WD My Book and pc games?

Jeff_120

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I am very tempted to get a WD my book 4tb (2018 version) instead of internal wd blue or seagate barracuda. I will use it for pc gaming and photos/videos storage. Is it good enough?
 

Jeff_120

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So you mean the usb 3.0 will bottleneck for games like assassin creed and Hit Man 2?
 


Some USB3 controllers are better than others; it really depends on the computer/drive. Generally, eSATA or SATAIII drives are quicker, though.

My NAS drive uses a 4 TB WD Red, which is often what they put in their MyBook enclosures, and it is quite a slow drive.
 

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To which internal HDD are you comparing to?
Reviews said it's about 170mb/s write speed for the My Book 4tb while the internal WD Blue is just about 120mb/s, but when they open the My Book it was a WD Blue that was inside!!
Now I am lost