SSD or SSHD

[B2Blain]

I currently have a 500 GB SSD. I am running out of space. It's mainly a gaming rig. I have the OS, DCS, and Falcon BMS.

 

I was thinking about upgrading to a 1 TB SSD drive, but noticed the Firecuda drives were a lot less. It's a hybrid SSD drive.

 

I was thinking about upgrading the Firecuda? Or should I go with a 1 TB SSD? Would it make sense to keep the OS on the current HD and put DCS on a new drive?

 

Any recommendations?

 

Thanks,

Blain

[mxpower76]

Sounds like the Firecuda would be a good bulk storage drive for like pictures, music, download files ect. Don't think I would use it to run games. Just buy another SSD and move the games over. 500gb is good for the OS.

[BitMaster]

Yes, better get a new 2nd SSD, 500GB or bigger and just move your games over to that drive.

 

If you plan to move all your games, a 1TB aint a bad idea over a 500GB drive, you want some spare space for future modules and maps.

 

I would not, actually never again, buy a Hybrid drive. Just a personal experience with 2 of them a while back. They may got better and more reliable, the thing that remains is that the SSD part is rewritten every so often that it likely wears out a lot sooner than you expect.

Just my 2 cents regarding SSHD drives.

[B2Blain]

Thanks!

 

Should DCS be on the same drive/partition as the OS? I had it on a different partition and load times were very slow.

[Secoda]

It depends on your MB but I just picked up an Inland 1 TB M.2 NVMe drive on sale for $99 USD. I was coming from a 1 TB Samsung EVO 860 SSD and the M.2 NVMe is a LOT faster (read speed is about 6X faster Read Speed 3,100 MBps - one can get even faster ones (up to 5,000 MBps) but they are more expensive) than the SSD. Windows boots in less than 10 seconds. Yes Windows and DCS are both on that new drive. The SSD is now used for data like videos, pictures, other games where speed doesn't matter, etc..

Edited August 13, 2019 by Secoda

[BitMaster]

Thanks!

 

Should DCS be on the same drive/partition as the OS? I had it on a different partition and load times were very slow.

 

as long as both drives are SSD based it wont matter. Tho it cannot harm to have them splitt if you have 2 SSDs.

[SkateZilla]

Stay away from Hybrid Drives,

 

Keep your Solid State and Traditional Drives Separate.

[Demon_]

Yep, stay away of bizarre things that peoples can build :D

[etherbattx]

6x faster reads sounds great.

 

does dcs loads 6x faster as well?

 

i’d love to have my load times below 10 seconds

[SkateZilla]

Yep, stay away of bizarre things that peoples can build :D

 

as a normal windows user that doesnt push parts, then SSHDs are fine.

 

SSHDs tend to fail quicker, and if the traditional platters fail, the drive dies, taking the data on the memory chips with it, and vise versa.

[B2Blain]

Any opinions with regard to an NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD? I have a Gigabyte GA-Z170X Gaming 3. I guess there are impacts with regard to resources, but the only other peripherals that I have is a GTX 1060 and 500 GB SATA drive, which I will likely use for basic storage once I upgrade.

 

 

Thanks!

[BitMaster]

NVMe works fine with Z170 as a single drive.

 

Just if you add two of them you need to deactivate Sata 5 + 6, same with Z270/Z370/Z390 chipsets, no difference.

 

Z97 ( 4th gen 4790k era ) those only had 2 PCIe lanes, so only have the speed, just FYI.

[hansangb]

Any opinions with regard to an NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD? I have a Gigabyte GA-Z170X Gaming 3. I guess there are impacts with regard to resources, but the only other peripherals that I have is a GTX 1060 and 500 GB SATA drive, which I will likely use for basic storage once I upgrade.

 

 

Thanks!

 

And in terms of speed for DCS, there is no user palpable difference between SSD and NVMe.

[B2Blain]

And in terms of speed for DCS, there is no user palpable difference between SSD and NVMe.

 

 

While flying? Or do you mean load times?

 

I can get a good NVMe for around $140. A SATA SSD is around $100. It would be nice to save some money.

Edited August 28, 2019 by B2Blain

[BitMaster]

Both have excellent load times, there is like hansang says, no real palpable difference.

[Drac]

Anybody have any history with this drive? Would this be equivalent to the Samsung EVO xxx? I am looking at getting an internal SSD drive.

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073SBQMCX?ref=em_1p_0_ti&ref_=pe_2313360_430484370

[Backy 51]

Not a fan of hybrid drives at all … experienced high failure rates and cloning issues with them.

[Ramstein]

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