SSD Or SSD and HDD?

[Craig Prince]

Hello I have been thinking about building a really good gaming pc and I wondered If it would be be better to go with a 256gb SSD for the os and a few games and a 3tb HDD for pictures and software or a 1tb SSD for just everything?

 

[iPwn]

SSD + HDD

You're going to pay a ton of money for a 1TB SSD at current market price. The problem with that is you're throwing money away. SSD's don't have a reputably long life span, so you may even lose all your data. When comparing performance between an SSD and a HDD, pictures and songs don't necessarily suffer when accessed from a spinning disk.

The whole point is to have the performance boost of the SSD. So, get a 256GB SSD and run OS+Programs from there to get your performance boost and house all the pertinent "I would like to keep this ish for some time" data on the spinning disk.

 

[Craig Prince]

Thanks, Though I have another question. Is the Samsung 840 Evo series or the Samsung 840 Pro series a better choice for a 256gb SSD?

 

[iPwn]

The pro is the higher end model.

 

[Smart_Guy]

For further reading, I made a reply for a similar thread before. Here it is:
http://www.computerforums.org/forums/12141164-post9.html