The VCR King
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When I get my new power supply I plan to buy a replacement 1TB disk to speed up my system. Should I get another HDD, an SSD, or try an SSHD?
Are SSHDs any good?
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Laquer Head
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Oh dear god no.. Once he gets the mythical PSU.. we then get 12-18 months of back and forth on SSD/HDD
The VCR King
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Thanks.
I'll go with an SSD then.
SSHDs are a waste of time in my opinion. I had one for a few months and it died, but whilst it was still working it was essentially just a 5400 RPM hard disk with an 8GB flash cache. Windows itself was cached in the 8GB flash storage which was nice, it meant Windows booted up and shut down quickly like it did on an SSD, but the rest of the system ran at 5400 RPM speeds because that was stored on the 5400 RPM HDD. That meant it was really slow and the 7200 RPM regular disk that my ThinkPad shipped with was actually faster. The only speed benefit I saw was the booting up and shut down times and that was it. So these 'SSD-like performance!' claims are rubbish.
That SSHD was the biggest waste of £80 ever. It was slow and it only lasted for about 5 or 6 months before it bit the bullet and died. A few months later I had gotten sick of it and so I spent about the same again on a Samsung 840 EVO 250GB and then not longer after that, the SSHD died. To be fair I had been used to SSDs since 2011, but this SSHD was unbearable to me and it annoyed me that actually the regular HDD the laptop shipped with was faster. I should've done my research. Never again!
That SSHD was the biggest waste of £80 ever. It was slow and it only lasted for about 5 or 6 months before it bit the bullet and died. A few months later I had gotten sick of it and so I spent about the same again on a Samsung 840 EVO 250GB and then not longer after that, the SSHD died. To be fair I had been used to SSDs since 2011, but this SSHD was unbearable to me and it annoyed me that actually the regular HDD the laptop shipped with was faster. I should've done my research. Never again!
The VCR King
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Wow, I didn't know they were so bad! I'll definitely stay away from those!SSHDs are a waste of time in my opinion. I had one for a few months and it died, but whilst it was still working it was essentially just a 5400 RPM hard disk with an 8GB flash cache. Windows itself was cached in the 8GB flash storage which was nice, it meant Windows booted up and shut down quickly like it did on an SSD, but the rest of the system ran at 5400 RPM speeds because that was stored on the 5400 RPM HDD. That meant it was really slow and the 7200 RPM regular disk that my ThinkPad shipped with was actually faster. The only speed benefit I saw was the booting up and shut down times and that was it. So these 'SSD-like performance!' claims are rubbish.
That SSHD was the biggest waste of £80 ever. It was slow and it only lasted for about 5 or 6 months before it bit the bullet and died. A few months later I had gotten sick of it and so I spent about the same again on a Samsung 840 EVO 250GB and then not longer after that, the SSHD died. To be fair I had been used to SSDs since 2011, but this SSHD was unbearable to me and it annoyed me that actually the regular HDD the laptop shipped with was faster. I should've done my research. Never again!
When they first came out most SSHDs were 3.5" and 7200 RPM so the performance was actually OK, but most of them seem to be 2.5" and only 5400 RPM now.
The VCR King
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This leads me to my next question. If I get a 1TB SSD to replace my 1TB HDD, could I simply clone my HDD to my SSD and just run it or do I need to do a total Windows reinstall and all that lovely crap?
The VCR King
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My last fresh install was about six months ago when I did some other upgrades.
The VCR King
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Yeah I am doing the PSU first, that's top priority.
And I have an honest question. What is the benefit of doing a fresh Windows install? I got my computer set up how I like it and it runs fine. I hate doing fresh installs because then I have to reinstall everything and I have to get everything back to what it was.
Geoff
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I'm guessing you install tons of programs that you find on the internet, like free video converters, PC cleaning software, etc Doing a fresh install wipes all of that out so you don't have useless programs installed and running, taking up unnecessary storage and memory.
Laquer Head
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I can nearly guarantee he is this type of user..
Geoff
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@The VCR King You should take a screenshot of your installed programs first, then we can see if it's worth it to reinstall
The VCR King
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My programs:
