marginally scraped off the bottom end parts.

[Bluecube]

Depends on your usage does it not? I've run (and still do in one case) SSDs on SATA2 and have been more than happy with the performance. Faster boots, apps loading pretty much instantaneously... I was about to say "What more do you want" but this is Hexus so I won't bother

[ik9000]

Ignoring PCIe all you have are SATA3 SSD topping out at circa 550MB/s read and 530MB/s write. YOu don't hit nearly that much on SATA2. Had to back up 170GB of work files recently ahead of our machines being moved by a 3rd party company to a new office (good luck seeing that again...) The speed drop when forced to use SATA2 is noticeable.

I would class the Samsung Pro drives as high end. Well higher than a cheapo kingston one anyway.