Any impact on load speed? (Gaming)
by Cody Miller 
, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Monday, March 13, 2017, 22:10 (2603 days ago) @ stabbim
edited by Cody Miller, Monday, March 13, 2017, 22:14
Don't be. The (theoretical) transfer rate of USB 3.0 is nearly as high as 3rd-generation SATA, and certainly high enough that it's not going to impact the speed of a platter-based mechanical hard drive.
USB is has always been worse than its rated speed though for a variety or reasons. It requires the CPU to be the bus master, it is only half duplex, and the data transfer is not isochronous. This is why firewire 400 would always beat USB2 in the real world, despite it being rated 80 Mbits slower.
It actually could matter in a spinning disk because of the CPU overhead for a usb device. I've seen slower transfer rates from the usb 3 port vs the thunderbolt port on the same drive often.
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- 4TB External drive for $110... -
Korny,
2017-03-13, 15:31
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CyberKN,
2017-03-13, 16:46
- Any impact on load speed? - cheapLEY, 2017-03-13, 17:18
- Any impact on load speed? -
slycrel,
2017-03-13, 18:29
- I looked it up, and they're all USB 3.0
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CyberKN,
2017-03-13, 18:37
- orly? - slycrel, 2017-03-13, 21:23
- I looked it up, and they're all USB 3.0
- Any impact on load speed? -
stabbim,
2017-03-13, 20:26
- Any impact on load speed? -
Beorn,
2017-03-13, 21:01
- Thanks for the tips - CyberKN, 2017-03-13, 21:59
- Any impact on load speed? - Cody Miller, 2017-03-13, 22:10
- Any impact on load speed? -
Beorn,
2017-03-13, 21:01
- 4TB External drive for $110... -
Cody Miller,
2017-03-13, 17:06
- You *do* know... -
Beorn,
2017-03-13, 20:08
- You *do* know... -
Cody Miller,
2017-03-13, 21:59
- You *do* know... - Pyromancy, 2017-03-13, 23:23
- I must be lucky -
Beorn,
2017-03-14, 14:37
- I must be lucky -
dogcow,
2017-03-14, 14:49
- I must be lucky -
Korny,
2017-03-14, 17:18
- As long as we're giving anecdotes -
Vortech,
2017-03-14, 21:51
- Take 'em apart! -
DiscipleN2k,
2017-03-15, 12:16
- Agreed - stabbim, 2017-03-15, 14:30
- Take 'em apart! -
DiscipleN2k,
2017-03-15, 12:16
- As long as we're giving anecdotes -
Vortech,
2017-03-14, 21:51
- I must be lucky -
Korny,
2017-03-14, 17:18
- I must be lucky -
dogcow,
2017-03-14, 14:49
- You *do* know... -
Cody Miller,
2017-03-13, 21:59
- You *do* know... -
Beorn,
2017-03-13, 20:08
- SSD or bust -
kidtsunami,
2017-03-13, 17:12
- +1 -
Claude Errera,
2017-03-13, 18:18
- +1 -
Cody Miller,
2017-03-13, 21:58
- +1 -
Claude Errera,
2017-03-13, 22:14
- +1 - Cody Miller, 2017-03-13, 22:25
- What about menu load time? -
Funkmon,
2017-03-14, 01:55
- Much pleased by the speed increase. -
Claude Errera,
2017-03-14, 12:04
- Much pleased by the speed increase. - stabbim, 2017-03-14, 12:12
- Much pleased by the speed increase.
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Claude Errera,
2017-03-13, 22:14
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Cody Miller,
2017-03-13, 21:58
- Not "or bust". Hybrids generally perform better with console -
Korny,
2017-03-13, 19:02
- Not "or bust". Hybrids generally perform better with console -
CruelLEGACEY,
2017-03-13, 19:42
- Not "or bust". Hybrids generally perform better with console -
Korny,
2017-03-13, 20:19
- ok, you're forgiven... just this once ;p -
CruelLEGACEY,
2017-03-13, 22:47
- Not "or bust". Hybrids generally perform better with console -
kidtsunami,
2017-03-14, 11:36
- Not "or bust". Hybrids generally perform better with console - Kermit, 2017-03-14, 12:49
- ok, you're forgiven... just this once ;p
- Not "or bust". Hybrids generally perform better with console -
Korny,
2017-03-13, 20:19
- Not "or bust". Hybrids generally perform better with console -
CruelLEGACEY,
2017-03-13, 19:42
- SSD or bust - ShadowDancing, 2017-03-19, 21:23
- +1
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CyberKN,
2017-03-13, 16:46