External SSD for gaming?

[Inet0]

Hello, I have not mutch knowledge about SSDs so I'm here to solve one issue.

I need "something" to solve Fallout 4 shutter and I'm facing with very slow texture loading ingame (what is result of shutter).


My PC specs:
Gtx 960 OC
8GB ram
i5 2500 cpu

I was browsing SSDs and I'm about to get one with USB3.0 port. Since I'm lazy person to mount SSD as internal hardware part, I prefer to use external drive. But does using external SSD will cost me way slower data reading speed? I know I could combine HDD and SSD together in PC case but it's tricky for me so I might go for easy way now.

I'm interested in following SSD since my budget now is 70-80 pounds.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01IP6STJY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=FEV17JD4FH2Y&coliid=IIMUMFYZCBSLI&psc=1

Tanks for help

 

[CircuitDaemon]

Most external SSD's are cheap models and have slower read/write speeds. Don't go external just because you are lazy, it will come with some headaches. Just get an internal and avoid all the trouble.

 

[joex444]

Your board likely has SATA-III ports which means up to 6Gbps. USB 3.0 is 5Gbps, and provided the external SSD would be the only thing using heaps of USB bandwidth you'll likely get very near the 5Gbps. One thing to note is that SATA uses 10b encoding while USB uses 8b, so USB 3.0 is 625MB/s while SATA-III is 600MB/s. Clearly you won't lose much speed due to USB -- there *is* a speed loss because you're converting from one to another and forcing all the data to go through the USB-to-SATA bridge. The external drive is only as good as that bridge, and only as good as the SSD inside it.

Quite frankly, if you don't mind having an external drive rather than the internal drive which takes up no extra space outside your case there's not much loss with a USB 3.0 SSD. That said, I'd consider having a gander at USB 3.0 to SATA 2.5" enclosures and a typical 2.5" SSD which you would put in the enclosure. Here's one for 14GBP: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Drive-External-Enclosure-9-5mm/dp/B00KCEY3WU/ref=sr_1_25?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1474482316&sr=1-25&keywords=2.5+in+to+usb+3.0

With this you'll at least know the kind of quality SSD you're getting. A-Data is probably just fine for your needs since it is (a) write infrequently, read frequently, and (b) not hosting the OS. Still, if you want a bit of control in the quality department an enclosure is the way to go. Further, because they're designed to let you add and remove drives you can use this to swap in other 2.5" drives or easily remove the drive and mount it internally. Most external SSDs that are sold in the way you've linked to are not easy to open by the user and typically you end up destroying the enclosure.

If you also go with an SSD that's very capable of running an OS, eg Samsung EVO drives, then you'll have an SSD ready to go for an upgrade.