Running Games Off External Hard Drive
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as already said, you will not have any performance issues playing your games from a modern USB 3.0 external drive as long as you make sure you are using a newer drive series.
Additionally, our own and independent research on current hard drive series do not show significant differences in drive reliability. Nowadays objectively all major hard drive manufacturers are working hard to optimize performance as well as reliability with each new generation of drives. If the right drive type is used in each scenario, modern hard drives usually last much longer than their minimum life time expectancy.
Therefore, RPM is not necessarily the only factor you should take into account. In regards to performance and lifetime expectancy, you should consider the main purpose of your new drive(s). Since you mentioned gaming and are looking for performance, we would recommend a modern BarraCuda or -even better- a BarraCuda Pro (whereas for example in a NAS environment which is usually operating 24/7, you should use specific NAS hard drive(s))
Happy gaming with your new setup!
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Most general-purpose external hard drives are 2.5", which is what you are probably used to. For a proper hard drive to play games with, you'll definitely want a 7200rpm one, which (as far as I know) only 3.5" drives are capable of. These are a bit heavier and bulkier, hence why I mentioned the extra box.
I would recommend the Seagate Expansion 2TB (3.5" version). Although I have never used it personally, it has great reviews and appears to be the most popular one as well.
Seagate Expansion 2TB - Amazon UK
If you decide to buy this one, just make sure to specifically get the 3.5" version! Like I said, the 2.5" is limited to 5400rpm, which I would not recommend.
Hope this helps! - Chris
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as already said, you will not have any performance issues playing your games from a modern USB 3.0 external drive as long as you make sure you are using a newer drive series.
Additionally, our own and independent research on current hard drive series do not show significant differences in drive reliability. Nowadays objectively all major hard drive manufacturers are working hard to optimize performance as well as reliability with each new generation of drives. If the right drive type is used in each scenario, modern hard drives usually last much longer than their minimum life time expectancy.
Therefore, RPM is not necessarily the only factor you should take into account. In regards to performance and lifetime expectancy, you should consider the main purpose of your new drive(s). Since you mentioned gaming and are looking for performance, we would recommend a modern BarraCuda or -even better- a BarraCuda Pro (whereas for example in a NAS environment which is usually operating 24/7, you should use specific NAS hard drive(s))
Happy gaming with your new setup!
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