Look for a recommendation on a mechanical harddrive for gaming. SSDs are just not large/cheap enough to store a decent amount of games. With so many game launchers around I need size and speed - Steam, Epic, Origin, Battlenet, Uplay, GOG, Xbox, Bethesda arrrrrrgggghhh!
Looking for 4TB plus and reasonable speeds for load times. Any recommendations on a quality bargain in this space?
You should look into playnite as a game launcher launcher.
I'm a bit of hoarder so I'd go for a bigger drive but you may be best to wait for a cheaper desktop hard drive and shuck the drive out.
Like this one, which is actually still in stock. Please note it is SMR not CMR.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/559524
$109 from Bing Lee and Catch
https://www.binglee.com.au/seagate-steb4000300-4tb-expansion…
https://www.catch.com.au/product/seagate-steb4000300-4tb-exp…
I've been using a 2tb Seagate Firecuda for the past few years. When playing online, R6 siege and Warzone I'm always loading faster than 99% of peeps.
https://www.seagate.com/au/en/internal-hard-drives/hdd/firec…
Basically any hard drive that is 7200 rpm. Can't go wrong with WD Blue/Black or Seagate Barracudas.
You shouldn't be storing all your games on an SSD anyway. For me SSD is for boot and games that I always play often.