Starfield External Hard Drive

[AkimFur]

The craziest part is that Starfield system requirements say you need an SSD, so you cant even play it on this

[chaim]

It's a damn shame the game is so mid. The merch aesthetic has been killer so far

[SmokedBarbecue]

Thats the speed of usb 2.0 either by not using the included usb c cable, faulty from seagate, or b broken usb-sata bridge chip.

[illagevidiot]

I'm a fan of hard drives for one specific usecase. Large storage that doesn't require fast transfer rates.

[goswinvonbrederlow]

That speed is the cable or controller chip, not the harddisk. Any 8TB harddisk will do 150+ MB/s sequentially.

[adamtschupp]

When it comes to mass storage you get more space per dollar with a HDD over an SSD

Try finding an 8tb SSD for less than a hundred or so dollars

[SAPS_]

Ah yes. A starfield themed hdd. For the game that requires an ssd. How fitting

[alakabambram]

Hard drives have a practical benefit for creative uses. Hdd's have unlimited read and writes. Only failing when the disc stops spinning or the arms get damaged. SSD's on the other hand have a limited number of read and writes. Meaning if you are saving a bunch of projects, it will eventually fail. Although that number of read writes gets bigger and bigger and will soon be negligible.

[Gnomleif]

"SSDs are usually more bang for your buck."
*checks prices on 10TB SSDs since I'm building a plex server that will ultimately hold several hundred DVDs and Blu-Rays worth of data*
Naaah ...

[ForcedMemes]

They need to make a Starfeild themed Series X to go with it.

[lordpyromon]

A hard drive themed after a game that can’t run on a hard drive. Absolutely brilliant.

[lewis]

Wait, so. A Starfield themed drive that can't play the game off it?
On Xbox its a Series game and will require internal or proprietary ssd and iirc steams minimum specs for the game says it needs an SSD too

[DavBotsArcade]

This hard drive is a metaphor for Starfield as a whole.

[YamiSpyro]

HDD are either for media or games that dont need the boost of a ssd
Sure a ssd would be nice for every game but not every title can and will take advantage of the faster loading of an ssd

[nickpaben]

The funniest part about this is that Bethesda specifically said that starfield requires an ssd in their system requirements for pc

[Under]

Why can't they make stuff like this for games that are actually fun

[gtbarsi]

Probably an SMR drive with no dram cache.

[lucasmenchone]

Bro just gave a free game pass month for his viewers for no reason and no one is talking about it.

[metaleggman]

Definitely has to be a controller issue and not the drive. Consumer 5400rpm vs 7200rpm drives really aren't that different in speed, it's only once you get to more prosumer or enterprise drives that you see a big difference in drive rpm.

[EdgyShooter]

Huh, I like how that's just the standard Seagate drive but with a star field skin on it