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External harddrive for "gaming"?

Emilohlund
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Hello!

 

As the title mentions, I have a fast question is there's any idea trying to get an external harddrive for games.
I'd be running them from the harddrive on my laptop and I'd have a USB 3.0 port to plug it into.

 

As I've understood it wouldn't reduce performance anything drastic since I'm not really running any demanding AAA games.

Will it run smooth though? And is there any specific harddrives that would work best with my inquiry?

/Emil

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1 minute ago, Emilohlund said:

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It will load slow but play pretty much okay.

 

 

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You'd be limited by the speed of USB 3.0 for the loading times. Why do you need them external? If you must go external, I'd use a USB 3.0 based SSD.

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Thanks for the fast replies. Basically I would get an external drive just because I don't feel confident enough to tinker with my laptop. I know there's an available harddrive slot internally, but I'm not quite sure how to get at it and I don't really know what harddrive to get (that fits). Nor do I know how to open the laptop, it's an ASUS ROG GL553VE incase somebody knows! I tried unscrewing all the screws on the bottom but it wouldn't go off, so I decided to quit before I broke something :D

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6 minutes ago, Emilohlund said:

Thanks for the fast replies. Basically I would get an external drive just because I don't feel confident enough to tinker with my laptop. I know there's an available harddrive slot internally, but I'm not quite sure how to get at it and I don't really know what harddrive to get (that fits). Nor do I know how to open the laptop, it's an ASUS ROG GL553VE incase somebody knows! I tried unscrewing all the screws on the bottom but it wouldn't go off, so I decided to quit before I broke something :D

Do you know the current specs of the machine? It will either be a free 2.5inch drive bay or a PCIe Gen3 x4 slot.

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Just now, Emilohlund said:

Absolutely, a Core i7 7700HQ processor with an GTX 1050ti graphics card. 256GB m.2 SSD memory & 8 gb of ram!

You will have a empty 2.5inch drive, before taking apart check the warranty and don't force parts of the laptop

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Just now, harrybamber8 said:

You will have a empty 2.5inch drive, before taking apart check the warranty and don't force parts of the laptop

Is there any usual way to take off the bottom cover on laptops? Apart from unscrewing all the screws that is. It seemed quite solid even though I removed all of the screws, and I didn't want to force anything like you said. Probably something I should consult the ASUS support with? 

But alright, so any 2.5inch drive would do. That's good news :)

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Just now, Emilohlund said:

Is there any usual way to take off the bottom cover on laptops? Apart from unscrewing all the screws that is. It seemed quite solid even though I removed all of the screws, and I didn't want to force anything like you said. Probably something I should consult the ASUS support with? 

But alright, so any 2.5inch drive would do. That's good news :)

Yes any drive would do but if you want good boot times go for an SSD or even a hybrid drive Yes you can do or just search youtube

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