First product:
- 3.5 "HDD (about 1/3 thinner than classic Western Digital HDDs)
- 1 TB HDD storage with 64 MB cache
- 8 GB SSD cache, attempting to use an intelligent algorithm to keep the most frequently accessed data in 8GB SSD cache
The advantage here, especially as a Windows system disk or eg. For program start or as streaming storage for Steam, Origin, etc. can be used in certain scenarios achieve a decent performance boost. However, in pure random access you have, no advantage to a normal HDD. Also less lends itself in this technology to to use them for many different things (ie, for example. Both streaming plate and System, since they then repeatedly changes the priorities of the cache between the operating system and streaming and so much burden on the SSD cache ). My usage is as system and application drive. Here, the operating system boot is significantly accelerated from about the 5th start. He has not yet done much on the level of an SSD, but at a non-cluttered Windows 8.1 in about 25 seconds. As a pure streaming plate would so after a couple of times playing the game then teilgecached frequently used, so then there is a strong read performance boost would be observed. So, there are quite a few areas in which this type of medium is worthwhile. However, it should be noted that there are both writing and reading at random little advantage by SSHD as compared to a normal HDD.
Now we come to the topic volume and temperature. In terms of volume the SSHD makes a very good impression in the Cooler Master Elite 361 case. From her nothing can be heard on the sofa. That's the way it has to be. However, the temperature is another matter. Here Seagate will not come out. The plate is quite warm (above 40 ° C!) In normal operation, which under normal Western Digital drives is the case for example. Seltenst. Therefore, quite a little air movement in the case advised to avoid heat accumulation.
In conclusion I can say that the sshd are a good idea - especially when compared to the classical HDDs. For a minimal charge, or partially the same price you get a decent hard disk with fast 8GB SSD cache delivered which already brings significant speed gains as a system disk by about 5 system startup. It is extremely powerful and has a good performance. For heat production, I prefer from a star.
