On 15 Jul 2023 2:30:08 CEST, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > So I have been looking at new computers and most of them come with SSD's > but they are so much smaller than my 2 TB computer that I am not sure > what is better. I read a couple of pieces on different groups but still > am not sure. SSD's are faster but them have a quarter of the room for > storage. I don't use my machine for basic stuff and am not a heavy > gamer. Any advice about this would be greatly appreciated. > > Moe
What form factor? Probably all 2.5" HDDs larger than 500GB use SMR these days (at least WD for sure). After using them for a while now (bought first one before the SMR fuss, not knowing that), there is couple of downsides: 1) The disks are still doing something. Even when not mounted, the head is moving. In some notebooks it can be pretty loud. 2) Random access can be painfully slow. I have system installed on SSD and still can feel it sometimes. -- Kryštof