#External SSD for Games

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sweet tree
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Is this a desktop or laptop? If desktop, it'd be cheaper and more reliable to add an internal SSD

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And yes, steam lets you add a library from any storage connected to your computer

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If internal drive isn't an option, I think the move here would be an M.2 nvme caddy, so you can install it into a computer later on

tight solar
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It is a laptop

tight solar
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i would be only installing games like RDR2 that i wont play often

sweet tree
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You don’t need it in all the time, just when you’re using steam

tight solar
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ah ok, do you got any specific models / brands of ssd that you recommend?

tight solar
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I did find an SSD that MAY work

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ihavent heard good stuff or had good experiences with amazon though

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if i buy the 500GB one, will i have exactly 500GB

tight solar
tight solar
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@sweet tree

timber gust
tight solar
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i wouldnt be installing windows on it

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unless i had to

timber gust
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Formatting, and windows using Gibibytes instead of gigibytes, for whatever reason

tight solar
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gibibytes?

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weird

timber gust
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Yeah, it’s like a slightly larger gigabyte

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Lol

sweet tree
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Also drives will reserve some space to start using when the NAND wears down

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Generally, Samsung drives are truthful to their advertised storage

sweet tree
tight solar
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oh

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is seagate a good brand

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and amazon a good place to buy

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and i do have a USB type C port on my laptop

timber gust
timber gust
tight solar
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ah ok

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do you think 500GB is enough?

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I'd be installing RDR2, TF2, Apex, Fortnite and some other ones

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Ideally id like to store photos on there too but im buying it for steam games so not a good combo

timber gust
tight solar
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what do you mean by ontop of its wearing out

timber gust
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Well, an internal m.2 ssd

tight solar
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i got a laptop

timber gust
tight solar
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oh

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i wouldnt really know if it wears out

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im just the kind of person who logs onto my PC and launches a game and does nothing else really

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i want something that can take good use eg. lots of writes and reads, something that if it falls off my desk or something its not gonna break right away

timber gust
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Crystal disk info tells the health of the drives

tight solar
sweet tree
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You do not need to worry about it wearing out

tight solar
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oh

sweet tree
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It's only an issue if you're constantly adding/overwriting new data to the drive

tight solar
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what about my internal SSD in my laptop

timber gust
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Yeah, for a while anyway

sweet tree
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CrystalDiskInfo is a nice tool to have anyways, but you're probably fine

timber gust
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It’s probably not an issue tho yeah

tight solar
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i went through a phase that i scanned 100 antivirus scans per day and download / reinstall stuff always

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i had to reinstall windows every couple days so that would have did some writes and reads to the drive

sweet tree
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That's awful

tight solar
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yeah im a very paranoid person

sweet tree
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Why do that to yourself lol

tight solar
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just because i kept getting viruses

sweet tree
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Yeah don't worry dude, it's fine

sweet tree
tight solar
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im not going to any sketchy sites though

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dont want to get into some big story but i was stupid and fell for lots of scams

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for the SSD in that link, do i need a case or something to hold it in to protect it or is it laying on my desk fine

sweet tree
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It's solid state, it's a tough lil guy

tight solar
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and it wont cause too much heat?

sweet tree
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sturdy aluminum enclosure offers cooling and heat dissipation for extended reliability

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you'll be fine bud, don't overthink this

tight solar
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will i have to worry about optimizing it

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like my main SSD i use defrag and optimize drives

tight solar
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gonna order it and hope it goes good

sweet tree
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SSDs do not require defragging

tight solar
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but the windows tool optimizes them

sweet tree
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Doesn't matter

tight solar
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oh

sweet tree
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Don't overthink this

tight solar
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on an older laptop that i had it said my disk was 4% fragmented but it was from 2010 or something with an HDD

tight solar
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thanks man

sweet tree
tight solar
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oh

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that may explain why the disk usage was 100%

sweet tree
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That's just cuz it's an HDD

tight solar
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oh

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you do think that the one i linked is a good choice and priced decent?

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my budget is around 100 USD, a bit over and under doesnt mind me,

sweet tree
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You can get an internal SSD for half the price

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You sure your laptop doesn't support a swappable SSD?

timber gust
sweet tree
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> add arrow to left

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add arrow to left

timber gust
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Ah, interesting, thank you

timber gust
# sweet tree SSDs do not require defragging

More acturately, DO NOT DEFRAG YOUR SSD! It will needlessly add read/write cycles to the NAND. Plus, the ssds controller writes to different parts of the drive to keep the read/write cycles as low as possible

sweet tree
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@tight solar

tight solar
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yes

sweet tree
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Honestly I didn't even know windows let you do that

tight solar
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sorry

sweet tree
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I forgive you

tight solar
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i had discord closed

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not closed but yknow

tight solar
tight solar
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would it prevent defragging

sweet tree
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I'm pretty certain it just doesn't do it to SSDs

tight solar
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oh

timber gust
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Ssds will optimize thenselves

tight solar
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ok but as long as im not using some sketchy 3rd party one i should be safe from that

tight solar
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so should i turn off defrag and optimzie drives schedule

sweet tree
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I've never optimized my drives (all SSD) and haven't had any issues, it's not really necessary

tight solar
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i have no clue why it just says volume but ok

sweet tree
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That's because it's a volume 😛

tight solar
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oh

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could it be because this PC had a clean reinstall of windows w/ formatting

timber gust
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Ssds are already so fast, that any optimization that windows might try to do would have little to no effect on performance

tight solar
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ah, understandable

sweet tree
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As a wise man once said

Don't overthink this

tight solar
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also going against what i was going to do earlier (use the SSD ill order for games only), would it be a bad idea if i stored files on there aswell if i got a 1TB and had space left

timber gust
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You can quite literally store whatever you want on an ssd, as long as you’re not copying lots of files while gaming

sweet tree
tight solar
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yea i was just asking because i would get a separate SSD for storing those files if it was a big issue

tight solar
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oh