OS on primary 5400rpm hdd & and games on secondary 7200rpm hdd

[ss3yt]

Will my games loading times faster if i install it on my secondary hdd (7200rpm)

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Get a 250 GB SSD and put OS on that.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Slightly faster yes
But performance as a whole may suffer due to the 5400RPM drive possibly having higher access times compared to the game drive.

Test both drives R/W speeds with Crystal Disk Mark and see how it goes.

[Supafly]

Yes a little. It'll fire up slower but once it has and running it really won't be much. I also have the OS on the faster drive.

Run speed test as CJ suggested. 7,200RPM will likely be faster but depending on the drives specs the 5,400Rpm could be close and maybe even beat it. Though not on start up which you can't check with that.

If you can grab an SSD For the OS atleast. 120GB should be plenty and have surplus space for plenty of restore points and other application.

[_I_]

ditch the slow hdd
get a ssd for the os

os on a hdd makes everything slow, 5400rpm will be even slower

[D'Ionni Unchained]

It's fine for now. I use 5400RPM drives in my media center - no discernable difference for most tasks. I haven't tried many games though.

Of course, all mechanical drives are about to become obsolete in gaming machines next gen. So seriously look into an SSD somewhere down the line.

[_I_]

mech drives will not be obsolete anytime soon, they have much higher capacity and cheaper to produce than ssd
and alot faster than flash

for media, music/movies the slow hdd or flash drive is fine
but for games or large amounts of pictures a ssd or fast hdd is much better

[D'Ionni Unchained]

Originally posted by _I_:

mech drives will not be obsolete anytime soon, they have much higher capacity and cheaper to produce than ssd
and alot faster than flash

for media, music/movies the slow hdd or flash drive is fine

Agreed.

Originally posted by JohnChronic420:

I use 5400RPM drives in my media center.

Originally posted by _I_:

but for games or large amounts of pictures a ssd or fast hdd is much better

Agreed again.

Originally posted by JohnChronic420:

...obsolete in gaming machines next gen.

[76561198877541169]

sell the 5400 rpm hdd and get at least a 120 gb ssd (its not expensive at all)
and instal windows on it

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Games on 7200rpm HDD is fine.
But that drive is trash for anything aside from general file storage, get an ssd and clone the entire OS drive to it, then boot from the ssd.