5400rpm too slow for gaming?

[SupersonicSaint]

Hello,

 

My laptop has a 256gb nvme SSD and a 1tb 5400rpm hard drive and I am wondering if I can play games fine on the hard drive or if I need to replace it with a SATA III SSD, essentially wasting the hard drive and my spent money (512gb SSD on AliExpress is £40 {$49.62} on sale). I know not every game will have a massive impact on gameplay just because the drive is 5400rpm as I use a PS4 Slim and games like Horizon Zero Dawn and Assassin's Creed Origins run just fine after loading.

 

Nevertheless, I'm not sure if this translates to PC's given a console has insane levels of specialisation. The processor is the Ryzen 7 4800u.

 

Thanks for any replies.

https://www.pcgamer.com/game-performance-using-different-storage-media/

[Electronics Wizardy]

If your laptop already has the drive why not test it? 

 

Most games will run fine off those drives.

 

Also there is way more than rpm to a drives performance, newer 5400rpm drives are much fsater than some 7200rpm drives.

[Sorenson]

You might notice some texture popins and long load times but you should be fine as long as the game is the only thing running on the HDD. 

[SupersonicSaint]

28 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

If your laptop already has the drive why not test it? 

 

Most games will run fine off those drives.

 

Also there is way more than rpm to a drives performance, newer 5400rpm drives are much fsater than some 7200rpm drives.

It hasn't arrived yet and I'll just assume it's one of those faster than some 7200rpm ones. It's the IdeaPad 5

[sparrrk]

Well, 5400 RPM may not be enough. I had one in my old laptop and GTA V was running with some lags. After doing some googling, it turned out that these issues are related to the slow disk. To be honest that laptop was not meant to be used to play GTA V, however its specs passed minimum requirements, so I decided to give it a shot. 

I would really recommend going with a 7200 RPM drive, or use SSD you currently have (if that's possible, of course).