Step 2: Wrap it in aluminum.

Step 3: Place on "oven" for an entire session of Battlefield 1.

Step 4: Remove freshly baked games from aluminum foil and promptly toss seagate in the garbage.

Step 5: Buy these instead:

Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E500B/AM)

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E500B-AM/dp/B00OBRE5UE/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1491386297&sr=1-1&keywords=samsung+850+evo+500gb

Inateck 2.5 Inch USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure External SATA HDD and SSD Case - Optimized for 9.5mm 7mm 2.5" SSD, Tool Free (FE2002)

https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Inch-Drive-Enclosure-External/dp/B00FCLG65U/ref=sr_1_9?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1491386412&sr=1-9&keywords=uasp

Step 6: Install games to the SDD, and... Enjoy!

I'm going to copy and paste an old comment of mine:

Just a heads up, a 240GB ssd works as well! I bought a Sandisk SSD Plus drive from Amazon for $65 (USD. This was February of 2016.)

Playing Destiny, the boot up time to load into the tower time went from

~3mins from internal drive to

~2:18 on portable HDD (5400 RPM) to

~1:36 on the SSD.

Some/most games won't be that drastic of a difference, but I've been quite happy putting the games I play the most on the SSD. The formatted capacity of the 240gb SSD is 223.5gb

I used the following (found my US linked items and located them in the UK store):

This SSD drive

This UASP supported SSD enclosure

If you have any questions, let me know and I'll be happy to help. I use that 240 GB ssd in conjunction with a 2TB external, so that I get a best of both speed and storage capacity.

I'll chime in on the movie editing / storage question. My Macbook pro has 256 Gigs of HD space. It's still not enough. When you edit one 15 minute video in FinalCut X it's ends up being 50 Gigs or more. My solution, which works great, was to buy a USB 3.0 external enclosure and put a cheap 250 Gig Samsung SSD inside. This drive and usb connection is so fast, I will never have any issues with transfer speeds or using up all the internal HD space.

Total investment is about $97, a drop in the bucket compared to paying Apple for a larger drive.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E250B-AM/dp/B00OAJ412U/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1451314692&sr=1-1&keywords=samsung+ssd

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FCLG65U?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00

I'm positive I have an SSD (here is the model).

I bought a case and cable that support UASP (here is the case).

I do still have OSX installed on the internal HDD. I was giving it a few days to make sure everything runs smoothly before formatting it. The Mac Mini runs considerably faster off the external SSD than it did with the internal HDD.

To re-iterate, I don't notice any day-to-day difference between my external SSD and my family's internal SSD in a Mac Mini. I do feel by boot time is a bit slower, though.

You could get something like this - https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Inch-Drive-Enclosure-External/dp/B00FCLG65U

You just plug the SSD in and then connect it via USB (keep in mind the transfer speeds might be slower than through a regular SATA cable).

https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Inch-Drive-Enclosure-External/dp/B00FCLG65U/

OP this is what I use;

Inland Professional 480GB SSD... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BD32RLK?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

Case;

Inateck 2.5 Inch USB 3.0 Hard... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FCLG65U?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

Runs like a dream. My games load insanely fast, very easy to set up, and I’ve had no issue with it. Had mine for months.

In this vid I'm using an Inateck USB 3 external enclosure (http://www.amazon.com/Optimized-Inateck-Enclosure-Installation-Compatible/dp/B00FCLG65U/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1416519739&sr=1-4&keywords=inateck) and a Crucial MX100 256GB SSD. I'm sticking to an external rather than opening up the Xbox One.

I'd recommend a reasonably fast SSD and an USB3 enclosure. I've been very pleased with this enclosure.

Of course! Here's a good enclosure I've used before.

https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Inch-Drive-Enclosure-External/dp/B00FCLG65U

Edit: Actually, what form factor is the ssd? There are also m.2 enclosures but if it’s a proprietary PCB then you might be out of luck.

https://m.newegg.com/products/9SIAD6F6JU4922?ignorebbr=true&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP-Mobile&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-Mobile-_-pla-_-External+Enclosure-_-9SIAD6F6JU4922&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInavSv63O2gIVGEsNCh2gEw2kEAQYASABEgKVyfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Here are the CrystalDiskMark results for an external mechanical drive I have. Remember to multiply by 8 to get the speed in megabits. 140 megabytes/second = 1120 megabits/second. http://imgur.com/sQ1TW3g

The drive: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-HN-M201RAD-Momentus-SpinPoint-ST2000LM003/dp/B00I8O6OQ4/

The enclosure: http://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Tool-Free-Enclosure-UASP/dp/B00FCLG65U/

EDIT: If you were wondering what happened, the person I was replying to claimed no hard drive got better speeds than 180 megabits per second.

USB 3.0 is already faster than the SSD so you won't notice a difference. I would try and find a USB 3.0 enclosure with a regular A connector to avoid the terrible flimsy micro connectors.

Like this: http://www.amazon.com/Optimized-Inateck-Enclosure-Installation-Compatible/dp/B00FCLG65U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410409152&sr=8-1&keywords=ssd+enclosure

Wow I kinda wish I got one of those hub add ons. I use a 500GB hybrid hard drive with a separate enclosure
Just plugged into the back.

The enclosure might work better for you if you're worried about the colors not matching. Plug it into the back or side and hide the hard drive somewhere.

Only reason I got the hard drive is to load up tracks faster

It needs to be USB3. This is the one I use: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FCLG65U/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Not just theoretically, you can actually run off USB. Using this plus an ssd I get WAY better performance than the included 1TB Fusion Drive.

Okay so I used the Inatech method of buying this enclosure to boot from USB3 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FCLG65U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) to a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB and the speeds are WAY better than stock. I'm seeing speeds of 400write and 425read, but I wonder if I was to purchase a USB3 to TB adapter, would I get those juicy speeds? This is the adapter I'm looking at: http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HGC82ZM/A/kanex-thunderbolt-to-esata-usb-30-adapter?afid=p238%7CsFXUVsoDR-dc_mtid_1870765e38482_pcrid_52243322050_&cid=aos-us-kwg-pla-btb-slid-

Thoughts?

i had the same issue with my mac mini. it's really finicky with usb drives. i ended up getting a 2.5" drive enclosure and putting my own drive in it. no more disconnects ever. this is the enclosure i got if you're curious: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FCLG65U

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FCLG65U?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

this morning I put the drive into this enclose and it works just fine.... so yea something is wrong with the other cable.

You can use the hard drive from your laptop, after buying a hard drive enclosure (which is basically an adapter to let you connect via usb)

I use this enclosure for my SATA hard drive, but you should check what connector the drive from your old laptop uses.

To install Windows 8.1 with a pre-created usb drive, I would use bootcamp assistant to partition the drive and get the support software. After that, I would boot into the usb and do a manual Windows install (Make sure to select the empty partition!).

For full disclosure, I think this should work, but I've only worked with usb drives created by bootcamp. If something doesn't work here, maybe I can help you figure out what the problem was that caused the "full on stop of progress" when you were trying to do it that way.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00FCLG65U
This gets read/write speeds of over 400 which is awesome!

And a Samsung 840 250gb SSD to go with it should do the job nicely... If I can set my mind at rest about the TRIM issue this is the perfect solution! I have a £60 amazon voucher too so I can get all this for £30 :D

If the tablet interface interests you, maybe you would enjoy the ASUS T100TA. It can be a tablet or attach to its keyboard and be a fully functional laptop.

It also comes with Office Home & Student pre-loaded onto it. It does lack a lot of storage though, so it would be wise to have an external hard drive. You could, however, take the hard drive out of your current laptop and just put it into an external enclosure and store your movies and stuff on that.

A 500 gig one should be big enough already, if you're just gonna put the games on there that you are actively playing.

And if you still have the original HDD in your PS4, then you will see a large increase in loading speed, plus lots of free space, as almost half of the 500 gig internal drive is used by the OS.

BTW, this is the caddy I bought to house the ssd:

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00FCLG65U/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&language=en_GB&psc=1

It's an amazon.de link, but I'm sure you can find the same caddy on other countries amazon sites if you search on the product.

Would this enclosure
And this SSD work together for the shield?

Sorry, don't log in often and missed this.

That looks pretty much the same as what I did. The only issue I had was initially transferring some files from my Wii U to the external, but that was because I didn't realize I needed a USB-Y cable at the time. Once I got a Y cable, everything has been good.

These are the specific items I purchased.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OAJ412U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FCLG65U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002W8EDOM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Should be fine as long as it supports uasp like u/Kelsenellenelvial said. I used this enclosure with a Samsung 860 EVO.

After some research I discovered this hard disk enclosure that uses the UASP protocol, pumping near 400 MB/s over USB3. The big problem is: how do I know if my iMac supports the UASP protocol?

I have an iMac 13,2.

Yeah this is a bit better than mine (late 2013 model) and it will run Win10 nicely.

You can actually run games off external UASP (USB 3.0) drive, I built one with these two (used the 512 version instead)

SSD (EVO 850) http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E250B-AM/dp/B00OAJ412U

Enclosure (UASP enabled) http://www.amazon.com/Optimized-Inateck-Enclosure-Tool-free-FE2002/dp/B00FCLG65U/

If you have USB3 connectors on your Air (ie. got it after mid 2012) you can get a regular SSD hard-drive and an USB3 enclosure. I use this SSD and this enclosure. Total cost for both should be under $50.

If not, then you will need to add a Thunderbolt to USB3 adapter (assuming you don't use the Thunderbolt connector for something already), which are quite expensive and please make sure you get it from a vendor with good return policy because there's no guarantee the adapter will work with a USB3 SSD enclosure.

Also, have you considered upgrading the hard-drive in your Air?

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HDD / SSD Enclosure Drive + 2.5 HDD

Put your Images into proper named folders so you can sort them by date, events, etc...

Profit

So like other people have said, get an SSD. I was always the one lagging when loading in with my fire team, both other people were playing on X’s and would load at exactly the same time, with me following at least 30 seconds later.

After switching I did some tests from loading the game up logging in a loading into the tower I was under 2 minutes which is a huge difference from what felt like 5 minutes (probably an exaggeration). I am on wireless and I don’t think wiring would make any difference. Another test was me loading into the tower about 10 seconds before my buddy that was in the fire team that’s in an X (he’s wired on fiber, another reason I don’t think wired would help any)

I no longer load jumping the gap on the way to the oracle in the dreaming city.

Here’s what I bought

Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - CT500MX500SSD1(Z)

Inateck 2.5 Inch USB 3.0 Case

Just remember not all SSD’s are the same, some are faster and I purchased the top part of the middle according to a test that I read, Evo’s were the fastest is what the were saying I just didn’t want to fork over the extra 40 bucks for an Evo drive.

Something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Optimized-Inateck-External-Enclosure-Tool-free/dp/B00FCLG65U

Or

http://www.amazon.com/Inateck-External-Enclosure-2-5-Inch-Tool-Free/dp/B00KYF1LLI

For 1tb though it's going to be hard to keep close to 150 but in the not to distant future most external drives will be this setup.

In case anyone's curious, this is the enclosure in question: Inateck 2.5 Inch USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure External SATA HDD and SSD Case - Optimized for 9.5mm 7mm 2.5" SSD, Tool Free (FE2002) https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00FCLG65U

What external USB enclosure are you using? I've run VMs from my rMBP fine using one of these with a 240Gb Crucial SSD in there and it's worked flawlessly.

thank you
can you tell from this pictures
http://imgur.com/a/oyf6f

if a case like this would probably work?
http://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Inch-Drive-Enclosure-External/dp/B00FCLG65U/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1465168387&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=external+hard+drive+case+usb+3.0&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Inch-Drive-Enclosure-External/dp/B00FCLG65U something like this

I happened to have an internal SSD laying around.

https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/850evo/

So I bought an enclosure, and just popped it in and plugged it into my PS4.

https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Inch-Drive-Enclosure-External/dp/B00FCLG65U

For SSDs use something like this http://www.amazon.com/Optimized-Inateck-Enclosure-Tool-free-FE2002/dp/B00FCLG65U