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Hey guys

I'm buying a new laptop soon (the asus G75VW) and the model that i had in mind will have a 256 GB SSD and a 1TB HDD @ 5400 RPM.

My question is if 5400 RPM will be fast enough to run programs that will be installed on it (OS, probably games and programs like autocad, 3DSMax, 'n stuff will be installed on the SSD), such as office, itunes, skype will run fast enough on that harddrive? Any ideas or recommendations?

I need stuff to run smooth and fast. Programs and data will mostly be kept on the HDD but big games will be installed on the SSD.
 
I don't really see there being a large problem. 256 gb SSD would fit a lot of games and your OS, so maybe some of the games you don't play as much and music/video could go mostly on the hard drive.
 
i have never owned a 5400 RPM drive. Even my external HDD's are 7800 rpm's. Isn't 5400 RPM to slow for games? Wont they run less smooth or load WAY slower? Since it's the asus G75VW i can just remove the HDD and put a new one in very easy. But that would cost money and trouble i don't really want to pay/go trough.

I know out of experience that 256 GB fills very fast with me. I had a partition for my OS and a partition for my data in the beginning and the OS partition was 500 GB and 400 was full after 5 months ;/
 
Most laptops have 5400 rpm hdds. But with a 256 gb ssd, you should be able to have all your games installed on that, your os, and most programs. How many games do you have installed at a time? And if a game was installed on the hdd, it would only affect loading times, not actual gameplay.
 
I only keep like 5 or so installed at a time. Then there isn't really a problem. Or the one you play most regularly you can put on the ssd and the others on the hdd. I don't think 5400 is a huge problem, and if it seems slow when you actually start using it, then you can change it out.
 
I'm your huckleberry said:
I only keep like 5 or so installed at a time. Then there isn't really a problem. Or the one you play most regularly you can put on the ssd and the others on the hdd. I don't think 5400 is a huge problem, and if it seems slow when you actually start using it, then you can change it out.
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Great idea, thanks ^^
 
You won't even notice the difference in HDD RPM speeds. The only difference you'll be able to see is between any HDD and any SSD.
 
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