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external harddrive type/size question
ahofle:
I don't think that drive RPM is really that important, for MAME at least. Once a romset is loaded into memory the disk does nothing (with the exception of the CHD games which are mostly unplayable with current hardware anyway). So you may get a small boost in load time, but the game won't run any faster once it's loaded. I think you will be fine with a 160 gig USB laptop drive personally. Just make sure you are using a really good hub.
Herk:
ahofle,
If you are having a hard time running chds, try fastmame specifically for them. It makes a lot of the chds quite playable. Software has the most to do with chds running poorly these days.
Herk
ahofle:
Thx, will definitely check it out!
Sensei:
All (I think) 2.5" external USB hard drives require power in addition to the one USB connection to the computer.
They usually come in 2 flavors.
1) External power supply via a brick
2) An additional USB connection
So either you plug the drive into an outlet or you'll need 2 USB connections (and if from a HUB then it needs to be a powered hub)
And I agree with the previous posts that USB hard drives do bottleneck and they sometimes take a moment to spin up when they have not been accessed recently. But hey....nothings perfect.
Just my $0.02 worth.
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