Whats the deal with PoE and HDD

[Kaidread]

Hello,
I wanna try path of exile because i played all Diablos and wanna try something new but i keep reading about PoE destroying HDD and that u should have SDD in order to play in normally...i dont quite understand whats its all about but if someone can explain that to me it would be great!
Thanks in advance

[DaTank]

A HDD is a Hard Disk Drive, it's where you store your files on your computer. A SSD is a Solid State Drive, and it is the same thing in the sense it stores files on your computer.

The difference between the two is load time. Think of a HDD as a big room and you put all your files on the ground. It can take some time to get to your files when you want to use them. A SSD is like the same room, except it has shelves. So now you can take what's on the floor and put it on a shelf and not need to navigate around getting your file.

SSD greatly decreases load times, but they are more expensive. Although I don't know anything about PoE destroying a HDD.

[Nicator]

installing in SSD, POE will load faster as compare to HDD.

[SchizoLifter01]

you can play it on an hdd dont worry, its just people with potato computers complaining

[Kaidread]

Originally posted by DaTank:

A HDD is a Hard Disk Drive, it's where you store your files on your computer. A SSD is a Solid State Drive, and it is the same thing in the sense it stores files on your computer.

The difference between the two is load time. Think of a HDD as a big room and you put all your files on the ground. It can take some time to get to your files when you want to use them. A SSD is like the same room, except it has shelves. So now you can take what's on the floor and put it on a shelf and not need to navigate around getting your file.

SSD greatly decreases load times, but they are more expensive. Although I don't know anything about PoE destroying a HDD.

hahahahaha, i know what HDD and SSD are , but i just didnt know people compained about the loading times, i tought the game burned somehow or f up their pc because of something(i specifically went to ask, because i read things i didnt hear ever about any other games like u "Although I don't know anything about PoE destroying a HDD."), but im glad i got responses and thank you for responding.

And thank you 2 "Nicator" and "74U" for responses :)
Now to download 20gbs and start grinding my way up while fing up my whole semester :D

[rock0]

Originally posted by N4scimento:

Originally posted by DaTank:

A HDD is a Hard Disk Drive, it's where you store your files on your computer. A SSD is a Solid State Drive, and it is the same thing in the sense it stores files on your computer.

The difference between the two is load time. Think of a HDD as a big room and you put all your files on the ground. It can take some time to get to your files when you want to use them. A SSD is like the same room, except it has shelves. So now you can take what's on the floor and put it on a shelf and not need to navigate around getting your file.

SSD greatly decreases load times, but they are more expensive. Although I don't know anything about PoE destroying a HDD.

hahahahaha, i know what HDD and SSD are , but i just didnt know people compained about the loading times, i tought the game burned somehow or f up their pc because of something(i specifically went to ask, because i read things i didnt hear ever about any other games like u "Although I don't know anything about PoE destroying a HDD."), but im glad i got responses and thank you for responding.

And thank you 2 "Nicator" and "74U" for responses :)
Now to download 20gbs and start grinding my way up while fing up my whole semester :D

Started the game on friday. First game session was like 20 hours.

Well that escalated quickly. Have fun buddy

[Kaidread]

Originally posted by rock0:

Originally posted by N4scimento:

hahahahaha, i know what HDD and SSD are , but i just didnt know people compained about the loading times, i tought the game burned somehow or f up their pc because of something(i specifically went to ask, because i read things i didnt hear ever about any other games like u "Although I don't know anything about PoE destroying a HDD."), but im glad i got responses and thank you for responding.

And thank you 2 "Nicator" and "74U" for responses :)
Now to download 20gbs and start grinding my way up while fing up my whole semester :D

Started the game on friday. First game session was like 20 hours.

Well that escalated quickly. Have fun buddy :Hatfall_Master:

damn man, u HC, i will try, thank you haha u2

[la_nague]

POE is loading a lot of dynamic assets when you enter a zone, especially when other players are present, but also monsters and other encounters.
Due to it being so random it has to load a lot of assets that are all over the place on your drive and the HDD will be very bad at that.

[Medsuit]

I keep having the feeling the game does not run properly, like theres micro stutters when i move arround, i have it on a HHD though.
And i dont have a potato computer, i should be able to run this game on high settings without any issues at all.
I will reinstall it onto my SSD soon and see if it improves or changes something, but atm i cant enjoy it.

[Kaidread]

I have gaming rig with PoE on HDD and my game dosnt stutter at all, it can stutter when loading new area for like 1-2seconds, but after that no matter how many mobs i pull and spells i throw at the same time its smooth as a butter