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#1 Fulgar

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Posted 25 November 2015 - 06:04 PM

Does it matter in a gaming laptop?

Looking at all of the deals for Black Friday and Cyber monday....I am seeing great deals on laptops that are 5400 not 7200....wondering if that is a huge deal.

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#2 AEgg

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Posted 25 November 2015 - 06:09 PM

No, it doesn't matter much. Honestly though, you'd be better off buying a 5400RPM drive since it's cheaper, then buying an SSD for like $100 and replacing it yourself. Usually the hard drive bays in laptops are easy to get to.

Edited by AEgg, 25 November 2015 - 06:09 PM.


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Posted 25 November 2015 - 07:51 PM

No, 5400 or 7200 makes virtually no deference in gaming performance - only loading times, but not playing.

#4 Fox With A Shotgun

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Posted 25 November 2015 - 08:08 PM

View PostDoughbag, on 25 November 2015 - 07:51 PM, said:

No, 5400 or 7200 makes virtually no deference in gaming performance - only loading times, but not playing.


This is true assuming that MWO is sufficiently optimised to not require any more assets on disk AND that it does not store any data on file (e.g. pagefile on your hard disk drive). If MWO does need to access more files, typically big texture files, you'll just notice a sudden drop of texture detail as new textures are loaded in.

Edited by ArcturusWolf, 25 November 2015 - 08:08 PM.


#5 Goose

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Posted 25 November 2015 - 08:40 PM

This is the boot drive, right? You'll miss the RPM, but if you know can do a swap at a later date, you can save some cash now, then get something like a Seagate Hybrid as a replacement; You just got'a be able to upon up the the system, and pay the extra $50 for some drive cloning software

#6 o0Marduk0o

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Posted 25 November 2015 - 08:54 PM

Why not buy the laptop without any harddrives and buy a ssd?


#7 Fox With A Shotgun

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Posted 25 November 2015 - 08:56 PM

View Posto0Marduk0o, on 25 November 2015 - 08:54 PM, said:

Why not buy the laptop without any harddrives and buy a ssd?


Expensive per GB of storage. Sometimes we just want bulk storage for min cost.

#8 o0Marduk0o

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Posted 25 November 2015 - 09:01 PM

View PostArcturusWolf, on 25 November 2015 - 08:56 PM, said:


Expensive per GB of storage. Sometimes we just want bulk storage for min cost.

The OP wants to buy a gaming laptop, which is expensive for its performance anyway and a decent 256gb ssd only costs around 100$.
When money matters so much, then a laptop would be out of question as you have to invest a serious amount of money if you don't want to buy several years old hardware.

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Posted 25 November 2015 - 09:09 PM

View Posto0Marduk0o, on 25 November 2015 - 09:01 PM, said:

The OP wants to buy a gaming laptop, which is expensive for its performance anyway and a decent 256gb ssd only costs around 100$.
When money matters so much, then a laptop would be out of question as you have to invest a serious amount of money if you don't want to buy several years old hardware.


That's true. For the record, a 'gaming laptop' makes little sense - they're burning hot, they tend to have much lower power-to-cost ratio, and they aren't upgradable without spending some serious dosh. Which even then only lets you upgrade the HDDs and the RAM...

@OP: If you can, get a desktop for gaming, not a laptop. You'll be thanking yourself when you need to upgrade bits and pieces of it and you can recycle parts between generations.

#10 Peter2k

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Posted 26 November 2015 - 12:50 PM

SSD all the way
best upgrade ever

heck if its storage you're interested in, a USB 3.0 external HDD would give you the same experience as an internal one

fps won't change, but the system itself gets more responsive





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