Good catch at Jayacom PJ. Yep, desktop model a bit hard to come by as most users tend to go for the pure SSDs. Anyway, if it works for you. Good for you!

I was about to walk out after 2 shops say don't have...then one last stop at Jayacom..stock got, price ok.. BUY!.. end of story..

I just bought a Kingston 250gb SSD from them. Now this SSHD comes out... Now thinking of getting a 2TB SSHD for my backup files.

Just want to ask, can the SSHD be used as a slave drive?

SSHD for backup? you're wasting your money if getting it as the SSD part wont be useful for backup.
Get some WE purple/red drive for back up.

SG's SSHD is just a hard drive with 8GB MLC NAND flash cache to speed up the performance. Hence it will be most useful as a boot/system drive as it will speed up the bootup and/or programs compared to booting up on a normal hard drive.

You could get WD Blue 1TB which runs at 7200 RPM if you want better performance. As for me I've been using my trusty 1TB and 2TB Greens to backup important data. It's a cost effective solution and it has been working out well.

Exactly!..for boot and enhanced program speed. For backup, any current type HDD will do...but if you insist on SSHD, its your choice, no-one will deny you.
For me, my previous WD Blue is now an off line backup. (still inside the PC, but not wired up, only wired up when doing backup process)
I always partition my running HDD to 2 parts, C: for OS/Programs, D: for data and misc. The old HDD will be a mirror of Drive D at backup.

This post has been edited by bsl555: Dec 18 2014, 06:11 PM

Hi sifus,
Really need your help on my problem.. not sure if this is the right thread but here goes...

I have a WD myPassport 1tb and after loaning to a friend, it was returned unreadable. whenever i plug into the comp, only can detect the presence of the harddisc but cant open or access the files. The light on the harddisc is blinking and can hear a clicking sound from the hard disk.

Is there any way of retrieving data from there? The data in there is precious.

Really hope for your help and advice sifus

Ah!.. 2014 coming to an end. GST kicks in next year, reckon IT stuff will cost more with tax. I single it out the SSHD as the best and affordable upgrade to my PC for quite sometime. Maybe time to upgrade to new i5 or AMD FX with more memory, but do I really need those, maybe not at the moment, but must think about it before GST kicks in. This SSHD will continue to be used for a long long time.
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all!

Are you hearing the normal HDD reading clicking sound or is it the read failure clicking sound that you are describing? Read-failure click is usually single-click followed by pause for 1-3 secs and repeats itself in a cycle until the HDD manages to read the particular problem sector or gets a timeout.

First thing first, download the Data Lifeguard Diagnostic SW and run a complete test on the portable HDD. You can use the results for warranty later.



Note that you may not be able to access the internal HDD by opening the box as the USD controller is integrated into the HDD's PCB. So data recovery will be limited to professional firms that the equipment and parts to extract the trapped data for you. See the following post -



As for data recovery here are some links for WD Data Recovery And Other Support



This post has been edited by mrbob: Dec 22 2014, 11:03 AM

Anyone monitoring HDD prices lately?

I wonder if prices are going up due to ringgit weakening, despite WD having a big factory here in Kelana Jaya.....

Yes they are. Indeed ironic since WD is made in this region.

Bought my 6TB WD Red mid September 2014 for RM 875. Now it's at RM 919.

Hi.. Any one can give a opinion about this product?
http://my.transcend-info.com/Products/No-365

Using this thing more for my ipad since i love to watch movie and something like that la..

Thanks

So, I'm looking at getting a new HDD for storing pictures only. So it has got to be reliable. If paying extra for the Black version for better reliability/endurance, I might seriously consider it. I just don't want something that goes wrong in the future. I own a WD Blue 1TB and a WD Green 2TB and both are working fine.

Currently looking at the WD Blue 1TB at RM174, WD Black 1TB at RM254 or the Seagate SSHD 1TB at RM279.

Also, would a SSHD be useful for storing pictures or just pointless? Talking about it as a cache drive for storage purposes.

Hello guys, I'm looking for a hard disk that could eventually install several games on it.

Currently having Plextor M5S 128GB for OS and some softwares that often be use.
WD RED 3TB for storing media files such as pictures,videos,movies and etc.

Looking for a drive to install games on it and hopefully wont be affect much performance.

I do own a WD Black 1TB before and found out the noise eventually quite annoying as compare to my WD RED( Quite quiet in my opinion.) Any alternative or WD Black is the best choice for the price to performance ratio..

Do advise

The latest WD Blue (EZEX series specifically) actually performs as quickly as the WD Black (FZEX). The Blue also doesn't run as hot and as noisy.
It's just too bad they don't come in capacities larger than 1TB (though expect this to entirely change as WD should announce new drives at CES 2015).

So there you go.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Dec 31 2014, 04:28 AM

What would you guys recommend to do to reduce HDD vibrations within the case? I've seen those anti vibration strips on FrozenCPU and am wondering if they're effective and if there's any seller here that has them.

Here are 2 links for some ideas -

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2202087/+2244#
http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8240

It's difficult to source for rubber grommets that will fit into your existing HDD cage, but you can try these from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Vibration-Rubber-Dri...s/dp/B00B2HFSY8
http://www.amazon.com/SilenX-IXA-GM4-Silen...s/dp/B001I4VI4Y

For the nicest looking result and easiest is to invest in a chassis that comes with rubber grommets that reduces HDD vibrations. You will find this in most higher-end casing. Just have to ensure a tight fit. Additional rubber feet mounting will further reduce over all PC vibration from PSU, cooling fans etc.

any hdd with 7200 rpm can do it. i installed games, application on my 500gb seagate momentus previously from my lappy & another wd green 160gb for download/junks. my ssd same like urs plainly for windows OS only.

my old wd green hdd during pentium got some noise even my case is so heavy but it will gone after awhile. max temp 40°c yet still able to use w/o any issue.

seagate or western digital good to go. toshiba 3TB the cheapest also can. since plextor also using toshiba nand. sometimes noise cause by ur casing or the fitting screw.

This post has been edited by ngkhanmein: Jan 7 2015, 02:14 PM

Will look into these options, thanks!

is toshiba laptop sshd available in Malaysia, how is it compared to seagate sshd? performance and warranty