WD My Passport for gaming

[Pasta]

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?

[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.

[CursedPanther]

Preferably not with an external hard disk even with USB3 connection due to loading speed.

[Pasta]

Publicado originalmente por 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

[Bad 💀 Motha]

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.

[Lord Flashheart]

Publicado originalmente por 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.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por Laser Raptor:

Publicado originalmente por 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

[Seven7]

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