Hybrid Hard Drives?

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garks

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Hey guys, i just wanted your take on the proclaimed benefits and drawbacks of the hybrid hard drives. I am currently looking at buying a laptop that initially comes with a 160gb hybrid hard drive - however im not to familar with this piece of device. I can add 30$ for a regular 120gb sata hard drive. Personally, i don't care for the loss of 40gb i care more about performance and reliability. Also has anyone incurred any problems with these? Like i said the 30$ isn't really a matter nor the 40gb.

Thanks in advance :)
 
In theory, hybrid hard drives should improve both performance and reliability. In practice, however, I've read that they don't really make much of a difference. With completely solid-state laptop drives on the near horizon, I don't think any of the HD manufacturers have put in the time to really optimize the hybrid models.
 
lol well , i briefly skimmed through the Tom's hardware article and a lot of it seemed really technical.

i just want an answer from you guys - under my given situation - would you just stick with the 160gb or change to the 120gb? Is it even a big deal? I noticed also that in the Tom's article they seem to give no cons about the h-hdd except that they wouldn't pay the premium, however in my situation it comes with it otherwise it performs the same with slightly better load up etc.
 
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