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Well, I guess I just don't agree with that. A hard drive is not "better" for games. Except for price per gigabyte a hard drive offers absolutely no advantage over an SSD.but as the OP directs, its better to get SSD for OS + everyday apps and documents, and HDD for games
Hard drives are mechanical devices. Therefore they are subject to wear and tear due to mechanical friction.
Hard drives are physically larger and heavier.
Hard drives consume more energy.
Hard drives generate more heat.
Hard drives are subject to damage easier due to abuse by kicks, knocks and drops.
Then of course, the slowest SSD can run circles around the fastest HD.
Hard drives are physically larger and heavier.
Hard drives consume more energy.
Hard drives generate more heat.
Hard drives are subject to damage easier due to abuse by kicks, knocks and drops.
Then of course, the slowest SSD can run circles around the fastest HD.
There is no advantage to putting a game on a SSD - except for cost per gigabyte of storage space.
I see no reason to spend many $100s on a state-of-the-art CPU, many $100s on a modern graphics solution and another big chunk of change on RAM only to bottleneck them with a slow, legacy technology, hard drive.
I'm a strong proponent of quality cases as the foundation for a good computer. But I would rather cut corners with a cheap, budget case and get a SSD then get a hard drive for programs.
Static files (like tunes and videos, and backup images) okay. But not program files.
What???There no benefits in load times on SSD or its not entirely worthwhile?