SSD's are faster than a normal HDD, but on a dollar per GB basis, they are much more expensive

so i gave this one a try and its as fast as a SSD and cheaper!

more fast that a normal hdd but slower that a ssd good option between both of them

Even though its not as fast as SSD for typical storage needs (lots of games and movies

Not as fast as a pure SSD system, but quite a bit faster than it had done previously

Highly recommend if you need more space then SSD but still want fast boot times and only want to buy 1 drive.

the next best thing to ssd, if you want to speed up boot times this is the way

Other than that it works great and is a fast SSD.

Overall,I would definitely recommend the FireCuda Hybrid HDD/SSD over a Normal HDD of comparable size

The ST2000DX002 is not going to be as fast as a pure SSD drive, but it is still much quicker than a pure HDD

Its faster at loading windows than a traditional spindle drive but not quite as fast as a ssd

This drive isn't as fast as a pure SSD, but its also costs way less

faster than ordinary, cheaper than SSD

I do like the 5 year warranty and have SSD's in my machine also - this is not supposed to be a fast drive - just fast enough with enough space for some of my games, files, pictures, etc

I run a box with an SSD for my OS and a Seagate 1 TB Barracuda for files, as well as an additional SSD and traditional HD for backups

I had to downgrade since I couldn't afford a 2TB SSD ($700-$900).

Making them quite fast compared to HDD, and yet not extremely slow compared to SSD.

While not as fast as a traditional SSD, it still loads large maps in games in seconds (depending on the game, and if the maps have been cached)

I was getting pretty close to the storage limit on the 512 GB SSD that came with the computer, but I really liked the fast access speed and how smooth the games ran on it and didn't want to totally give that up by transferring everything over to the 3TB 7200RPM standard HDD.

Excellent hard drive - really fast with the built in 8 gb ssd.

Faster than a standard platter drive (due to the small SSD being used as a buffer) but not as fast as a full SSD naturally

Not as fast as pure SSD but works more effective than ready-boost and similar speed boost to system

I mean it wasn't as fast as an SSD, but it was definitely close enough and plenty good enough for the cost.

I'll keep the drive to hold a backup of that system; but in the end I went back to SSDs (just not in that crazy SSD RAID

Best alternitive you can get to expensive SSD’s

Boots a full install to desktop after Bios posts, in 21 sec vs my best SSD in 15 sec vs regular HDD in 27 sec

I/O. Not as fast as a full on SSD but faster than a traditional HDD all on its

but once it's ready, it seems as fast as the SSD and transitioning from screen to screen seems smoother somehow

However, when I pull the drive and connect it via USB to other PC, the data on the HD is OK, just the SSD is no longer working to boot the PC.

Not anywhere even close to as fast as my true SSD

Again, not as great as my SSD, and not quite as great as I was hoping

Boots up quickly like a normal ssd, definitely worth it for the price!

but I still think the SSD's are faster.

Much faster than my other two Barracudas, but not as fast as my Samsung SSD.

I would recommend an SSD, if your reason for upgrading is wanting faster transfer speeds.

This Seagate 2TB FireCuda Hybrid HDD/SSD, while not as fast as a straight SSD, still has read and write speeds well above those of standard HDD's

A SSD will knock your socks off if you're new to a

Great for a Games hard drive, Full SSD is better for operating system if you want speed

Game files are getting bigger, and SSD's aren't getting cheaper

This SSD hard drive is so much better than the regular spinning hard drives.

this is way quick than a regular hdrive i would recomend if u cant afford a ssd

Hybrid hard drives are the way to go if you can't afford a real SSD

Not as good as a true SSD, but is faster then a normal mechanical hard drive.

My SSD is much faster.

I have an older Barracudda and newer ssd hard drives and this is smack in the middle

I'm sing this for extra storage because my SSD is fast but wasnt cutting it size-wise

Overall, the FireCuda is a great alternative to an expensive SSD.

AFTER A SSD BITES THE DUST!!

great non SSD HD.

Second, based on cost versus a full Solid State Drive (SSD), this is a more viable option

I wouldn't state the performance is like going from a rotational-only to ssd but there was a noticeable speed boost

I know an SSD would be faster however this drive does all I need it to do and is still really fast and a much better price

It's not a fast as a ssd the first time you load a program

Not quite as fast as an SSD but definitely worth the price.

But anywho its faster than a tradional spindle drive, but not as fast as a SSD

I needed something faster than a standard HDD, but not as ridiculously expensive as a SSD.

I would recommend SSD for OS and a few your favorite games

Works almost as good as a ssd not a whole lot of difference.

Great HDD for the money, not as fast as SSD, but for my wife's machine, who does pretty much the same thing every day, has improved startup win10 time and overall speed.

I needed something faster than a standard HDD, but not as ridiculously expensive as a SSD.

While it is not as fast as my old SSD, it is still a great drive.

SSD is faster 10-15 seconds than this SSHD when booting

Good way to get a large drive that performs better than standard platter drives without the high cost of a pure SSD drive

Impressive hard drive almost almost felt like I had an SSD in my system

I'm using an SSD for my OS, and went a bit overkill getting a FireCuda as my storage drive, but it works well

Best alternitive you can get to expensive SSD’s

Best alternitive you can get to expensive SSD’s

This ideal for having a lot of memory with great performance at an affordable price :D