External HDD for gaming

[robertchaplin905]

Hi. Can anyone advise me on a HDD (4tb plus) that I could play games off. I do not mind reasonable loading times. I put my "current" game on SSD but its not huge. Other games I should like to put on HDD. Does not have to be portable in fact prefer a powered HDD. Specs are as follows.

Processor i5-8600K (3.6 GHz) 9 MB Cache.
Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP, DVI - VR Ready

I do NOT play multi player games over the net. I do play large open world games eg Skyrim, Fallout 4, Witcher 3, Kingdom come.

I am leaning towards a WD Black D10 8tb, but bit pricey. Has anyone got one of these and are using for games?

Any advice would be truly appreciated.

Bob

 

[SpyderTracks]

Is this a PCS system? Can you post your full specs from the order page?

 

[Tony1044]

I have 4 of these in my NAS (cheaper than just buying the same disks back then). They've now run non stop for roughly a year: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07CQJBSQL

 

[robertchaplin905]

Is this a PCS system? Can you post your full specs from the order page?

Many thanks for your reply full specs as follows

Case COOLERMASTER SILENCIO 452 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-8600K (3.6 GHz) 9 MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING II: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB
Ready
Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP, DVI - VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive 512GB INTEL® 760p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (upto 3230MB/sR | 1625MB/sW)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling CoolerMaster Hyper 212X (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT

 

[robertchaplin905]

I have 4 of these in my NAS (cheaper than just buying the same disks back then). They've now run non stop for roughly a year: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07CQJBSQL

Many thanks for your reply. Do you play games direct off of these HDD's? I saw these on Amazon but there have been some very poor reviews recently.

 

[Tony1044]

Many thanks for your reply. Do you play games direct off of these HDD's? I saw these on Amazon but there have been some very poor reviews recently.

No, not games off them, they're in a NAS but it's worth noting it's a busy one - it is used for backups, streaming media, Seafile (like a private Dropbox), newsreader software - the disks are in constant use.