/u/[deleted] on SSD Required?
I have both sata ssd and m2 nvmeThere’s no difference when it comes to gaming Any ssd is fine
View Article/u/Dragarius on SSD Required?
As someone with all 3 types of drives in his PC, you won't see any difference between SSD and M2 for gaming.
View Article/u/IntentionalPairing on SSD Required?
If i port into a busy city yeah it takes maybe 10 seconds before all the player models populate, is that an HDD thing?Yes.Having an SSD is one of the biggest upgrades someone can have, sure, it takes...
View Article/u/CashPrizesz on SSD Required?
People (not just here) are really overstating the negative impact HDD has on the game. I have a small SSD I keep Windows on, I have Wow one of my two 1TB HDDs.The game runs just fine, yeah it takes...
View Article/u/shaun056 on SSD Required?
Linus did a video where he tested 3 types of SSD. The standard 2.5 inch ssd did surprisingly well.
View Article/u/StopWeirdJokes on SSD Required?
This 100% - though this doesnt apply to WoW, I'd expect the new "min spec" programming for utilization/access of storage to be vastly improved for games as the new console tier features SSDs as a...
View Article/u/Katur on SSD Required?
You will see nearly identical performance between a top of the line M.2 NVME drive and a pretty bog standard SATA SSD, M.2 or 2.5 inch. Huh, interesting. Benchmarks on my M.2 nvme going through all...
View Article/u/sam5634 on SSD Required?
Spinny discs are basically dinosaurs. SSDs are the new poor man's hd. M.2 nvme is the new standard.
View Article/u/NotaDog5858 on SSD Required?
You could consider an external SSD =)They are incredibly affordably if you are only needing it for Shadowlands. You can grab an ADATA Entry Series 240GB External for $35. I happen to have an SSD in my...
View Article/u/Nullhitter on SSD Required?
People have been playing WoW below the minimum specs for years. I'd say wait for Shadowlands to drop and play it and see if you really need it or not. You can probably lower the graphics and such to...
View Article/u/voss749 on SSD Required?
I have a 512gb SSD for my system partition, but a 2 TB hard drive for steam. Flight simulator and wow and have had no problems with wow in the past. If flight simulator which is a far demanding program...
View Article/u/RhondaST on SSD Required?
Okay if I bought that for $90, would WoW run from the SDD? Sorry I’m trying to figure it all out and think I need this.
View Article/u/Jmantheman335 on SSD Required?
Try this:https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B078SWJ3CF?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_imageIt’s on sale for 90 dollars
View Article/u/m_dorian on SSD Required?
I m not from the US. The cheapest ext I could find was around € 26 but I don't trust the maker.Thanks for the recommendation. :)
View Article/u/Zemerax on SSD Required?
There was a 120gb SSD on sale last week for under $10. They aren't expensive as they used to be. If you can't run one internally than an SSD over USB 3.0 will still be better than a standard HDD. (I...
View Article/u/Jaytim on SSD Required?
Why would they list it under REQUIRED if its not actually required. I assume there's something different about how SL loads content that makes SSDs needed. Theres a reason for seperste lists for...
View Article/u/Savagemaw on SSD Required?
Honestly, you are likely to start seeing significant problems just running windows on HDD. You may run into power supply issues. Heat issues. Constant "100%" disk errors. There is practically no reason...
View Article/u/kariam_24 on SSD Required?
Because WoW is old game, they cant rehaul whole game and engine.
View Article/u/jasgore on SSD Required?
I'm not sure why people keep assuming there will even be loading screens. Similar to the PS5 and Ratchet & Clank, the move is towards constant real-time loading of assets with no loading screens....
View Article/u/Bithlord on SSD Required?
The Samsung T7 500gb external SSD is like 30% off (80.00 USD) on Amazon right nowSure, but bear in mind that "500gb" sounds like a lot, but WoW will be taking up a full 20% of that hard drive. Games...
View Article/u/ddllanes on SSD Required?
Heres the problem, that ssd cost 150 in my country because shipment and taxes and to that add the game its almost 200 only to be able to play shadowlands and thats a big no no at least for me
View Article/u/Bombkirby on SSD Required?
Because this game is based on really really old tech which makes adding upgrades to the tech harder than a modern game. Those upgrades are "possible", no one says they are not, but they are far from...
View Article/u/Mainmorte on SSD Required?
SSD is a "minimum requirement" the same way that having a mouse is a minimum requirement. You can play the game without it, but it's gonna be a shit experience.Playing on an HDD is ALREADY nightmarish...
View Article/u/SirUrza on SSD Required?
You'll probably see some severe texture pop in, if you've seen it logging into BFA it'll likely be worse in Shadowlands.
View Article/u/Si-Jo0159 on SSD Required?
Tbh I'd assume so.I'm using an external HDD on a sub par laptop to play at the moment and I get away with it.Groups may get frustrated with how long it take entering instances etc but the game isn't...
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Reading up on Shadowlands patch. PC minimum requirements say that 100gb of SSD space is necessary. Will I be able to continue playing on my hard drive based laptop? submitted by /u/bigjimdn [link]...
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