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    Gaming Storage

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by scottdx, Apr 6, 2011.

  1. scottdx

    scottdx Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have my new Alienware M17x r3 on order, I was hoping to use a 64gb usb 3.0 flash drive for Wow and SC2. Will this be possible? And if so, will I see performance losses? Thanks!
     
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  2. Baka

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    It should be possible though load times might be a bit slower ._.

    And you'll have to watch out. If you knock it loose or off by accident, you know what happens :) Game just closes
     
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  3. Texanman

    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    The Question is why would you want to place games on the drive in the first place? Is the laptops drive too small?? It would work but the access times would be slower and the drive will be more cpu dependent
     
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  4. agusman

    agusman when the going gets weird

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    If its possible for you, its wisest to put files (music, pictures, data files) in the USB drive, and leave installations on the HDD.

    If you *must* install games on the flash drive, and have other games you play, I would leave open world games (WoW, GTA, Fallout, etc) on the HDD, since they load constantly, and use the flash drive for games with loading screens (loads each level at a specific point).
     
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  5. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    A 128 GB SSD would be a much wiser investment. It would have plenty of space for the OS and two games you mention, You could then have a traditional platter hard drive for all your other data.
     
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  6. scottdx

    scottdx Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well I think I probably messed up in getting the smaller HDD on the Alienware. I was thinking also of actually replacing it. Is that a painful process?
     
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    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    its cheaper to upgrade to a bigger drive yourself anyways for example its 55 bucks on newegg for a 7200rpm 500gb drive when their on sale 90% of the time
     
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    Hard drives are usually easy to replace :)
     
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