5400 RPM vs 7200 RPM?

[MyRoomsKing]

Hi, my PC currently has a 512 GB M.2 SSD for the OS and a few games I play almost everyday. Otherwise, I have a 1 TB 7200 RPM hard drive for less frequent games (games I might play 2 times a week or less). My 1 TB Hard drive is filling up fast and want to replace it. Would getting a 5400 RPM drive be a lot slower, I only ask because finding a cheap 7200 RPM 4 TB hard drive seems difficult?

 

5400 RPM Hard drive: https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=15_1086_210_212&item_id=091921

7200 RPM Hard drive I was considering but has less space: https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=15_1086_210_212&item_id=132494

[Pasi123]

If you only use the hard drive for games I guess it would work fine but obviously loading times would be a bit slower. I personally only use 7200 RPM hard drives so I don't have much experience with 5400 RPM drives.

[Jurrunio]

it's impossible to objectively define a lot, but if 7200RPM HDDs aren't unbearable when you have tried SSDs 5400RPM may be bearable as well

[Enderman]

The speed is not really relevant.

Look at benchmarks and reviews.

Some 5400rpm drives will get higher performance than other 7200rpm drives, it just depends on the drive.

[dizmo]

IIRC the larger capacity drives make it so the head has to travel a shorter distance to access the data, thus making the actual spinning speed not that much of a difference...at least that's (very roughly) how it was explained to me once. I wouldn't, for example, get a small capacity 5400rpm drive.

 

Then again, I wouldn't get an HDD at all.