Playing off an external ssd?

[colecr12769]

I'm thinking off getting an external ssd, and moving the entire steam application (games, client and all) to the ssd, so I can play on my PC at home and my laptop when travelling - both have 3.1 so speeds should be fine.
What i'm worried about is some kind of anti-piracy feature, where if you plug the ssd into a computer that wasn't the one the game was installed on, it refuses to run. Does anyone know if this sort of thing exists on steam?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Install all core apps like steam client to OS Drive. The games can always be installed and/or moved to whatever drive.

External ssd shouldn't be an issue if using usb 3.0 or 3.1. If the ssd is capable of above the sata speeds, like an external nvme drive, use usb 3.1

Just make sure hdd sleep timer is disabled in OS power plan and that it gets connected before launching game client, if game to be played is on that external drive. As and that drive doesn't get turned off or disconnected while such game client is running.

[76561198984888484]

Ive also been thinking of using an external ssd I found a 30tb for about 85 dollars through newegg on wise gadget Ive been thinking of installing windows on my ssd external and booting up through it to play games will my games store to my ssd external if I boot up through it and have my games on it?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por j.tate:

Ive also been thinking of using an external ssd I found a 30tb for about 85 dollars through newegg on wise gadget Ive been thinking of installing windows on my ssd external and booting up through it to play games will my games store to my ssd external if I boot up through it and have my games on it?

And what you've been looking at is fake I can assure you. Do not buy that please.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Publicado originalmente por Bad 💀 Motha:

Publicado originalmente por j.tate:

Ive also been thinking of using an external ssd I found a 30tb for about 85 dollars through newegg on wise gadget Ive been thinking of installing windows on my ssd external and booting up through it to play games will my games store to my ssd external if I boot up through it and have my games on it?

And what you've been looking at is fake I can assure you. Do not buy that please.

I concur. It is a scam.

Stuff like this has been in the news for a while...

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/walmart-has-a-30tb-ssd-for-dollar39-dont-fall-for-this-scam

https://www.pcworld.com/article/917860/beware-this-phony-30-tb-portable-ssd-sold-on-walmart-com.html

https://www.techradar.com/news/dont-buy-this-30tb-ssd-from-walmart-its-almost-certainly-a-fake

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I've even seen people buying 2TB "fake ssd" for around $30
It looks like a NVME SSD sized casing, even has a USB Type-C on it.
Until you crack it open and see it's a small PCB with two MicroSD cards.
Not only that, it was easy to know it was cheap junk; as it only got around 10-18MB/s transfer speeds.

REAL 8TB SSDs are over $300+ so please, do not fall for these scams.
If the drive does not have a model# you can go verify from an actual brand name, and this brand name should be a company whom which you can go buy stocks in. Then do not buy it; it's that simple.

[Steven]

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