Need External Hard drive for gaming purposes

[rutwik]

My current seagate barracuda is particularly filled up.

 

So ,i was thinking on buying an external HDD for mainly gaming and storage.

 

Need help.

Thanks rutwik. 

[Theo]

Welcome to the forums!

Well you could but itll be slow and stuff, specially if its USB2, if its USB3 itll be better but still wont compete with SATA2/3 for the random writes/reads i think.

You should better; either remove things and free up space, or just get a new internal hdd

[WildTurtle]

USB 3 is 5gigabits/sec and Sata 3 is 6 gigabytes per second. A HDD wont saturated any of those, at all.

[LIGISTX]

Why not add an internal harddrive? Cheaper and faster ;)

[Theo]

USB 3 is 5gigabits/sec and Sata 3 is 6 gigabytes per second. A HDD wont saturated any of those, at all.

Yes for large files itll be fine, but random reads/writes will be slower on USB3 cause of added latency 

[WildTurtle]

Yes for large files itll be fine, but random reads/writes will be slower on USB3 cause of added latency 

If your just putting games on it, the worst that can happen is you have to wait like 5 extra seconds on the loading screens.

[CwGoh]

Get an internal drive it's faster. Though don't worry about the HDD saturating the bandwidth on USB 3. Hard drives aren't that fast. 

[Theo]

If your just putting games on it, the worst that can happen is you have to wait like 5 extra seconds on the loading screens.

Yes thats generally true, but if the game is like Fallout New Vegas and you have a big texture pack you ll get terrible stuttering, so if the game loads textures or other things while youre playing, you ll get stuttering with usb3

[WildTurtle]

Yes thats generally true, but if the game is like Fallout New Vegas and you have a big texture pack you ll get terrible stuttering, so if the game loads textures or other things while youre playing, you ll get stuttering with usb3

I've never had that problem and I've played Crysis 3 @ 1440p with 16xAA using 4xMSAA. While running it off a external HDD.

[TheProfosist]

What do you mean for gaming? Because I would never run a game of an external if it could at all be avoided.

[rutwik]

I need this since i am going to be pursuing my course in a hostel therefore i need one.

 

Thanks.

 

Doesnt external HDDs with 7200 rpm be better if needed to use.I dont know about any of the HDDs running 7200 rpm need help

[bcredeur97]

I need this since i am going to be pursuing my course in a hostel therefore i need one.

 

Thanks.

 

Doesnt external HDDs with 7200 rpm be better if needed to use.I dont know about any of the HDDs running 7200 rpm need help

buy a USB 3.0 (USB SuperSpeed or USB SS) Hard Drive with a decent brand name like seagate or WD(Western Digital) and it will be fine for your basic gaming purposes.

[rutwik]

Can u give me some suggestions pls

[WoodenMarker]

Can u give me some suggestions pls

So internal or external?

[TheProfosist]

Can u give me some suggestions pls

You always have the option of buying a bare drive or your choice and buying a external enclosure of your choice and putting the two together.

[JRowe95]

I would not recommend running games from an external hard drive, an SSD is ideal but you could use something like a western digital black drive internally for a compromise in price.

[TheProfosist]

I would not recommend running games from an external hard drive, an SSD is ideal but you could use something like a western digital black drive internally for a compromise in price.

I have already tried explaoning that and suggested that. So idk.

[rutwik]

External for preety much storage then have to transfer setups to external and free up internal .

 

Any suggestions for better external drives ??

[TheProfosist]

External for preety much storage then have to transfer setups to external and free up internal .

 

Any suggestions for better external drives ??

 

so you want the external drive to be powered of the laptop or can it have a AC adapter?

 

also are you willing to build your own? the reason I bring this up is very few prebuilt drives have 7200rpm drives

[rutwik]

I want it to be powered by laptop perferably compactible with 2.0 since i maybe giving game setups to friends.

 

I didnt know 7200 rpm external HDD without power adaptor are availiable so surely need multiple suggestions for that.

 

I cant build my own as in india its pretty much costly than getting one plus no things are availiable i have checked into that.

[TheProfosist]

I want it to be powered by laptop perferably compactible with 2.0 since i maybe giving game setups to friends.

 

I didnt know 7200 rpm external HDD without power adaptor are availiable so surely need multiple suggestions for that.

 

I cant build my own as in india its pretty much costly than getting one plus no things are availiable i have checked into that.

 

then your not going to be able to get a 7200rpm external if you can build one. i would then just go out and buy anything by Western Digital or Seagate as their all the same for the most part.

[rutwik]

Check this i found HGST mobile touro pro 1 TB(http://www.touropro.com/product/touro-mobile-pro/)

 

but i am confused whether its the same as http://www.naaptol.com/hard-disk-drives/hitachi-touro-mobile-pro-external-hard-drive-1tb/P/2286753.html

 

Or it is same as http://www.hydshop.in/products/Hitachi-Touro-Mobile-Pro-1TB-Portable-External-Hard-Drive.html

[TheProfosist]

Check this i found HGST mobile touro pro 1 TB(http://www.touropro.com/product/touro-mobile-pro/)

 

but i am confused whether its the same as http://www.naaptol.com/hard-disk-drives/hitachi-touro-mobile-pro-external-hard-drive-1tb/P/2286753.html

 

Or it is same as http://www.hydshop.in/products/Hitachi-Touro-Mobile-Pro-1TB-Portable-External-Hard-Drive.html

 

they look all the same to me.

[rutwik]

So i should go with this or 

http://www.flipkart.com/buffalo-ministation-usb-3-0-1-tb-portable-external-hard-disk/p/itmdmyfazr8pzru2?pid=ACCD9VZTUGMGXRJZ&ref=d19dbdcc-dbbb-4f45-8f73-11d0a4cbc040

or

http://www.flipkart.com/wd-my-passport-1-tb-external-hard-disk/p/itmdmyfas6gjhmej?pid=ACCDBEF5BJWM5JBX&ref=baffd567-9e92-429a-bf2c-88d4d8c62a0d

or

http://www.flipkart.com/seagate-backup-plus-1-tb-external-hard-disk/p/itmdmyf9kzkvsx8a?pid=ACCDCWUZQHBJZB5F&ref=44dadb8e-5047-43c8-bd53-5c83863df7e8

 

 

thanks sorry to give so many options but i am confused.

[TheProfosist]

So i should go with this or 

http://www.flipkart.com/buffalo-ministation-usb-3-0-1-tb-portable-external-hard-disk/p/itmdmyfazr8pzru2?pid=ACCD9VZTUGMGXRJZ&ref=d19dbdcc-dbbb-4f45-8f73-11d0a4cbc040

or

http://www.flipkart.com/wd-my-passport-1-tb-external-hard-disk/p/itmdmyfas6gjhmej?pid=ACCDBEF5BJWM5JBX&ref=baffd567-9e92-429a-bf2c-88d4d8c62a0d

or

http://www.flipkart.com/seagate-backup-plus-1-tb-external-hard-disk/p/itmdmyf9kzkvsx8a?pid=ACCDCWUZQHBJZB5F&ref=44dadb8e-5047-43c8-bd53-5c83863df7e8

 

 

thanks sorry to give so many options but i am confused.

 

those are all 5400 rpm except maybe the seagate. I would get the other one you showed i think it was hitachi.