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TS404xfound
post Mar 19 2018, 04:18 PM, updated 8y ago

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I'm looking to buy an external hard drive for my PS4. Can someone recommend me some cheap (but good) one? Preferably between RM100 - RM250. It doesn't have to be very large, just 1 - 2 TB will do. I tried to Google it but way too many brands that I've never heard of came out. So to be safe I choose to ask here.

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post Mar 20 2018, 09:00 AM

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just bought seagate backup slim 2TB
Rm289 from Viewnet
so far so good
LegendLee
post Mar 20 2018, 03:14 PM

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I'm using Seagate Firecuda 1TB.
So far so good. Does help with the loading times compared to stock hard drive. About 20-40% faster.

But that's internal. For external, my WD elements works ok.

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post Mar 20 2018, 07:51 PM

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I bought the Seagate 2TB Firecuda SSHD hours before I bought my PS4 Pro.
Swap it in and never even bothered to think about external HDD.
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post Mar 21 2018, 12:26 PM

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Using the stock 1TB hdd for my PS4 Pro. As for extended storage, I'm using Apacer 1TB AC630 USB3.1 nod.gif
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post Apr 2 2018, 10:57 AM

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QUOTE(jibbot @ Apr 2 2018, 10:39 AM)
can i swap? can i get 1 internal, get it replaced and then swap the internal, get a box and  becomes external??

get a SSD for internal, and load games from external...

is this actually improve the game running speed and loading time??
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post Apr 2 2018, 01:13 PM

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QUOTE(jibbot @ Apr 2 2018, 10:39 AM)
can i swap? can i get 1 internal, get it replaced and then swap the internal, get a box and  becomes external??

get a SSD for internal, and load games from external...

is this actually improve the game running speed and loading time??
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The improvement will not be as clear as using a PC.
The loading time is mainly atributed to loading of textures, maps etc from the game data. Which if you put in the external, might actually be slower.
The OS itself is quite streamlined.

 

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