Will a old 7200 rpm hard drives good for online games

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I am currently picking parts for my pc build and this is what I have made
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3hzmd6
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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($71.49 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB OCV1 Video Card ($284.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.49 @ OutletPC)
Total: $653.84
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I will just use this pc for light editing, data encoding and gaming. I still have a old 7200 hard drive (Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 and maybe 7-10 years old) that I will put on this rig. Slow loading times on single player games such as Fallout, Farcry, etc does not matter to me. But the thing that bothers me is that will online games such as CSGO, Warframe, Fortnite, etc will load slowly and will affect my gaming experience? I don't want to be banned because of that. And is the hard drive good or should I buy a New hdd or sdd?
 
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your specs don't really need a 650w EVGA G2 -BTW i have this psu running a 1700x @3.95, 1 ssd, 1HDD and a gtx180. Its a good psu, but 650w for your system is not required in my opinion. Save some cash, drop down to 550 or 450w. Used the cash saved to get a 250 ssd for you main system drive, and for the photo/video editing files you are using. Use your older hdd as a storage drive for your edited work and for installing games.

If you are going to use a 550w or 650w psu, have you thought of getting a used GTX980? A GTX980 will out perform the 3GB 1060 you have selected; and is about on par with the 6GB 1060. Again you could recycle the money saved a 512GB SSD. See link for performance charts...
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Yes, you wouldn't see much impact on actual FPS. Load times would just be slightly longer. If it were a 5400 RPM drive or had 32 megs of cache, it would be worthwhile to upgrade. 7200RPM and 64 megs of cache is still the standard for desktop drives today.

If you can squeeze it in, get a SSD for the OS, makes boot times extremely fast.

I would also caution on waiting to build due to GPU prices. If you look at the price history, they have MASSIVELY increased as of late due to mining.
 
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Depending on how slow the drive is, and how long it takes to load up a game, it can be very aggravating to use an old drive. Some multiplayer games will have people in the game and playing by the time a slow hard drive allows you to join. Other games are not as bad, as they might have a waiting period before the round starts. So in this type of game the fast loaders are stuck waiting and can't start playing right away. This would suit you, since it gives you extra time.
 
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So will esport games like csgo and dota will launch normally? Or it will launch slow?
 
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your specs don't really need a 650w EVGA G2 -BTW i have this psu running a 1700x @3.95, 1 ssd, 1HDD and a gtx180. Its a good psu, but 650w for your system is not required in my opinion. Save some cash, drop down to 550 or 450w. Used the cash saved to get a 250 ssd for you main system drive, and for the photo/video editing files you are using. Use your older hdd as a storage drive for your edited work and for installing games.

If you are going to use a 550w or 650w psu, have you thought of getting a used GTX980? A GTX980 will out perform the 3GB 1060 you have selected; and is about on par with the 6GB 1060. Again you could recycle the money saved a 512GB SSD. See link for performance charts.

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-980-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-3GB/2576vs3646

 
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