Comment on Starfield Launch Details, PC Specs & More

Hello_there@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  SSD has been a best practice requirement for a long ass time anyway. SSDs are cheap now.

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  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bought a Samsung nvme M2 that was 2 TB for like $90.

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  • beefcat@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just bought an 8TB chonker last week for $340. It comfortably fit my Steam library of 19 years with room to spare.

    A year ago this same drive was still averaging ~$650-$700.

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    • LoafyLemon@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In case someone's wondering about cheaper options; Samsung 980 500GB NVMe M.2 costs as much as £32 GBP (~40 USD), and 1 TB version is £52 GBP (~65 USD).

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• LoafyLemon@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It shouldn't be a surprise. Games load assets on the fly to save memory, which would be terrible on a hard drive.

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  • Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not great for an SSD either since they have finite read/writes too.

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    • LoafyLemon@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Solid State Drives have no read limits, only write limits.

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      • Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Same difference.

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• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What year do you live in?

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  • Hello_there@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I still install all my games on hdd. Works fine.

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    • Zyrxil@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well some games now rely on the speeds of SSDs since the newest consoles have them, so that HDD does not in fact work fine anymore.

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