minus-squareKiwiTB@lemmy.worldtoPC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Is a HDD still useful for gaming in 2025?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoOld games and indie are mostly fine. Anything newer or open world and you’ll need a SSD or a level 2 cache at least. NOTE: this only applies to CMR hard disks, SMR hard disks are unusable. linkfedilink
minus-squareKiwiTB@lemmy.worldtoPC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Valve just quoted over $220 to fix a single Steam Deck buttonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61arrow-down5·12 days agoThe price listed sounds fair. I don’t think this journalist has considered the costs at all. linkfedilink
Old games and indie are mostly fine. Anything newer or open world and you’ll need a SSD or a level 2 cache at least. NOTE: this only applies to CMR hard disks, SMR hard disks are unusable.