Ssd vs sshd gaming

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The white is for SSD, the orange for our SSHD, and the grey for the 7200 spinning HDD. The first one compares startup times across several popular games across a traditional spinning 7200 RPM HDD, our SSHD, and an M.2 SSD (128GB). If you're interested in seeing how SSHDs stack up against other drive types, here are a couple charts to check out: In case you are looking for one drive only, SSHDs are not the worst choice: how they work is they use a small SSD cache to intuitively place your most frequently accessed files on, so that you get some of that load-time performance benefit people love about SSD, but also still have a larger spinning disk storage space for the rest of your data so that you still get a solid amount of storage for your money. In case you are looking for the best combination of storage capacity AND performance, we would definitely recommend getting a 'smaller sized' SSD for OS and frequently used programs in combination with a regular HDD (e.g.

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We don't necessarily see this as an either/or decision. Im building a gaming pc and Im wondering should I get 2 tb sshd firecude or just get 1 4tb for a cheaper price