is I5 with SSD quicker than I7 and 5400 HD?

[charliko]

Considering performance is I7 Quad with 5400 HD better than I5 with SSD?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

The question is invalid since an SDD or HDD has no bearing on the performance of the CPU, and vice versa. The two serve completely different tasks.

Whereas a faster CPU improves performance across the board, a faster disk (eg an SSD) has a more limited scope, making boot time faster and applications start up quicker and run quicker, but little else beyond that.