Rate this drive vs a regular 5400 RPM hard drive for gaming

[rolltide101x]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148591

Thanks


This is going in a Lenovo y480 laptop

Processor
3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor( 2.40GHz 6MB)

Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GT650M 2GB
(Can someone confirm if this is DDR3 or GDDR5? I think its DDR3 but I do not know for a fact. Lenovo does not state it)

Memory
8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz

Display
14.0" HD Glare with integrated camera 1366x768

Hard Drive
1TB 5400 rpm

 

[cin19]

1) From the price it is good deal.

2) It is HDD+ small SSD, after restarting Windows 7 a few times and opening applications like Adobe Photoshop CS5, Microsoft Word that they opened faster.

3) For game they are same but it open or load game faster.

 

[rolltide101x]

1) From the price it is good deal.

2) It is HDD+ small SSD, after restarting Windows 7 a few times and opening applications like Adobe Photoshop CS5, Microsoft Word that they opened faster.

3) For game they are same but it open or load game faster.

Is a 4GB SSD really enough to make that much of an improvement? Is there any way to fully control what is on the SSD and what is on the HDD?


To make sure I understand..... This is a 7200 RPM hard drive with a small SSD built in and it writes to the SSD what it deans as most important?

 

[rolltide101x]

Or would I be better off to just get this and be done with it?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=2979419&sku=S153-9906

 

[cin19]

That is SSD Caches + HDD, caching reads but not for writing. read the review http://www.anandtech.com/show/5160/seagate-2nd-generation-momentus-xt-750gb-hybrid-hdd-review

Yes get the real SSD is much better.

 

[rolltide101x]

Bought this for 50$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148591