SSD vs HDD - Which One Should You Choose? [Gaming/Boot Time/Speed]

So what should you buy - an SSD or HDD?

The real answer here is that it depends, but on what?

Keep watching to find out the answer!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:49 Speed
1:16 Longevity
1:45 Durability
2:06 Capacity
2:56 Noise
3:27 The Final Verdict
4:36 Outro

[LickMyGlass]

Everything went downhill after the invention of the wheel.

[rajatbasak]

C Drive: SSD 1TB: for Windows, Games, Software.

D Drive: HDD 2TB: for Movies, Documents, Porn.

[leonaada]

been using my 500gb HDD for 10 yrs now since 2009 lol

[patrick.bastiaensen]

1 SSD for software, 1 HDD for date and 1HDD for backup

[iskandarawang]

"500gb is more than enough"
Excuse me?

[pbee]

I just built a brand new computer for audio recording. I went with all SSDs.... 1TB for the OS and apps, 2TB for my data and a 500GB for the audio. Pretty happy with the system so far.

[ionhunter]

My first NEW HHD was a 2.2G, cost was $139.00 and at the time, that was a very good deal.

[reftu]

Finally a voice of the reason. Yes ssd is faster period. But will it even matter if you're not a gamer? Because I honestly don't think so.
Let's be honest if you're not a type of person who needs constant fast reads or writes, i.e, gamer or video editor etc, you won't notice significant difference once the application goes to RAM. For me, the only time ssd shows any boost in speed is cold bootup and opening apps after a startup as I work with 3d apps and browsing.
Ssd is a good option to have if you're looking for a new drive, that's for sure. Just don't get swayed by those overhyped ssd lovers on internet claiming 'everything is better with ssd', because that HEAVILY depends on what you do with your computer.

[comatose]

HDD is always your storage and archive drive. The SSD is simply for spiting out data as fast as possible. Anything you want to keep forever better be on the HDD. Anything you can replace or just copy to for use is what you use the SSD for. Example: I play my game on my SSD drive but my game is fully backed up on my HDD drive.

[curiousgeorge]

On my 6 foot table are 2 hefty desktops.
Desktop #1 - Primary 480 gig SSD - C drive for boot & download speed.
Second drive (main work disk) 1TB HDD for data & picture storage PLUS 3 TB HDD backup & archive.
Includes OS formatted & all info from secondary backed up.

Desktop #2 - 500 gig SSD primary for Fast Boot & downloads. Secondary drives ( plural ! ) - USB external 4TB HDD and 8 TB HDDs.
- OS and all data, like 250K photos taken over the last 50 years, are on the "little 4" and the "big 8".
Some years back, I was quoted $900 to repair / recover a crashed disk with lots of history on it.
For that kind of $$$ I could have bought the entire 2 setups I have now with change left over.

If you think a crash won't happen to you : IT WILL !

[Pinkman.VG]

Been banging my head for the best possible helped me a lot....thank you!!

[FocusReborn]

Performance is much more important than capacity. It isn't difficult to find other ways of storing data, but performance is something that literally affects everything you do on a laptop. SSD seems to be the best overall. My next laptop will defo be SSD... HDD feels like the laptop is just one spin away from up.

[blairence]

My laptop has 1TB and hopefully I want to convert the disk drive into SSD! It looks so simple to do and in my budget at the moment. Best of both worlds :)

[lawerancelanham]

How about you store OS on one SSD, files on another...then have an HDD for...backups. that way you have quick performing file r/w while working with them.

[echo.echo]

i still have my 500gb HDD from roughly 13 years ago and it still works smoothly, but that's probably because i use it purely for permanent (or not, but that was my intention) storage--like, once I've filled it with files that's it. I copy from it but I never wrote on it again.

[taylernordenger]

I use a 100gb external HDD exclusively for emulators and it works like a champ.

[kmmm]

I use a Samsung 850 EVO 250gb as a boot drive, and 2 WD Black Hard Drives (1 TB, 1 500gb) for data and some games. Works perfect! I can see in the future having all SSD's tho. My Ryzen motherboard has 2 M.2 slots, and prices on SSD's are suppose to drop a lot next year.

Perhaps they will make them to last longer than 5 years at some point.

[patriciatiny]

Pro tip: Use a 7200rpm HDD if you want a fast computer without having to pay too much

[nigelwyeth]

Windows Longhorn aka Windows Vista had a great hard drive but with small storage space The hard drive in it lasted almost a couple of decades and still works to this day

[jeb.c.]

Hey I just want to confirm something.

What did she mean by saving DATA on the HDD?

Is that like anything else aside from the games? Or like save files, etc.


And I was wondering if you could save the game in one drive and its other data like save files in another drive.

Thanks!!