+JordanYT I have had nothing but bad experiences with SSHD drives.. They seemed soo slow even though after a good portion of time of use. I had a SSHD drive in my laptop, and I was so frustrated, that I bought a Samsung Evo 850 as soon as I could, as now using that SSHD as an external drive. I could be unlucky, that maybe I only have tried bad quality SSHD's though.. I can't remember the brand/model of my SSHD
I love the WD dualdrive for laptops. You get a 120 gig ssd and a 1 tb hdd. And you can set them up as two different drives in the OS. Plus it only takes up one 2.5 inch slot. I throw them in older laptops all the time, though they have recently gone up a lot in price, I suspect it's been discontinued
I use both an ssd and mechanical drive in my laptop. simply remove the DVD drive and install a HDD caddy in its place. it's still sata 6 gigabit so no bottlenecks
in my country there is a negligible difference in price between SSHD and ssd, a 2.5 inch Sata ssd is just $5 more than a Sata SSHD so it's better to choose ssd over this gimmicky SSHD
once again Linus saves the day. I freaking love you dude you always have the exact video to explain exactly what I need to know. There's a sale on a 7200 rpm sshd on new egg right now and I was looking to upgrade anyway but wanted to know the deal before buying. Thank you for being awesome.
+Ilannguaq Kivioq can't be that hard to understand can it. My motherboard only supports Sata I and Sata II. I would like to know how well an SSD would perform on all 3 Satas
I'm still amazed how hard drive storage came in the last several years. I remember when 500GB was a lot. Then with game consoles all you needed was just a handful of MB for a memory card. Now just 1TB is what I feel is a fair amount for me at least.
@@michealadebz i suppose maybe. I got 1tb in nvme storage for games os and programs. And 4tb for for pics movies documents and music, and theyre almost full
With flash memory sizes and prices of today, do you think some hybrid drives have any real place in the 20s? They could easily include a larger chunk of flash memory with some of the chunkier HDD sizes while remaining affordable. Or is there just no point anymore with the affordability of higher capacity SSDs?
No mention of the WD Black2 (squared)? It. Can fit in quite a few laptops, and is a dual.drive with a separate SSD and HDD in the same case. Granted, more expensive than buying both separately, but you're paying for the convenience.
+Simon WoodburyForget The WD Black Squared isn't an SSHD though. It's a 120GB SSD and 1 or 2TB HDD if I remember correctly. They show up as different drives, a d you cent even see the HDD until you install Windows on the SSD and can download a tool to turn it on.
Linus, remember when you made that video about how to partition the outside and faster part of an hdd platter separately from the slower inner portion. Is it possible to do the same thing with a hybrid drive and if so how?
why are there dislikes on every video on youtube? it's ridiculous! why would you dislike a video like this? its simply an informative video! don't like tech? why click on it?
Update: After 200 series intel motherboards: best option is to pair Intel Optane with a 1 TB mechanical @7200 rpm. It is way cheaper than 1tb ssd and faster.
Hybrid controllers like the Marvell HyperDuo are quite nice too. Just stick an old 256GB SSD on it and your huge 4TB HDD will be running like hell. Well, at least that few very important folders with your favorite games. The thing I like most about this solution is, that even when removing the SSD, the data on the HDD remains untouched. That's probably a lot better than SSHDs would handle an SDD failure.
Have you guys looked at the Western Digital Black² ? it's 120gb SSD and 1tb HDD. It a pretty good compromise that has both drives in the same 2.5inch. enclosure. The storage controller makes windows think there is two partitions, one 120gb and one 1tb. You should check it out!
In my PC I have a Kingston HyperX Predator 240GB for Windows files and other main functionality programs (unity, EVGA drivers, ect.), a Seagate 2TB SSHD for regular programs like chrome, word, ect., and a Seagate 2TB SSHD for games. Pretty good setup if you ask me >_>
no mention of the western digital black2 dual drive? its a full fledged SSD and HDD in a single 2.5" form factor. i had one for awhile it was amazing. i just wish western digital had upgraded it with a 256GB ssd and 2TB BLACK edition HDD.
If anybody reading this has a laptop with a DVD drive, you can use that bay for a storage drive. So you can have an SSD as the main drive (120GB is $40 now...) and a 1TB hard drive ($50) in the optical bay using a caddy ($10-20 Amazon). But yes, if you only have 1 drive bay, an SSHD is a good option. They cost about $100. You can get 480GB SSDs for $110 now. 240GB for $60. (Microcenter)
Harddrive types, physical sizes and interfaces as fast as possible? As much as I try to research them...I haven't been able to learn the sizes in laptops and desktops (14mm, 12mm, 2.5 inch?) and actual ports (SATA, mSATA?), probably bc I don't know what to search. Sorry if I'm sounding dumb here
In my experience, most of the time drives come in one of two sizes; 2.5in for laptop HDDs and regular sAta SDDs, 3.5in for regular desktop HDDs, M.2 which are kinda both a size and a connector and the fastest SSDs tend to be PCI-e based. As for 2.5/3.5in connectors they tend to use the same regular sAta data and power cables. Hope my text isn't too confusing.
When I suggested this video maybe 1+ years ago, it made sense. Now, with the SSD prices so low and getting even cheaper, I feel these kinds of drive aren't really a necessity.
250 GB SSDs aren't that expensive now, and that's plenty of storage for my needs (and I presume many other people's). It's just about managing the space wisely, using utilities like WizTree and CCleaner to get rid of crap you don't need and not having everything installed at once that you aren't using. Also storing data in the cloud and downloading when needed (e.g. OneDrive) is a better solution. You'd have to kill me to go back to a hard drive or even a hybrid drive. HDDs may as well stop production, and the only reason computer manufacturers include 1TB HDDs instead of SSDs are because they wanna fool people into thinking more storage is better.
Thanks for all the episodes, personal small request, could you explain a bit about Fusion Drive working mechanism on Mac? For example, if one part fails, what kind of files you could retrieve? Thanks!
The WD black^2 beats an SSHD when it comes to laptop storage. 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD showing up as 2 drives in one drive bay is cool. It even doesnt automatically add files to the memory, you have the freedom to add what programs or files u want to the drives. (besides the OS that gets put on the SSD)
buy an SSD, buy a HDD, install Drive Bender or Drive Pool, make a single pool out of both, then tell the system what should go where :) Also includes duplication for backing up, and the ability to add more drives to the pool on the fly :)
There's a thought: what if the drive had an 'x' sized solid state cache rather than storage? The two could work together (firmware permitting) almost like a RAID pair. Faster speeds, larger storage, and cheaper prices wthis more solution. Then better speeds can be achieved quicker than the SSHD's learned space assignment. The solid state memory component would work almost like RAM in such a case.
Could you talk about mixing the two storage types in one machine? In such machines, could we able to specify the SWAP to be utilized via the HDD, specially for Windows machines, to save the life time of SSD from the extensive write of SWAP.
but linus you forgot duo drives, that allow you to access the ssd and hdd separately, they're still hybrids and better yet they don't limit themselves to a single 8gb nand chip like most sshd they have full 120gb+ ssd size and another 1+tb of hdd storage
I love this guy. Mr. Linus I am learning soooooooo much from you guys man I'm glad you're all here to give me great options of my interest because I was wondering about this topic a lot but I had already made up my mind to get a sshd and maybe even an ssd also in my build. Anyway ty again
Thanks for the video upload. Samsung Tab A 10.1 has a hybrid drive, and I'm planning to get one. Are hybrid drives durable, reliable in a portable, mobile device?
so if i wanted a hybrid drive to launch a particular game super fast i'd have to "train" it by running that application a few times? And it'd forget if I ran a different game a few times? Sorry ...my storage solutions trying to be "smart" and ultimately "cache-ing" certain files to the flash memory sounds fucking stupid. Hybrid drives might be good for office documents but they SOUND utterly garbage for anything else.
Yep. And they are EXPENSIVE. A decent 1TB SSHD will set you back around 80-90 bucks as of late, while you can get a 1TB HDD and a 120GB SSD for around the same price. You can "cache" the data yourself, score some extra storage, have a backup drive and killer durability, since you use the SSD for a few large files with fast reads and the HDD for smaller files which you don't read as much, and constantly write new files.
Aayy linus! I have got the best suggestion for a workshop video! What if you take a bunch of sshd drives and put them in a raid 0 array??? What will be the performence of that?
Can you do a video on why the RAM state can't be saved to the storage on shutdown and reloaded when the computer boots again? Especially if you can temporarily allocate ram as system storage.
But nothing is actually stated about how useful they are. Are they only useful for boot drives or will it load games faster if used as a data drive? This depends on the heuristics it uses to learn which files to store. Would love to see some actual data in regards to whether these things actually make any difference ever, seeing as its completely down to how good or bad the learning algorithm is. I cant find anyone who has actually sat a HDD alongside an SSHD for a month a determined whether there is any actual performance difference.
There is actually at least one hybrid drive on the market where the SSD and HDD are viewed seperately, though to use it you must install windows first on the SSD, install the drivers, and then activate the HDD, you end up with a 128GB SSD, and a 1TB HDD in a single 2.5 inch drive, i just wish they would have offered it in a 256+2TB option, because both of them filled up fast on my laptop
I recently bought a laptop that didn't have a standalone hybrid drive but rather had a 1tb mechanical (5400 rpm nonetheless) and a 16 gb caches m.2 ssd. The laptop was so slow it's like i was back in the days of AOL. opening windows explorer would take sometimes more than 2 minutes. I dropped the extra money and got a samsung 850 pro 500GB ssd and thats the best choice i ever made.
Amazing technology, truly. I had never used SSHD device, so I decided to buy one (Firecuda 2,5" 500 GB, new for 28,82 AUD). Wish me luck! PS. I am going to use it for external USB connection.
my 2tb seagate sshd gets over 200 megabytes a second. putting 2 1tb of these drives in raid 0 could give you over 400 megabytes per second which is on par for most 10x more $ SATA ssds. pcie/m.2 are the only ssds that are worth it. otherwise get a few hybrid drives in raid 0 and youl get the same speed for a 10th of the cost.
is it worth buying a 1TB SSHD for windows and games? or should i not cheap out and buy 120GB SSD for windows and some games and hybrid drive in the future when SSD is full?
Who the hell is Hybrid and why is he driving so fast?
A prius
V6 hybrid F1 :)
Good guy linus always ending the video with "speaking of"
Still to this day man
LMFAO
Hey man your PFP is familiar, who's that
How a Linus is made as slow as possible
that would be 6570+ hours length video
+Agito When a mommy Linus and a daddy Linus love each other very much...
Are you asking for a LTT porno?
+zyx precisely
+zyx he is asking for a Lttf and Lttm porn
$120 for SSHD. 1TB with 32GB Flash
For $90 you can get a 128GB SSD and 1TB 7200RPM.
I want 240GiG SSD :V
FiNiTe I still got 30GB on my ssd and 600 gb on my hdd. SSD is 128GB and HDD is 1TB
+JordanYT for $220 you can get a 1TB ssd :D
+hebbocake Did you forget the major point of an SSHD in a laptop?
+JordanYT I have had nothing but bad experiences with SSHD drives.. They seemed soo slow even though after a good portion of time of use. I had a SSHD drive in my laptop, and I was so frustrated, that I bought a Samsung Evo 850 as soon as I could, as now using that SSHD as an external drive. I could be unlucky, that maybe I only have tried bad quality SSHD's though.. I can't remember the brand/model of my SSHD
I love the WD dualdrive for laptops. You get a 120 gig ssd and a 1 tb hdd. And you can set them up as two different drives in the OS. Plus it only takes up one 2.5 inch slot. I throw them in older laptops all the time, though they have recently gone up a lot in price, I suspect it's been discontinued
I use both an ssd and mechanical drive in my laptop. simply remove the DVD drive and install a HDD caddy in its place. it's still sata 6 gigabit so no bottlenecks
+Mitchell Theobald right because the HDD is it's own bottleneck lol
That's...actually... I GOTTA GET MY LAPTOP RN! BRB!
That's...actually... I GOTTA GET MY LAPTOP RN! BRB!
Wow
@@thecocooreo Yet has faster transfer rate than SSD. Weird!
I upgraded my Ps4 with an SSHD. Way too good when loading into a match faster than anyone.
Huh. That's new. "No Views."
Speedy Gonzalez? Is that you?
it takes time for youtube to process and verify the views
@@jorionedwards + no
"all that unfinished fanart" i feel personally attacked
in my country there is a negligible difference in price between SSHD and ssd, a 2.5 inch Sata ssd is just $5 more than a Sata SSHD so it's better to choose ssd over this gimmicky SSHD
Linus shows a NewEgg screenshot instead of NCIX... I guess he burned his bridges!
VWestlife rip ncix
Ncix was closing already
VWestlife watches Linus?
once again Linus saves the day. I freaking love you dude you always have the exact video to explain exactly what I need to know. There's a sale on a 7200 rpm sshd on new egg right now and I was looking to upgrade anyway but wanted to know the deal before buying. Thank you for being awesome.
I love it when as fast as possible videos are about speed related things. The titles are just so entertaining
I'm using the WD Black^2. It's amazing. I got it for around $150 off a Newegg sale. I highly recommend because it has 128GB flash and 1TB HDD.
Can you do a comparison of an SSD on Sata I, Sata II, and Sata III
The Everyicated Gamer can you link me the video?
+Camilo Morrice Why on earth would you plug a SSD on a SATAI or II connection...?? :)
+Ilannguaq Kivioq if your motherboard does not support SataII or Sata III
Camilo Morrice You're joking, right?
+Ilannguaq Kivioq can't be that hard to understand can it. My motherboard only supports Sata I and Sata II. I would like to know how well an SSD would perform on all 3 Satas
I'm still amazed how hard drive storage came in the last several years. I remember when 500GB was a lot. Then with game consoles all you needed was just a handful of MB for a memory card. Now just 1TB is what I feel is a fair amount for me at least.
6 years later 500gb is still a lot.
@@michealadebz i suppose maybe. I got 1tb in nvme storage for games os and programs. And 4tb for for pics movies documents and music, and theyre almost full
Ah, the "Speaking of ________" segue.
Truly, a classic.
Great video. I have always loved the SSHD. It really is a great way to get great performance with larger capacity.
With flash memory sizes and prices of today, do you think some hybrid drives have any real place in the 20s? They could easily include a larger chunk of flash memory with some of the chunkier HDD sizes while remaining affordable. Or is there just no point anymore with the affordability of higher capacity SSDs?
No point anymore
Spam as fast as posible.
Did you just post the same comment? He already has a video on that.
+Bradval411 spam as fast as possible
+Ivan Cossio It's salted meat BOOM
Double tap! We are saying random crap, right?
+Ivan Cossio as fast as possible as fast as possible
Cool technology, but with SSDs being as cheap as they are now, kinds of pointless.
No mention of the WD Black2 (squared)? It. Can fit in quite a few laptops, and is a dual.drive with a separate SSD and HDD in the same case. Granted, more expensive than buying both separately, but you're paying for the convenience.
+Simon WoodburyForget The WD Black Squared isn't an SSHD though. It's a 120GB SSD and 1 or 2TB HDD if I remember correctly. They show up as different drives, a d you cent even see the HDD until you install Windows on the SSD and can download a tool to turn it on.
+SlayerOfHellWyrm just get an ssd and a seperate hdd like he said
+Joe Bob you missed the point... Some laptops don't have space for both, which is where the squared is aimed. I though I mentioned that already.
SlayerOfHellWyrm oh I forgot about laptops
Linus, remember when you made that video about how to partition the outside and faster part of an hdd platter separately from the slower inner portion. Is it possible to do the same thing with a hybrid drive and if so how?
Side note most sshds have 8gb (acutely all of them) not 32gb
Bought a 1TB NVME for a hundred bucks... SSD's are much cheaper nowadays that I don't think SSHD's are a point of use anymore
The trick to having your cake and eating it too is having two cakes
And twice the size stomach. 😆😅
I've had an SSD+SSHD combo for 3-ish years. Works like a charm
Still using the combo?
@@benjamenYTDeadTheGamer Funny you should ask. Yes I do :)
Went to look for a vid on hybrid tech quicky did not disappoint
what about the wd black2 it has both an ssd and hdd but it is not that cheap
+gimmie55 Its not SSHD it just 2 in 1
Boffifis1 i know! i never said it was but for the purpose of a sshd in a laptop it fits the purpose better
why are there dislikes on every video on youtube? it's ridiculous! why would you dislike a video like this? its simply an informative video! don't like tech? why click on it?
IDK It's the internet dude
Update: After 200 series intel motherboards: best option is to pair Intel Optane with a 1 TB mechanical @7200 rpm. It is way cheaper than 1tb ssd and faster.
Hybrid controllers like the Marvell HyperDuo are quite nice too. Just stick an old 256GB SSD on it and your huge 4TB HDD will be running like hell. Well, at least that few very important folders with your favorite games.
The thing I like most about this solution is, that even when removing the SSD, the data on the HDD remains untouched. That's probably a lot better than SSHDs would handle an SDD failure.
so this sound perfect for someone running a 1 drive system or a laptop with no expansion for storage. Not a bad compromise.
Do they always aim to use the full SSD capacity?
And if yes, wouldn't that make them wear out faster and use up more energy?
nice video they are getting better
If you have a laptop (with a cd drive) you can just get a drive "caddy".
It's a slide that can house a 2,5" drive and replaces your cd reader.
Well made video. Thanks, Techquickie!
Have you guys looked at the Western Digital Black² ? it's 120gb SSD and 1tb HDD. It a pretty good compromise that has both drives in the same 2.5inch. enclosure. The storage controller makes windows think there is two partitions, one 120gb and one 1tb. You should check it out!
In my PC I have a Kingston HyperX Predator 240GB for Windows files and other main functionality programs (unity, EVGA drivers, ect.), a Seagate 2TB SSHD for regular programs like chrome, word, ect., and a Seagate 2TB SSHD for games. Pretty good setup if you ask me >_>
You guys are doing your job simply amazing. Thumb's up to you guys.
It's too late
But I'm having 1tb sshd firecuda 5400rpm that's came with my laptop
That's the same thing your are talking about right ?
0:12 Price, performance and portability if it's about a laptop
no mention of the western digital black2 dual drive? its a full fledged SSD and HDD in a single 2.5" form factor. i had one for awhile it was amazing. i just wish western digital had upgraded it with a 256GB ssd and 2TB BLACK edition HDD.
I'm using a SSHD for my boot and regular use and a big 5tb for my game library, I do wish my hybrid drive had a bit more flash storage though
Thanks, I know this is dated, but you answered the question perfectly!
How to get a fucking gold star as fast as possible
If anybody reading this has a laptop with a DVD drive, you can use that bay for a storage drive.
So you can have an SSD as the main drive (120GB is $40 now...) and a 1TB hard drive ($50) in the optical bay using a caddy ($10-20 Amazon).
But yes, if you only have 1 drive bay, an SSHD is a good option. They cost about $100. You can get 480GB SSDs for $110 now. 240GB for $60.
(Microcenter)
Clearly articulated, concise and to the point. Well explained! 👍
Whatever happened to the WD Black squared? That drive was neat
Harddrive types, physical sizes and interfaces as fast as possible? As much as I try to research them...I haven't been able to learn the sizes in laptops and desktops (14mm, 12mm, 2.5 inch?) and actual ports (SATA, mSATA?), probably bc I don't know what to search. Sorry if I'm sounding dumb here
In my experience, most of the time drives come in one of two sizes; 2.5in for laptop HDDs and regular sAta SDDs, 3.5in for regular desktop HDDs, M.2 which are kinda both a size and a connector and the fastest SSDs tend to be PCI-e based.
As for 2.5/3.5in connectors they tend to use the same regular sAta data and power cables. Hope my text isn't too confusing.
When I suggested this video maybe 1+ years ago, it made sense. Now, with the SSD prices so low and getting even cheaper, I feel these kinds of drive aren't really a necessity.
180GB SSD and 1TB SSHD in my build, SSD for windows SSD for the rest and It holds my data when i have to re-install windows (when it breaks itself)
Dang boi. I see those gains. keep it up. proud of you.
I would like to know the difference between various types of solid-state hard drive and their architecture difference (maybe?)
rendering how it works and why it is needed as fast as possible
250 GB SSDs aren't that expensive now, and that's plenty of storage for my needs (and I presume many other people's). It's just about managing the space wisely, using utilities like WizTree and CCleaner to get rid of crap you don't need and not having everything installed at once that you aren't using. Also storing data in the cloud and downloading when needed (e.g. OneDrive) is a better solution. You'd have to kill me to go back to a hard drive or even a hybrid drive. HDDs may as well stop production, and the only reason computer manufacturers include 1TB HDDs instead of SSDs are because they wanna fool people into thinking more storage is better.
Thanks for all the episodes, personal small request, could you explain a bit about Fusion Drive working mechanism on Mac? For example, if one part fails, what kind of files you could retrieve? Thanks!
For some reason I call it Solid State Hard Disk or Solid State Hard Drive
2:06 key
Maybe you could review one/benchmark a SSHD. It would be quite interesting how the firmware handles data and what the speeds may be over time.
2:30 Plash Storage :D
The WD black^2 beats an SSHD when it comes to laptop storage. 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD showing up as 2 drives in one drive bay is cool. It even doesnt automatically add files to the memory, you have the freedom to add what programs or files u want to the drives. (besides the OS that gets put on the SSD)
Nice video, thank you for uploading
buy an SSD, buy a HDD, install Drive Bender or Drive Pool, make a single pool out of both, then tell the system what should go where :) Also includes duplication for backing up, and the ability to add more drives to the pool on the fly :)
There's a thought: what if the drive had an 'x' sized solid state cache rather than storage? The two could work together (firmware permitting) almost like a RAID pair. Faster speeds, larger storage, and cheaper prices wthis more solution. Then better speeds can be achieved quicker than the SSHD's learned space assignment. The solid state memory component would work almost like RAM in such a case.
Could you talk about mixing the two storage types in one machine? In such machines, could we able to specify the SWAP to be utilized via the HDD, specially for Windows machines, to save the life time of SSD from the extensive write of SWAP.
but linus you forgot duo drives, that allow you to access the ssd and hdd separately, they're still hybrids and better yet they don't limit themselves to a single 8gb nand chip like most sshd they have full 120gb+ ssd size and another 1+tb of hdd storage
Thank you for this video!
I want one of these now
I love this guy. Mr. Linus I am learning soooooooo much from you guys man I'm glad you're all here to give me great options of my interest because I was wondering about this topic a lot but I had already made up my mind to get a sshd and maybe even an ssd also in my build. Anyway ty again
Linus please make a side by side comparison of hdd sdd and hybrid
1:06
I want to see the source
Why is Dennis observing an open flame?
Thanks for the video upload. Samsung Tab A 10.1 has a hybrid drive, and I'm planning to get one. Are hybrid drives durable, reliable in a portable, mobile device?
I love your videos. Detailed and concise. Perfect! :)
im learning so much
so if i wanted a hybrid drive to launch a particular game super fast i'd have to "train" it by running that application a few times? And it'd forget if I ran a different game a few times? Sorry ...my storage solutions trying to be "smart" and ultimately "cache-ing" certain files to the flash memory sounds fucking stupid. Hybrid drives might be good for office documents but they SOUND utterly garbage for anything else.
Yep. And they are EXPENSIVE. A decent 1TB SSHD will set you back around 80-90 bucks as of late, while you can get a 1TB HDD and a 120GB SSD for around the same price. You can "cache" the data yourself, score some extra storage, have a backup drive and killer durability, since you use the SSD for a few large files with fast reads and the HDD for smaller files which you don't read as much, and constantly write new files.
Reminds me of ridiculous VHS/DVD combo players )))
Aayy linus!
I have got the best suggestion for a workshop video!
What if you take a bunch of sshd drives and put them in a raid 0 array???
What will be the performence of that?
Can you do a video on why the RAM state can't be saved to the storage on shutdown and reloaded when the computer boots again? Especially if you can temporarily allocate ram as system storage.
With a normal laptop you should replace your DVD drive with a HDD bay, for extra storage, and your stock drive with an SSD.
But nothing is actually stated about how useful they are. Are they only useful for boot drives or will it load games faster if used as a data drive? This depends on the heuristics it uses to learn which files to store. Would love to see some actual data in regards to whether these things actually make any difference ever, seeing as its completely down to how good or bad the learning algorithm is. I cant find anyone who has actually sat a HDD alongside an SSHD for a month a determined whether there is any actual performance difference.
There is actually at least one hybrid drive on the market where the SSD and HDD are viewed seperately, though to use it you must install windows first on the SSD, install the drivers, and then activate the HDD, you end up with a 128GB SSD, and a 1TB HDD in a single 2.5 inch drive, i just wish they would have offered it in a 256+2TB option, because both of them filled up fast on my laptop
the WD Black 2(squared)
Thank you! This sounds great for my computer build I'm working on!
there's not much difference
So since you can't manually put things on the SSD will it just always load the operating system onto the SSD portion?
Should I get the WD BLACK² for my desktop.
I recently bought a laptop that didn't have a standalone hybrid drive but rather had a 1tb mechanical (5400 rpm nonetheless) and a 16 gb caches m.2 ssd. The laptop was so slow it's like i was back in the days of AOL. opening windows explorer would take sometimes more than 2 minutes. I dropped the extra money and got a samsung 850 pro 500GB ssd and thats the best choice i ever made.
I always thought, the Flash only is for Reading / Writing *cache* and Filesystem and memory allocation
Whats behind you? Is it a shooting fabric?
Are the hybrid drives going to put the OS on the flash part by default?
How does it learn? Is the logic built into the drive? Or is the OS meant to handle that?
Amazing technology, truly. I had never used SSHD device, so I decided to buy one (Firecuda 2,5" 500 GB, new for 28,82 AUD). Wish me luck!
PS. I am going to use it for external USB connection.
my 2tb seagate sshd gets over 200 megabytes a second. putting 2 1tb of these drives in raid 0 could give you over 400 megabytes per second which is on par for most 10x more $ SATA ssds. pcie/m.2 are the only ssds that are worth it. otherwise get a few hybrid drives in raid 0 and youl get the same speed for a 10th of the cost.
What's good for video editing on a laptop? I mean do you need more ram etc? Sorry if it's a stupid question not to good with technology.
@Techquickie
With a SSHD, how does this work when you "format" a drive? Does the flash part also get wiped and it "re-learns" what should go on it?
Do a video about 2.5 inch drives vs 3.5 inch drive please 🙂
How about flash method? a.k.a. dumping flash memory into the disk?
is it worth buying a 1TB SSHD for windows and games? or should i not cheap out and buy 120GB SSD for windows and some games and hybrid drive in the future when SSD is full?
I just bought an SSHD because it was a cheap 1TB drive got my thinkpad which I got with a 320 gig hard drive at a lowered price
thank for the perfect explanation on hybrid hdd, thanks...
Seagate has a 2TB Firecuda on Amazon right now for $69.99
Nice