Seagate BarraCuda vs. FireCuda SSHD for storage

[alucasa]

I'd buy a cheap one with decent warranty since it is for storage. Spindle speed doesn't matter for storage.

Firecuda and barracuda are the same. You pay more on Firecuda for longer warranty.

 

[RodoGodo19]

I'd buy a cheap one with decent warranty since it is for storage. Spindle speed doesn't matter for storage.

Firecuda and barracuda are the same. You pay more on Firecuda for longer warranty.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822179110

I have read the reviews on Newegg about the Firecuda and almost all of them are reporting that their drive died after weeks, or after 3-6 months. now I have fear.

Should I buy WD BLACK 1TB 2.5" then?.
and WD BLUE 2TB, even if it's more expensive?.
I don't want a hard drive to die with my files of my job on it.

 

[alucasa]

If your job is on it, I suggest not putting eggs in one basket.

Meaning? Draft a backup plan because all HDDs and SSDs will fail at one point. As long as you have a solid backup plan, drive failure is just a minor inconvenience.

 

[Caring1]

I have read the reviews on Newegg about the Firecuda and almost all of them are reporting that their drive died after weeks, or after 3-6 months.

People usually only write reviews to complain, not many write good reviews, so unless you see the Firecuda mentioned lots as failing on forums like this, it would be the best of the two large, slow platter drives you originally selected.
Personally I would avoid 5400RPM drives, but if I had to buy one, it would have to be a SSHD, the cache size makes little difference.

 

[P4-630]

I'd take 2 of these....
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B4QESVQ/?tag=tec06d-20

 

[RodoGodo19]

I'd take 2 of these....
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B4QESVQ/?tag=tec06d-20

the thing is that I need at least 2tb and using hard drives of 2.5 the maximum capacity is 2tb, sadly.
Of course, seagate has 3,4,5tb but the drive has 15mm and won't fit in my case.

 

[Sakvril]

the thing is that I need at least 2tb and using hard drives of 2.5 the maximum capacity is 2tb, sadly.
Of course, seagate has 3,4,5tb but the drive has 15mm and won't fit in my case.

Hi RodoGodo19.

How did it go with the purchase of Firecuda?

I am between buying Barracuda 4TB or 2 Firecuda 2TB. But I read that there is not much difference in speed.

 

[seagate_surfer]

RodoGodo 19, good question. Sorry I chimed in late. Take a look at this link and it will explain all about the different drive types. If you are planning to use it as a gaming unit, then an SSD would be great for the OS and some applications as it accesses the information much quicker. You could always hook up an extra dive for storage later on.

 

[John Naylor]

1. I assume this is a laptop.... if not use 3.5" 7200 rpm. The Seagate 2 TB SSHD is more than 50% faster in gaming than the WD Black.

2. What is the usage ? SSHDs are great for data storage. In an office, you tend to use the same files day to do day... so if I am designing say a treatment facility, I am opening the same AutoCAD file(s) day to day, I am opening the same word processing files day to day. Invariably I will get 'callbacks' to look at 2 or 3 other projects over the course of several weeks. Now all these files will be located in the SSD portion of the drive which means they load faster, The same is true for gaming, When playing say Far Cry 3, the day to day files are on the fast portion of the drive ... when you move oin to FC4, after a few loads, FC3 files get moved off and FC4 gets moved on.

3. Boot Times:

Seagate 2 TB Barracuda = 21.2 sec
Seagate 2 TB SSHD = 16.5 sec
Samsing Pro SSD = 15.6 sec

4. We typically install (1) SSD and (1) SSHD as a minimum... (2) of each is not unusual. On Budget systems, if it comes down to using just 1 storage device it's a SSHD... proverbial "no brainer" when storage budget is $85

5. Have not installed a HD in over 7 years other than for test purposes. In that time, installed dozens of SSHDs ... 0 failures to date. Over same period (3) SSDs have failed, one of those was a warranty replacement that also failed. We have had no SSD failures with the Samsung 850 Pro or newer.

6. In user testing (5 users) whereby system could boot from HD, SSD and SSHD .... boot drive was changed w/o user know;ledge each day over a 6 week period... one user thought system might have booted slower on one occasion. No one noticed any difference between SSD and SSHD. Test was repeated w/ two identical laptops... SSD + 7200 rpm HD and 7200 rpm SSHD) .... no one could tell the difference.

7. A 2 TB SSD is in the neighborhood of $300 ... for a cheap one ... one ya'd want ... $500.... the best $1000

8. My PC has twin 250 GB SSDs and twin 2 3.5" TB SSHDs. All the other boxes here one of each. Our lappies all have 7200 rpm SSHDs. The distributor who custom builds our laptops, tells me that there's "no such thing" as a 5400 rpm 2.5" SSHD unless ya want to buy out existing stock on these. As that product iis at least 6 years old, I expect the current FireCUDA 5400 rpm laptop drives are just as fast as the old 7200s due to increases ina ereal density over that time span.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Momentus-7200RPM-Hybrid-ST750LX003/dp/B00691WMJG

9. Yes, you can run tests like moving 500 GB of files and "prove" how much faster the SSD is. I do that like once every couple of years. But when i do, I use my free backup program to make a mirror of one drive to another at 3 am in the morning. When Im sleeping, I don't really care how fast it gets done. You can even run an MS office Script of 1134 actions and the SSD will win easily.... but in the real world, key strokes are needed between each action which renders the SSDs speed advantage irrelevant. Its like when I commuted tot he office i rush hour traffic, I never once said "OH crap, Im late ... I better take the Porsche" .. whether I took the Porsche or I took the SUV, when traffic is stop and go and it takes 45 minutes to go 17 miles, having a faster car doesn't help in any way. As to the HD or SSHD choice, yes... if ya stare at the screen, you can pick up the speed difference. But if you work like a normal person and push the on button on ya PC when you arrive at ya desk, who cares about boot time ? I'm reading / listening my phone messages, returning the calls, or grabbing coffee ... by the time I get dome with that, after 15 minutes, the fact that the machine was 0.9 seconds faster to boot doesn't mean a whole helluva lot.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

If you get an HD make sure it is 7200 RPM or faster, 5400 is just too slow for games, no matter how much cache it has.

This, so very this. 5400 RPM is painfully slow even if it has an 8 GB SSD as a buffer. 7200 RPM is worth the price difference.


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