The debate about the best game storage drive between HDD vs SSD vs NVMe has been raging forever but in this video we look at how external SSDs can be used for modern games in 2021. How does an external drive perform against the internal drives in game load times, game updates and stability? Also which USB ports should you use for the best external drive performance?
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Crucial P5 NVMe –
Western Digital Black HDD –
Western Digital Blue HDD –
Corsair 5000D –
Timestamps:
0:00 – External drives for gaming Intro
1:27 – USB Interfaces EXPLAINED
3:37 – How to Choose the BEST USB Port
4:36 – WATCH OUT for Front Panel Connectors
5:11 – How we Tested External Drives
7:34 – External vs SSD vs HDD Performance
8:10 – Game UPDATE Times
10:23 – Game LOAD Times – External vs SSD vs HDD
11:42 – Game FRAMERATES
12:20 – External vs SSD vs HDD Conclusion
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Main Lens (Eber) –
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Main Camera Mic (D & E) –
Cheap 4K Camera (Panasonic G7) –
Awesome Slider –
Our Shotgun Mic –
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If someone were to make a full game list of external hdd vs external ssd vs internal speeds the way you did here in your comparison chart, that would be an epic god send. Cause some games such as RDR2 appear to make zero difference. It would be nice to be able to store games in external ssd’s or hdd’s and just plug them in when you want to play that specific game.
Found this still usable
Honestly I’ve been trying to play Warzone on my external SSD (Lexar SL300, USB-C 3.2 Gen 2) but to no luck I’ve not been able to play it at all and it’s so frustrating.
After watching countless of videos on what can be done, it just doesn’t seem to work.
I’m not sure if it’s my external SSD issue or it’s just a COD issue.
I keep having to rewind this video cause I cannot fucking listen to this guy the way he talks, bro
I’m looking into getting an X9 Pro for my games