Hi I am a returning FSX simmer and I think I have got the hardware sorted. I have decided to go for a ASUS laptop N56vz which is core i7 with dedicated graphics nvidia gt650 at 2gb.

 

I am aware of the advice of putting FSX and it's add ons on a dedicated drive which sounds like good advice. However the lappie only has a single drive.

 

What I am thinking is using an external ssd connected via a USB 3.0 to carry and run FSX and it's add ons.

 

Anyone any experience or advice please.

 

Regards

 

Pete

Make sure that single internal drive is an SSD. With an SSD it doesn't matter if both FSX and the OS are on the same drive. I've been an early SSD adopter and I have to say that the prices of a 500GB drive now is very affordable.

 

What's important is fast access time. High transfer rates are not important. An external USB drive will always have a lot slower access time than an internal SATA drive. High access time can cause stutters.