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Pasta Oct 11, 2017 @ 2:13am
WD My Passport for gaming
Hi guys my work files are taking up my space on my work+gaming laptop so should i play my games directly from an external HDD, (WD My Passport 1TB)? Will it affect the lifespan of my drive?
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Bad 💀 Motha Oct 11, 2017 @ 2:14am 
Compared to say, any other Drive? Of course not.

However unless its an actual USB 3.0 Drive, it's gonna be super slow at best.
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CursedPanther Oct 11, 2017 @ 2:16am 
Preferably not with an external hard disk even with USB3 connection due to loading speed.
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Pasta Oct 11, 2017 @ 2:23am 
Originally posted by Bad_Motha:
Compared to say, any other Drive? Of course not.

However unless its an actual USB 3.0 Drive, it's gonna be super slow at best.
So far ive tried Fallout 4 on HD from an external wd my passport 1tb and im able to achieve a stable 60fps im just concerned about my save date and the drive's lifespan
Last edited by Pasta; Oct 11, 2017 @ 2:23am
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Bad 💀 Motha Oct 11, 2017 @ 2:36am 
FPS doesn't really have anything to do with it all; it's more about texture popin and such, which can still occur at slow rates without effecting the FPS.

If the game works fine, so be it... all drives die... so hey... whatever.
Last edited by Bad 💀 Motha; Oct 11, 2017 @ 2:36am
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Lord Flashheart Oct 11, 2017 @ 3:57am 
Originally posted by IAMTHEONEE:
Hi guys my work files are taking up my space on my work+gaming laptop so should i play my games directly from an external HDD, (WD My Passport 1TB)? Will it affect the lifespan of my drive?


If you get an esata HD caddy and drive for it, it may work as well as an internel drive.
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Bad 💀 Motha Oct 11, 2017 @ 4:27am 
Originally posted by Laser Raptor:
Originally posted by IAMTHEONEE:
Hi guys my work files are taking up my space on my work+gaming laptop so should i play my games directly from an external HDD, (WD My Passport 1TB)? Will it affect the lifespan of my drive?


If you get an esata HD caddy and drive for it, it may work as well as an internel drive.

Like anything has eSATA anymore; that's been dead for so long, thanx to USB 3.x
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Seven7 Oct 11, 2017 @ 5:16am 
eSATA HDD caddy still present, but eSATA on laptops and mobo dead since ~2012
New have USB3.1\C\Thunderbolt, that faster - 10Gbit/sec
But latest updates W10 have problem with some controllers USB3.x
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