Should I buy this hybrid drive alongside with an SSD or should I buy the hybrid drive alone?
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Hybrids are a blending of SSD and platter technologies that provide many of the benefits of each, so the usual choices are either 1-just the SSHD (the budget alternative) or 2-install both SSD for faster boots and loads of major apps and a standard HDD for larger data storage like videos, etc. I have installed SSHDs on both my primary notebook and desktop, and find that boots are much faster as are loads of the apps that I use all the time (Chrome and Thunderbird). Seagate maintains that the 6GB of Solid State (SS) in the SSHD is enough for most users... So unless are you wanting to spend a little more than twice as much for the second option (SSD and HDD) then Seagate's SSHD is a great compromise, J Hybrids are a blending of SSD and platter technologies that provide many of the benefits of each, so the usual choices are either 1-just the SSHD (the budget alternative) or 2-install both SSD for faster boots and loads of major apps and a standard HDD for larger data storage like videos, etc. I have installed SSHDs on both my primary notebook and desktop, and find that boots are much faster as are loads of the apps that I use all the time (Chrome and Thunderbird). Seagate maintains that the 6GB of Solid State (SS) in the SSHD is enough for most users... So unless are you wanting to spend a... » Read More Hybrids are a blending of SSD and platter technologies that provide many of the benefits of each, so the usual choices are either 1-just the SSHD (the budget alternative) or 2-install both SSD for faster boots and loads of major apps and a standard HDD for larger data storage like videos, etc. I have installed SSHDs on both my primary notebook and desktop, and find that boots are much faster as are loads of the apps that I use all the time (Chrome and Thunderbird). Seagate maintains that the 6GB of Solid State (SS) in the SSHD is enough for most users... So unless are you wanting to spend a little more than twice as much for the second option (SSD and HDD) then Seagate's SSHD is a great compromise, J « Show Less
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No reason why you shouldn't use this along side a standard SSD. I would use the SSD as the boot drive though.
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More storage is always preferred so I'd go with both drives (SSD with the OS so everything is faster and hybrid as a secondary for downloads). An SSD will usually cost more per GB than a hybrid drive but SSD is faster, quiter, more reliable, and less susceptible to damage since there's no moving parts. You can check reviews for the different drives on sites like www.cnet.com to get in-depth information including pros/cons. I have Windows 7 running on the 1GB hybrid drive and it's great!
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I bought that computer for my son, he loves it, no problems. Unfortunately I don't know what a ssd drive is, nor does he, so I can't give you any info on that.
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I recommend your SSD drive of choice be the internal drive (inside the laptop). The NexStar USB dock will support your 1TB drive as your secondary drive. You might even expand on this design in the future and pop in two 3TB drives in this dock. The read/write times are more than sufficient to accomplish a smooth flow of data, whether it be in the document creation arena to that of gaming. Remember to change the drive letter path to the external drive letter when installing software after the OS is loaded. Otherwise, your SSD drive will fill up rather quickly. Also, note that one does not run defrag sessions on a SSD, because the process will damage the drive. Just my tip of the day.
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You could use a drive like this but what's the point - since the laptop already has a hybrid SSD/HDD set up. Additionally, I found this laptop to be slow and unresponsive until I installed an SSD drive (Samsung 840). I'd recommend just going with the largest SSD you can afford because it will really allow to use the rest of the laptop to its full potential. FInally, that particular drive is too thick at 9.5mm - there are mods to take some of these drives down to the required thickness of 7mm but again, what's the point - just get an SSD if anything.
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Confusing right? They sell just the hardware and shell. You have to buy the drives. I went with WD Red series. I would recommend you buy two drives ; one to make a mirror backup of the main drive. If yuh have a lot of home videos, buy two 3 TB drives or higher. My analysis suggests that this is the best price point. It is, overall, a $500 investment. But, it's worth it for pictures, phones and computer backup.
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Internal drive is the primary use so should be ok as long as you have the right connection which I believe for this drive is SATA.
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This is a barebone PC which you have to add storage device by yourself. You can either add SSD or HDD, and the choice is your's. Hope this helps.
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The 5400rpm Best Buy's (NP700Z5B-W01UB) model HDD was a deal breaker for me. Besides Amazon's tax savings offset the price difference, so you get all 4 additional features (7200 HDD, 8G SSD, backlit keyboard, better video) for about $100 considering shipping and the current $150-$200 price difference. However the mention of the 5400rpm drive in S03 (and I'm sure S04) models made me think again. It's gotta be some difference with S01/S02 and the drive seems to be it. Another thing that one reviewer (of the S04) confirmed is that the 8G SSD is indeed proprietary tech (built into and inseparable from the HDD) and thus unavailable as a separate drive letter. I use Linux as my primary OS, so I don't care about Windows startup or IE speed. I don't think Linux would pick up the SSD at all. Which makes me go back to the stripped down Best Buy model. I'd simply swap its slow HDD with a full-size (256G+) SSD which can be had for $300 nowadays. I can live w/o the backlit keyboard and as far as the less capable video card, it's a business notebook, not a water-cooled gaming rig anyway.
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I don't understand why you would upgrade the SSD. It is blazing fast as is. If you need storage, using cloud services has worked for me. I read that upgrading these machines on your own is generally not recommended.
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That depends on the model you get. Some model editions have the hybrid with the SSD cache. For the models with the SSD, it is a hybrid and not two separate drives.
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Great question. Simple answer, performance will be about the same, so go with the lower cost with higher reliability drive. For me, the choice was easy as it was quite a bit cheaper than the 7,200 models. A year later, I still love this little drive so I don't think you will have any issues if you follow in my tracks.
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I agree with what was said already, but also want to point out that you should separate data drives from the OS drive. This is a good drive to put lots of data on, an SSD that is much smaller is ideal to put most programs and the operatingsystem on. SSD's are lightening fast and not very expensive, while this drive is fast for rotating storage, but better to minimize accesses on larger drives so they last longer, and take advantage of their massive storage capability -- evenwith an NAS setup. IMHO.
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The 120GB C: drive in this dual drive should be faster than a hybrid drive since it is an actual SSD (an thus represents the theoretical max speed that a hybrid drive will reach under near-ideal circumstances). The 1TB D: drive will perform as you would expect a traditional non-hybrid hard drive would, no faster and no slower.
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Hybrid drives are slower. 8GB of Flash, what are you going to do with that. I've tried many Seagates. Dual drive is better but pure SSD why not these days
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I don't have any experience with either of these programs, but being that it is solid state and 1Tb you should not have any storage problems. Sorry I could not be of more help.
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A hybird drive doesn't work like an SSD and the SSD portion of a hybrid is much smaller then most SSD's, hybrids are also a single drive unlike this one. Since this is a dual drive the answer to your question is both yes and no, instead let's split your question. "Is a hybrid faster then a SSD?" No!, "Is a hybrid faster then a HDD?" Yes! So the main benefit of this drive is that you get the real speed of an SSD with the storage capacity of an HDD.
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Usually the Reseller Kit costs more than a "Bare Drive" because it includes some extra items such as the "spacer" that's in this Kit. However, if they sell a ton of the Bare Drive model, then sooner or later they have to reduce the price of the Reseller Kit to get them out of the warehouse. This looks like a good buy at 149.99 since Intel SSDs usually command a premium price due to their reputation for reliability and a 5-year warranty.