rolf wroteYeah I think that all SATA SSD drives are "laptop sized".

256TB NVME is enough for the OS and software, IMHO. Your setup sounds nice, so another option you could consider is upgrading the 1TB HD to a 4TB spinning drive for example.
If he wants fast speeds but on a low budget for an SSD then Hybrid is an option.
I like rolf's 4TB HDD idea. The 1TB I have now is half full already. Replacing it with a larger disk makes sense. And this should be a cheaper upgrade than a SSD.
I found that using HDD for sequential storage/backup is fast and workable..for random data, ssd is a must..
So if you just save your videos/music/ etc and your hdd is not fragmented it should feel good

+ For the hybrid
duke-of-bytes wroteI found that using HDD for sequential storage/backup is fast and workable..for random data, ssd is a must..
So if you just save your videos/music/ etc and your hdd is not fragmented it should feel good

+ For the hybrid
I bet most of us here cant maintain an HDD for about a year without a massive hit on performance. Hybrids do exist for 2.5" maximum 2TB if i am not mistaken.
A cheap NVME SSD would be the Intel 660p 1TB option, 95$ on Amazon, it will cost around 120$ with ShopAndShip which is a great deal, it gives around 1.8GB/s sequential read and write speeds, very happy with it since about 3 months of usage till today
i checked again ..the biggest SSHD (hybrid ) 2.5 inch disk is 2 TB .. there is no bigger .
you can get a 4TB disk with 7200 rpm and 128 cache ..it should be good enough
duke-of-bytes wrotei checked again ..the biggest SSHD (hybrid ) 2.5 inch disk is 2 TB .. there is no bigger .
you can get a 4TB disk with 7200 rpm and 128 cache ..it should be good enough
Don't think there is an HDD 2.5" over 2Tb and 7200 rpm.
kareem_nasser wrote
duke-of-bytes wrotei checked again ..the biggest SSHD (hybrid ) 2.5 inch disk is 2 TB .. there is no bigger .
you can get a 4TB disk with 7200 rpm and 128 cache ..it should be good enough
Don't think there is an HDD 2.5" over 2Tb and 7200 rpm.

After check up you are correct .. 128 MB cache and 5400 for anything above 1 TB .. but the thickness will change from 7 mm to 15 mm above the 2 TB
duke-of-bytes wrote
kareem_nasser wrote
duke-of-bytes wrotei checked again ..the biggest SSHD (hybrid ) 2.5 inch disk is 2 TB .. there is no bigger .
you can get a 4TB disk with 7200 rpm and 128 cache ..it should be good enough
Don't think there is an HDD 2.5" over 2Tb and 7200 rpm.

After check up you are correct .. 128 MB cache and 5400 for anything above 1 TB .. but the thickness will change from 7 mm to 15 mm above the 2 TB
Yes exactly, which not a common form factor for laptop 2.5" SATA3. So best bet is either SSDs as discussed before or for a cheaper path and inbetween performance (varies though) then Hybrid SSHD.

Side note: do consider that there is a 2TB SSHD version with 128MB cache RAM cache (instead from the usual 32 or 64) aside from the 8GB NAND.
Get a modest SSD like 256 gigs and get an external HDD for your heavy files