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will playing through an external HDD hinder game performance?

kraa
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Hello 

I currently only have a 60GB SSD from a build about 3 years ago. I also have a 500GB WD external HDD. I was wondering if i store and play games like overwatch and csgo through the external HDD will it hinder performance considerably?

If it does hinder the performance considerably I was going to either buy an 1TB WD BLUE HDD http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B0088PUEPK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1461000381&sr=8-3&keywords=hard+drive or an SSD.

I have a fully modular power supply so if i bought that HDD i would also need to buy a SATA 3 cable and a molex cable right?

thanks

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1 minute ago, kraa said:

Hello 

I currently only have a 60GB SSD from a build about 3 years ago. I also have a 500GB WD external HDD. I was wondering if i store and play games like overwatch and csgo through the external HDD will it hinder performance considerably?

If it does hinder the performance considerably I was going to either buy an 1TB WD BLUE HDD http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B0088PUEPK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1461000381&sr=8-3&keywords=hard+drive or an SSD.

I have a fully modular power supply so if i bought that HDD i would also need to buy a SATA 3 cable and a molex cable right?

thanks

It will, BUT, you can probably pull the drive out of the external case and hook it up like a normal 2.5 inch drive, which wont hinder performance. 

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If its usb3.0 or 3.1 or any sata, you'll be fine. USB 2.0 may be laggy though 

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As long as the interface you're using for the external hdd is sufficiently fast enough, performance should be very similar. If you were to get an internal drive, you would need to get a sata cable if you don't have one lying around. Your power supply should have plenty of cables for powering drives. 

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if the game often takes data from the drive, then it depends on the connection

but most of the cases it will only increase load times slightly

 

i put my games on my external drive so i can use them in between my laptop and desktop, no issue there

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

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