Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Benchmarking and comparing the experience of using & gaming on a hard drive against an SSD in 2026, at a time where SSD prices have escalated.

The memory shortage isn't just affecting RAM prices. SSDs have inflated to levels we haven't seen for several years, and in this environment it might be tempting for new PC builders to look to storage media of the past. Is that a good idea?

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00:00 Downgrading to a hard drive in 2026
01:07 What's wrong with hard drives?
03:43 Test setup
04:52 Getting started - installing & using Windows 11
05:31 Gaming issues
07:24 Cloning the hard drive to an SSD
08:50 The glory of solid state storage
09:49 Benchmarks
09:53 Resident Evil Requiem
10:40 Death Stranding 2
11:31 Crimson Desert
12:27 Arc Raiders
13:11 Baldur's Gate 3
13:38 Marvel's Spider-Man 2
14:39 Caveats about HDDs

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