external drive

[Prokart2000]

Hi guys,

 

so my dad said i could use his 2tb extrenal drive but will installing and playing games off it slow the games down in any way? 

thanks in advance

[Prokart2000]

its one of these

[RelentlessAF]

Depends on the read speed of the drive. If it is close to or equal to the read speed of your HDD than it will be just as fast. Usually if it's on USB 3.0 it can be faster. I had an external drive with 336Mb/s read speed and it was great.

[Prokart2000]

god damn it this sorry

[rustikles]

They'll be slower loading the game initially, since the information transfer is being limited by whatever USB interface you're using compared to a drive SATA connection. Past that, it's a bit up in the air whether or not you'd notice any kind of performance dip. I know with some of the older games I've played off of an external, there was no problem at all. New games might cause issues though, with more sheer information being transferred.

 

If it's not USB 3.0 or better, I probably wouldn't bother trying to use it for game files.

[Prokart2000]

They'll be slower loading the game initially, since the information transfer is being limited by whatever USB interface you're using compared to a drive SATA connection. Past that, it's a bit up in the air whether or not you'd notice any kind of performance dip. I know with some of the older games I've played off of an external, there was no problem at all. New games might cause issues though, with more sheer information being transferred.

 

If it's not USB 3.0 or better, I probably wouldn't bother trying to use it for game files.

ok thanks i will use it for mass storage likes vids and music