WD Caviar Blue 500 GB enough for gaming?

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Yes, that Hard drive is just fine for gaming. The only real difference an SSD or even the WD Black Edition type will offer is better loading speeds. When you're actually playing the game, things like your cpu and gpu are much more important.

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Yes, that Hard drive is just fine for gaming. The only real difference an SSD or even the WD Black Edition type will offer is better loading speeds. When you're actually playing the game, things like your cpu and gpu are much more important.
 
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atomicWAR

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he is right. your cpu and gpu play a much larger role in gaming. worst case scenario you have long game load times.