Introduction
Today I am going to illustrate what are the best Laptops with Both SSD And HDD. Solid disk drives became so popular nowadays for the very high writing and reading speeds. We already talked about SSDs in our previous articles, but today we’re going to talk about both SSD and HDD. Let’s go through our guide and you will finally get a very precise idea of what to look for when it comes to a laptop with SSD and HDD.
SSD Performance VS HDD. What are the differences?
Over the past 50 years, we go to know very well HDD drives. They were the predominant drives you could find on the market. Over time HDD drives started to feature higher storage sizes. At the same time, they started to become even smaller.
To give a brief overview of their functionality, I will just tell you that HDD consists of one or more magnetically sensitive platters, an actuator arm with a read/write head on it for each platter, and a motor to spin the platters and move the arms. This is a very technical definition that may not interest you.
What should interest you is that in the last years SSD drives started slowly to overcome HDD drives. SSD performance is very much better than HDD. One of their winning points is the fact that there are no moving parts in them. This factor increases the durability and efficiency of them.
The drawback of SSD is that the logic of reading and writing is more complex. But this does not affect the final users at all. The user will only care about the better SSD performance. This means an increase in the loading time of any application, game in comparison with HDD.
Why looking for a laptop with both SSD and HDD?
So, why do we still care about HDD drives? Well, the answer is purely economical. Better performance comes with higher prices. So if you want to have an SSD with high storage size, you may be ready to pay more than an HDD drive with the same storage size.
In the end, if your concern is not about money, then you may need to have both of these disk types on your laptop. You will then use SSD to store files that need to be accessed more often, thus you need to read them in a fast way. On the other hand, you may use the HDD higher storage size for storing huge files that you don’t need anyway so often. For this reason, we came up with this guide of laptops that have HDD and SDD drives together.
Best Laptops with both SSD and HDD
Here we are, in the following list you will find the result of our research. We reviewed for you the best laptops with both SSD and HDD drives. You may find the right one for you, according to your budget. We will, in fact, list laptops with solid-state drives of various sizes that fall in all the possible price ranges. You will find cheap laptops with SSD drives and also more expensive ones.
Our Pick
Lenovo Legion Y545 15.6"
$1,189.00
Brand: Lenovo
Name: Lenovo Legion Y545 15.6"
CPU Brand: Intel Hexa-Core i7-9750H
Storage: 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD
Disk Type: SSD + HDD
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6
Display: 15.6"
Screen Resolution: Full HD
An excellent laptop with SSD and HDD drives is Lenovo Legion Y545 that is not less than a beast and doesn’t need any appreciation. Lenovo Legion is super well-known in the gamers community.
The Full HD display grants picture clarity and a super fast and smooth flow of images. With the 9th Gen Intel Hexa-Core i7-9750H Up to 4.5GHz, you can as well boost your CPU and GPU and add even more quality to the framerates. The weight of the laptop is about 5.1 lbs, which makes it also quite light and not difficult to transport everywhere.
The model comes with Windows 10 installed and the storage available of 512GB SSD and an additional 1TB of HDD.
Connectivity
Right side:
- storage card reader (SD)
- USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Type-A)
Left side:
- USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Type-A)
- audio combo
Back:
- slot for a cable lock
- Gigabit Ethernet
- USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Type-C, DisplayPort)
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Type-A)
- HDMI 2.0, power
Lenovo Legion is considered by many, one of the best gaming laptops. Its price is really good if compared to all the features that it has. For us, it’s the best laptop with SSD and HDD on our list.
Pros
- RAM very fast and precise.
- Super price / quality ratio.
- Powerful graphics.
- Portability.
Cons
- No Thunderbolt 3 port.
MSI - GP62MVR Leopard Pro-1264
$1,342.49
Brand: MSI
Name: MSI - GP62MVR Leopard Pro-1264
CPU Brand: Intel Core i7 i7-7700HQ Quad-core
Storage: 1TB HDD 256 GB SSD
Disk Type: HDD + SSD
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Display: 15.6 Inches
Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Pixels
Another amazing laptop with both SSD and HDD is this MSI model. An interesting name for this laptop that as the name suggests is as fast as a feline 😉 An elegant design and a fascinating build will grant a very long lifetime of the hardware.
MSI is a well-known brand in the gaming laptops industry and this model is already been suggested as the best laptop for many games. For us, it’s the second-best laptop with HDD and SSDD.
Hardware
The processor is an Intel i7-7700HQ with a speed of 2.8 GHz. All this, plus the amazing GPU makes it very performing and fast in running the most common software.
Display
The display will offer amazing picture clarity. The model is VR ready and can be used for playing VR games as well.
All the other hardware features are going to cover the minimum requirements and exceeding even the recommended ones.
Pros
- Elegant design
- Amazing pictures quality
- Super-fast processor
- High refresh rate of the display
Cons
- No major cons.
Budget Laptop
Dell - Dell Inspiron 3593
$534.00
Brand: Dell
Name: Dell - Dell Inspiron 3593
CPU Brand: Intel Core i5-1035G1
Storage: 256 GB
Disk Type: Serial ATA
Graphics Card: Intel® UHD Graphics
Display: 15.6 Inches
Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1080
With the Dell Inspiron 15 we’re going to cover the minimum requirements for running the Microsoft Office suite and other lightweight software. With this model, we go down in price, but we still have a compatible laptop for our daily job.
The price tag is what will make this laptop earning the badge of “budget laptop with both HDD and SSD“. In the end, Dell Inspiron is a good choice for people who are looking for a cheap yet powerful laptop.
Pros
- Good ratio quality/price
- Great design
- More than enough storage
- Fast response time
Cons
- Poor battery.
Conclusions
With this guide, I hope we helped you in selecting which one is the best Laptop with both HDD and SSD. Give this list you can narrow down to the model that most fit your needs in terms of what you may look for and, of course, your budget. If you are looking for a laptop that will no have any problems in running your daily tasks, you can just decide on one of those we showed to you. Having said that, have fun with your new laptop!
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