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It's only 5400rpm.. That's lowest u can get these days I believe. 

 

So yes that HDD is bottlenecking you a bit.

 

If u never experienced an SSD then u will hardly notice. But for us SSD users it would be miserable.

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Hello guys! This is my first post so I'll try not to make it too long nor too short either.

Well the thing is, I recently bought a new laptop via an online spanish store. It was a good deal for its price (775€ ~ 885$) but I've been since then wondering if the hard drive may (or does actually) get to bottleneck the rest of the pc. It has an Intel Core-i7 4750HQ processor, with 6MB L3 cache, a Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M with 2GB of DDR3 and 8GB DDR3L at 1600MHz running in dual channel.

However, the hard drive is a regular HDD 1TB running at 5400rpm with SataIII (I believe so, the specsheet wasn't very detailed and I really don't know how to look it up).

So that's the question, am I losing potential due to the hard drive's mediocre performance? (in comparison to the other components, I mean)

 

Thanks beforehand :)

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SSD's are faster than SSHD's which are faster than HDD's. So yes, the HDD is bottlenecking your system.

Brah, do you even Java?

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Just now, Tech N Gamer said:

SSD's are faster than SSHD's which are faster than HDD's. So yes, the HDD is bottlenecking your system.

Yup HDD is bottle-necking it.

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It would seem to be the weakest component.

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Just as I thought... xDD Thanks a lot! ^^

 

So what transfer speed should be the aproppiate for my laptop? When I log into my usual online shop I see hundreds of different SSD's with different speeds (and prices!) and I wonder where's the point where I'm starting to pay more than what I really need for the pc.

 

I'm not sure if I've made myself clear on this one :P

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It's only 5400rpm.. That's lowest u can get these days I believe. 

 

So yes that HDD is bottlenecking you a bit.

 

If u never experienced an SSD then u will hardly notice. But for us SSD users it would be miserable.

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21 minutes ago, Train27 said:

am I losing potential due to the hard drive's mediocre performance?

in bootup time and certain applications, yes

 

in games? no

 

just get a 850 evo from samsung with the capacity of your liking, preferably above 250gb

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

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