Hello everyone.
 

Does anyone how good could perform an External HDD like the WD Elements  for addons such as FS Global and all that kind of stuff??
 

Thx 

Meh.  Samsung 860 Evo 1TB is so cheap these days I'd just get 2 of those.

I would think that would add a significant amount of stutters (while loading) since the SATA ports are generally faster than USB. Is that USB 2.0 or 3.0? SATA runs at 6.0 gbps, USB 3.0 runs at 5 gbps, USB 2.0 runs at 480 mbps. Here is a good article about transfer speeds -- https://www.quora.com/How-long-will-it-take-to-transfer-a-1-GB-file-size-on-a-USB-2-0-and-a-USB-3-0-drive

That article points out that the USB speeds noted above are theoretical maximums and in real life are slower.

I agree with Ryan that you should be using SSDs if you have available internal ports. During Black Friday, saw a 2 Gb SSD for $229 at Newegg. 1 Gb SSDs are running between $80 and $110.

I use a WD Elements drive for storage of installation files and backups but not to execute from.

What are your PC's specs?

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Hope this helps.