NoOb Looking for input regarding a SATA 2 SSD or SATA 3 mechanical drive

[Karl Agathon]

My current option is either a 256GB SATA 2 SSD or 2TB SATA 3 standard
HDD. They would be running with a Sandy Bridge P67. if given the choice yourself, which one would you use.

 

[moriz]

i'd go with the SSD as the primary drive, since it is the faster of the two. even though the mechanical drive features a SATAIII interface, it will never even max out SATAI speeds. essentially, its SATAIII interface is nothing more than a marketing blurb.

 

[Karl Agathon]

Hi moriz, thanks for your input. Basically its a choice of one or the other. Not as hardware savvy as some here, but even I know SSDs are better then mechanical HDDs. its just that the mechanical HDD is 2TB as opossed to the SSD being 256GB. The SSD is only SATA 2. I know I can buy a cheap SATA 3 mechanical drive in the future for more storage if I had to.

 

[Meghan54]

The speed difference is so vast between the two that I'd get the SSD first and add the mech. HD later, if I had to wait due to funds/budget. The difference is that much.