What’s Best for PC Gaming: SSD, HDD, or SSHD? I Inside Gaming with Seagate

What’s Best for PC Gaming: SSD, HDD, or SSHD? I Inside Gaming with Seagate

Hard drives, SSDs, SSHDs. With so many storage choices, picking the best one for your PC gaming setup can feel daunting. Let’s make it easy by comparing the essentials: compatibility, capacity, price, and performance.

Read more: https://www.seagate.com/solutions/gaming/picking-a-pc-game-drive/

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BarraCuda Hard Drive | https://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/hdd/barracuda/
BarraCuda SSD | https://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/ssd/barracuda-ssd/
FireCuda | https://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/ssd/firecuda-ssd/
FireCuda SSHD | https://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/hdd/firecuda/

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50 Comments

  1. Eric B on January 5, 2022 at 3:29 pm

    Seagate laid off my dad after working there 30 years … 🙁



  2. Anthony Jackson on January 5, 2022 at 3:30 pm

    seagate most unreliable drives out there



  3. Miles O on January 5, 2022 at 3:31 pm

    where to install your os

    SSD > HDD



  4. Jeff Meyers on January 5, 2022 at 3:33 pm

    ssd should really be nomenclatured as SSS Solid State Storage as a drive infers mechanical movement. A stick without any mechanical moving parts.



  5. Hurricane Gaming Simulations on January 5, 2022 at 3:34 pm

    Answer: buy seagate



  6. Kelvin Perez on January 5, 2022 at 3:35 pm

    Hello anyone, is it okay to have a 256gb m.2 ssd for my boot drive and a 1tb of m.2 ssd nvme for all of my stuff(games, softwares, multimedia)?



  7. Serafim on January 5, 2022 at 3:36 pm

    Hdds



  8. Dalle Samllhals on January 5, 2022 at 3:38 pm

    Oh well, at least the 5 year warranty worked – for me and my 2 years +14 days old 1TB 2.5 FireCuda!
    The NEW one’s been running for a year now…fingers crossed..’cause it’s a HASSLE to change 2.5s in my R4 case!



  9. ZuRq on January 5, 2022 at 3:39 pm

    Me who doesn’t know anything about pc👁👄👁



  10. Hector Ivan Ceballos Landa on January 5, 2022 at 3:40 pm

    Nice Spanish subs



  11. Luis Martinez on January 5, 2022 at 3:40 pm

    I only have a 500gb ssd, should I buy a external hard drive usb for video editing and other stuff and only have the ssd for gaming



  12. DANK and MEMES on January 5, 2022 at 3:41 pm

    will the sata 1 work with a sata 2 connector



  13. Mitch Huisman on January 5, 2022 at 3:42 pm

    Can I use something like a 128g SSD (ADATA SU800) for my boot drive and a WD blue 1tb SSD for my games ?? Someone help I’m new to this stuff



  14. FunnyWay on January 5, 2022 at 3:44 pm

    Nice video , just one question , I saw many series of seagate hdd’s ironwolf skyhawk barracuda .. , which one is best for gaming PC



  15. isaac reyes on January 5, 2022 at 3:44 pm

    this guy was so entertaining to watch



  16. Deadpools Vodka on January 5, 2022 at 3:45 pm

    this was really well done, explained brilliant, thank you so much!



  17. ronch550 on January 5, 2022 at 3:46 pm

    Oh this is part of Seagate’s excuse for quietly submarining SMR drives in their Barracuda lineup and elsewhere as well. So if every drive is tailor-made specifically for the use case, why did Seagate only recently give SMR to consumers, and quietly at that?? 😏

    I swear, even if I don’t write a lot, SMR has no place in my desktop. It’s just really bad. Imagine the drive suddenly going super slow when you’re backing up your videos, and even seemingly stopping operations as it does its housekeeping?? No, just no.



  18. Fmamarksman on January 5, 2022 at 3:47 pm

    When I built my PC, I went with an an m.2 for windows, a 2.5" SSD for Linux Mint, and a 2 TBB HDD for game storage, and files that both operating systems use. This is a nice setup, because if anything ever goes wrong with my dual boot setup and I need to wipe a drive and reinstall an operating system, I can, also, it keeps everything separate for redundancy, so if a drive ever fails I can still have a bootable computer and troubleshoot.



  19. Miles O on January 5, 2022 at 3:47 pm

    working on a all ssd ryzen 2600 build, mostly all samsung but one pny, don’t have anything against segate drives, have 6TB in HDD, but i’ve had extremely bad luck with hdd’s and have found their typically segates



  20. Aziz N on January 5, 2022 at 3:48 pm

    sshd and regular sata ssd’s are kind of useless unless you have an older mobo.



  21. Onur Ulusoy on January 5, 2022 at 3:48 pm

    Oh – man, es ist auf englisch und unter "https://www.seagate.com/de/de/products/gaming-drives/pc-gaming/". Auf deutschen Seiten von Seagate.



  22. Smokin's Channel on January 5, 2022 at 3:50 pm

    lmao rad hoses at the top!



  23. Rita Wimbleton on January 5, 2022 at 3:52 pm

    Can you use external hdd



  24. Jeanskee on January 5, 2022 at 3:52 pm

    0:10 pause



  25. gentlemen. on January 5, 2022 at 3:54 pm

    I just got a 500 GB M.2 SSD and a 1 terabyte hard drive



  26. Señor M Gaming on January 5, 2022 at 3:54 pm

    Hey I am thinking on getting a hard-drive but don’t know what is great for my gaming pc. Which would you suggest? Also how would I make it my primary storage pace and transfer all my data on that drive?



  27. Mountana Rivera on January 5, 2022 at 3:55 pm

    why the 4TB Seagate Barracuda Internal and 8TB seagate Barracuda just a 5400 RPM and not a 7200 RPM
    on the other hand the Western Digital 4TB Internal , 6TB, 8TB Black all are 7200 RPM



  28. Joe Arroyo on January 5, 2022 at 3:59 pm

    My brain hurts



  29. Amr Mustafa on January 5, 2022 at 4:01 pm

    What about the SSHD?!?!



  30. Erikcardi Cardenas on January 5, 2022 at 4:01 pm

    Is a 1tb HDD+ 1tb SSD good for gaming or should I get something with just SSD ?



  31. daddy dylan on January 5, 2022 at 4:02 pm

    if i have a TB hard drive and 120 GB ssd does that mean i have a TB and 120 gigs of storage??



  32. christopher on January 5, 2022 at 4:02 pm

    Thanks for the info, I’m still getting WD though :).



  33. Actively Anime on January 5, 2022 at 4:03 pm

    Can I just get a 2 tb ssd card?



  34. Demon86monster on January 5, 2022 at 4:03 pm

    If you have like 5 to 3 games then get a 1tb ssd
    If you play like 20+ games then get a 120/240 or even 500gb and 2 tb hhd



  35. Ari Loves Bingus on January 5, 2022 at 4:04 pm

    commenting for algorithm



  36. Marvin Espiritu on January 5, 2022 at 4:04 pm

    Is a 512 SSD With 1TB HDD enough space?



  37. Mahmoud Nimer on January 5, 2022 at 4:04 pm

    I have a Asus PRIME A320M-K Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard… which type of storage do I use?



  38. Gijin Baki on January 5, 2022 at 4:05 pm

    Way to step over the SSHD? Running cyber punk with under 1 min launch times with my 2tb seagate SSHD. 10 sec load screens.. >)



  39. Dan Otoole on January 5, 2022 at 4:10 pm

    So if I only have my OS on my m.2 do I need a full TB? I am building mine as we speak and am so confused on what actually will be stored on it



  40. TioMikeygg on January 5, 2022 at 4:12 pm

    Which is best for recording and storing gameplay? I’m currently using an Seagate HDD and it randomly skips parts of the recording.



  41. xCaskade on January 5, 2022 at 4:12 pm

    What about NVMe storage?



  42. Oli on January 5, 2022 at 4:14 pm

    can you get all three ?



  43. Brayden Schaeffer on January 5, 2022 at 4:16 pm

    am i the only one who doesnt understand..



  44. beatleme2 on January 5, 2022 at 4:16 pm

    My HD crashed and got an SSHD by accident used from ebay, I really thought I had a SSD as how fast load times are – then come to find out it’s a Hybrid of both – when i went to defrag I’m like it said SSHD – so after research here I am and what I’ve learned.
    with SSD drives only lasts 3-5 yrs and expensive, and don’t make games play faster, but only load times as fast as the SSHD does, if you play the same game it learns what you do the most, and speeds up like using SSD only …HD and SSHD can last 10 yrs plus – so buying used like I do,…or using from another computer Etc considered also, would be best than a used SSD.
    the SSHD does all the configuring for you, where to place files, configurations etc and without special software or messing with the BIOS which ive screwed up in the past..so to me I’m sold on the SSHD personally – for an All-in-one drive… for extra storage the HD is still better and cheaper as well – or using the SSD for the OS , and using the HD if you like and know how to use…but for a drop in Drive that does the work for you and not a computer wize I’d go for the SSHD aval in 500 1 t and 2 T’s, or more maybe, i dunno, for laptop tho, full SSD for low power consumption …IMHO for those on a budget and not a computer wizard – live n learn and research the cons of SSD – in fact NVMe or m.2 is the latest in SSD that plugs into the PCIe and is the future IMHO..still learning on that as well – so yeah, thanks for the vid and comments people share



  45. Neil555Drake on January 5, 2022 at 4:17 pm

    dude left out the most important factor which is longevity.



  46. EXIT_Majoran on January 5, 2022 at 4:17 pm

    how do i find what motherboard i have



  47. Kresure on January 5, 2022 at 4:23 pm

    What if i only just get a 1tb ssd and not an hdd



  48. Masxn on January 5, 2022 at 4:23 pm

    I’m confused on what I should do I currently have a ssd but want to get more storage should I get a hdd or ssd?



  49. Sheriff Woody on January 5, 2022 at 4:25 pm

    ssd plus hdd combo your welcome



  50. 月丹 on January 5, 2022 at 4:26 pm

    This is the most clear answer I have seen.