SSHD are they reliable? should i get one?

[starkyller]

Hi my old 320Gb hitachi is dying and i don't have a lot of money, so should i get an hard drive and maybe later and ssd? or could i save a lot of money and buy a 1Tb seagate sshd?
(ps: I'm still in school and my allowance is 10 € per month and i need a lot of space)

To give you some info of Portuguese prices an Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB cost's 81€ a Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB cost's 77,45€ and a Seagate sshd 1tb cost's 81,15€

[peterb]

If you are on a budget and need a lot of space, stay with a mechanical drive. SSD's are good, but the cost per byte is higher - the big advantage for a desktop machine is the speed of booting - for a laptop they are more rugged. If neither of those are important to you, then they are an expensive luxury. IMHO of course!

[starkyller]

The Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB and the Seagate SSHD are both mechanical drives, the seagate as 8GB Flash, should i spend more 4€ on it or go with the WD black? it's for a desktop

[directhex]

Seagate SSHD should be perfectly reliable. WD Black² i'd be scared of.

[starkyller]

ok

[cam1986]

Having had an SSD now for several months i def wouldnt go back to a mechanical HD.

[badsyntax]

I bought a 500GB Seagate SSHD to pair with a SSD. The only issue I had with it was that it beeped. If the drive idled, which was fairly often as it was only storage, then it would beep when it came back to life.

SeaTools passed it in all tests and it now runs fine as the sole drive in a different system with no beeping ever. An alternative drive went into the original box and no problems ever.

I did find it faster than a regular 5400rpm (which it is without the flash) but I'm not sure how much better than a newer 7200rpm it is. Even with a few weeks of training time it didn't compare to an actual SSD either.

[Bonebreaker777]

A SSHD would be the closest to a SSD without actually owning one.
Numerous test proved that a SSHD does provide marginal benefits over a HDD while the price difference can't outweigh the benefits. Can't link any tests now (on the phone).

A recent test comparing a PS4 with HDD, a SSHD and a SSD showed that you will gain the best price-performance ratio with a SSHD.

Judging by the entry post I assume your only HDD currently is that 320GB (I.e.: carries the OS as well)you will gain the most and save the most with a SSHD. Especially if the difference is under €5.

Edit: out of curiosity, how do SSHDs compare in RAID against classic HDDs?

[HalloweenJack]

crucial M4 256GB SSD (boot drive) here - I would never EVER go back to a mechanical drive for day to day opertaions - I have a 1TB storage drive . but SSD is simply so much faster I would cry for a mechanical HDD ow for booting.

[Spreadie]

If you were moving from an SSD to an SSHD you would notice a drop in system responsiveness - not so much in boot time, but opening programs and files that have not been indexed by the NAND cache will seem a little slower; compared to an SSD.

However, going from a HDD to a SSHD will improve your day to day performance - shorter boot time and faster opening of regular apps, once they've been cached.

It's a worthwhile investment and the prices are much easier to swallow, given the higher relative capacities on offer.

[starkyller]

Judging by the entry post I assume your only HDD currently is that 320GB

Yes it is. thank you everybody I would had changed the prefix to solved but I've no idea how to change it

[Bonebreaker777]

Edit> Advanced> Should be there somewhere ;-)

[starkyller]

Edit> Advanced> Should be there somewhere ;-)

Thank you