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Which storage option did you go for?

Which storage option did you go for?

  • 1TB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm

    Votes: 18 13.4%

  • 3TB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm

    Votes: 5 3.7%

  • 1TB Fusion Drive

    Votes: 62 46.3%

  • 3TB Fusion Drive

    Votes: 34 25.4%

  • 768GB Flash Storage

    Votes: 15 11.2%
  • Total voters
    134
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Yougotcarved

macrumors regular
Original poster
Dec 13, 2012
108
0
Hey all so seen a lot of threads with debate and discussion about HDD, Fusion and SSD, just wanted to see a numerical result of who went for which option!!

Personally, I've just ordered a 27" iMac with the 768GB SSD, but considering changing to a 1TB Fusion drive for the $$ savings...
 
xgman

xgman

macrumors 603
Aug 6, 2007
5,672
1,378
First I went for Fusion 1TB with the idea I would boot faster from an ssd on TB. Then I realized that even the Fusion was faster than a TYB SSD because of the TB controller on the external TB drive holder which slowed things down some. So I am returning the Fusion version and going with the 768 even though a huge expense, and use the TB's as storage and TM drives etc.
 
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Yougotcarved

macrumors regular
Original poster
Dec 13, 2012
108
0
xgman said:
First I went for Fusion 1TB with the idea I would boot faster from an ssd on TB. Then I realized that even the Fusion was faster than a TYB SSD because of the TB controller on the external TB drive holder which slowed things down some. So I am returning the Fusion version and going with the 768 even though a huge expense, and use the TB's as storage and TM drives etc.
Click to expand...

How did you justify the expense to yourself? Trying to do so for myself :p
 
S

sergiobaschi

macrumors regular
Nov 30, 2012
199
6
Gothenburg, Sweden
I took the 1 TB Fusion Drive. Should suit me well, and honestly, I would never spend the $$$ for the pure ssd. I have, hm, five external HDDs (4+2+1+1+1 TB), the three first are USB 3. The 4 and the 2 are always connected to my htpc (an Asrock, i3/8GB/500 GB HDD/Win 7 Pro), and I plan using that one as media server for movies and music (depending on signal strength -> wifi-speed).
 
bembol

bembol

macrumors 65816
Jul 29, 2006
1,058
51
I haven't ordered my 27", I still don't know if I should spend the money and get 3TB Fusion.

At first, I figured just go with 3TB HDD but then I saw the reviews on Fusion.


Who knows by the time I place my order, I might just get 1TB Fusion.
 
Acorn

Acorn

macrumors 68030
Jan 2, 2009
2,642
349
macrumors
hmm at first i thought i would get the 1 tb fusion drive. however $250.00 is alot. In the end I may end up with upgraded graphics and keeping the regular 1 tb 7200 rpm hard drive.

I have some concerns of the way the fusion drive works and the amount of IOPS its using. longevity of the ssd may be an issue.
 
B

barokt

macrumors newbie
Mar 9, 2011
6
0
FreemanW said:
I couldn't see the 768GB flash based solely on general principle, $1,300!?!?!?

$1,300! ? ! ? ? ? F*^K-OFF Apple.

I went with a 3TB Fusion to go with a 3TB Time Capsule.
Click to expand...

Now on 768GB flash storage $900 that's redicilious they drop price -$400 what is the reason for that and the other customers who paid Flash Storage $1300 it's not right way to do this they have to take back their money from Apple...
 
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