Personal computing discussed
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CampinCarl wrote:What do you intend to do with a puny 1 TB hard-drive? 3 TB drives offer better value. If you need less than 1 TB, consider an SSD.Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.11 @ Amazon)
blahsaysblah wrote:If you just need a little cold storage, get 2.5" laptop drives. Less heat/noise/space.
LostCat wrote:blahsaysblah wrote:If you just need a little cold storage, get 2.5" laptop drives. Less heat/noise/space.
He said one drive so I'm guessing heat and space aren't a problem. Plus, with an SSHD heat and noise are much less of an issue.
CampinCarl wrote:All: Re: Storage for the system in general: Yes, I realize having no SSD is stupid. That's why, as stated in the OP, I'll be re-using the 500GB 850 Evo that is in my current main system.
southrncomfortjm wrote:Yeah guys, try reading a bit, jeez.
Welch wrote:That's my strategy, too. In the OP's case, his storage needs are small enough that maybe he should consider a medium-large SSD and forego the HDD completely. With 1 TB and 2 TB hard-drives costing about the same, I can't see bothering with a 1 TB drive.I'd much rather suggest getting a smaller SSD and a larger HDD.
Welch wrote:So what sort of performance are you getting out of your SHDD? Read/Writes? Not sure Random IOPS really translate into anything meaningful on an SHDD either, or does it?
I was also under the impression that a lot of the SHDD manufacturers had quit making them or were scaling back. It seems like a middle of the road but you'd get the worst of both worlds while getting a few of the bad as well, primarily reliability.
That's why I'd much rather suggest getting a smaller SSD and a larger HDD. Then again I skipped over the SHDD realm and would be curious to hear about it's merits from someone who has been using one long term.
CScottG wrote:Mass Effect: Andromeda is currently taking up 50,095,616,000 bytes on my hard-drive.That Firecuda only has 8 gig of NAND - there are even a few games today that would overwhelm that.
JustAnEngineer wrote:CScottG wrote:Mass Effect: Andromeda is currently taking up 50,095,616,000 bytes on my hard-drive.That Firecuda only has 8 gig of NAND - there are even a few games today that would overwhelm that.
CScottG wrote:It really depends then on what's on that drive and how often you'll be accessing it.
blahsaysblah wrote:You try running the DIMMS in 2+4 instead of 1+3? Your board says it can do 3200 across all four with proper DIMMS.
LostCat wrote:I thought radiators went outside the case or sommat.
just brew it! wrote:LostCat wrote:I thought radiators went outside the case or sommat.
They can (and often do), but not always.