Gaming: External HDD vs Internal HDD

ALEMA416

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May 13, 2015
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I am planning to buy a Toshiba HDD External 1TB 2.5" Canvio Basics for my Desktop. I already have internal WD Blue 500GB as my main drive. The question is: should I install my games in my main or the external drive? Which will be faster? Thanks in advance!
 
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Hey there, ALEMA416!

@RealBeast totally hit the nail on the head with his comment. External HDDs are far less powerful, thus unable to compare with the transfer speed an internal hard drive can provide you with. Moreover, portable external HDDs are not supposed to be constantly in use on your computer because this can severely shorten their lifespan and reliability.
I'd either go with another internal on your system, or use the WD Blue for your software. However, if you really wish to have a fast gaming experience, I'd recommend you to take a look at the WD Black drive here: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=In5cxT
It's our desktop performance drive, designed to deliver on the high-end demand of your system.

Hope I was...

RealBeast

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I would buy another internal drive unless you need portability. USB drives are far less reliable and should never be trusted with important data that is not backed up elsewhere. You can see that by the number of questions we get on how to recover data off an external drive that got corrupted by accidental disconnection or unexpected power loss.

Of your two options listed I would install on the internal Blue.
 
Hey there, ALEMA416!

@RealBeast totally hit the nail on the head with his comment. External HDDs are far less powerful, thus unable to compare with the transfer speed an internal hard drive can provide you with. Moreover, portable external HDDs are not supposed to be constantly in use on your computer because this can severely shorten their lifespan and reliability.
I'd either go with another internal on your system, or use the WD Blue for your software. However, if you really wish to have a fast gaming experience, I'd recommend you to take a look at the WD Black drive here: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=In5cxT
It's our desktop performance drive, designed to deliver on the high-end demand of your system.

Hope I was helpful. Keep us posted if you've got more questions! :)
SuperSoph_WD
 
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