Reddit mentions of VectoTech Rapid 250GB External SSD USB-C (256GB) Portable Solid State Drive (USB 3.1 Gen 2)

So for your working purposes, the best equipment may already be sitting in your house (if not cheap alternatives to them). Let me explain…

A) The best, cheapest hard drive you could have with ample size?

____a. If you have a 256GB or 512GB SSD sitting in one of your unused computer (I don’t think everyone has access to this, as not everyone works in an IT-based industry), then a simple USB 3.0 -> SATA converter cable, priced at a mere… $10.99 might save you a few extra dollars. This is IF you decided to go this route. Traditional external SSDs, nominally 2.5-inch or smaller, are very fast, with speeds of 6Gb/s or faster, so this could be an option. (This also has yet to be outlawed by the Wii modding community [or as far as I know--they're just as reliable, if not moreso than traditional SSD portables.])

____b. Otherwise, a simple $59.99 SSD – 250GB Portable may be sufficient and cost efficient for ya!

B) The emulators the Wii can handle are as follows:

____a. Nintendo systems leading up to Nintendo 64: Wii64

____b. Nintendo portable systems leading up to Nintendo DS: DeSmuMe Wii

____c. Sega systems up to Sega Saturn: Yabause Wii

____d. Sony systems—Sony PS1: WiiSX

____e. Atari Systems leading up to the Atari 7800: Wii7800

____f. …and a variously-mixed set of arcade/personal retro-gaming computers from the 70s – late 80s. Check the list here.

C) As for Nintendo Gamecube cards, there is this one, which is 512MB! And it only costs $13.99!

D) Personally, seeing that read-write speeds degrade over time, I would recommend (if you’re not using your external drive, partitioned like I mentioned in THIS post, like mine), then getting a decently fast SDHC card, may help: See this 128GB cheaper-end SanDisk, that is MORE than capable of holding plenty of games/apps for your Wii.

E) Also, if you have any troubles, I wouldn’t mind helping you out while getting any/all of this setup! You can just message me if you have any snags or anything, and I’d be more than glad to help!

…and trust me, I know the feeling. I don’t really mod my Wii much, except for when my USB Loader GX tends to act funny, and then I’m scrambling the internet looking for an update to inject into my FAT32 partition! Bahahah! #AncientWiiProblems

Yeah I think I'll go with the MSI then. Thanks for bringing it up! When you're referring to buying a 250 gb ssd, are you referring to an external drive like this or something I would install in the laptop itself like these?

If you want a external SSD through USB that's a pretty good option. I did some research for you and they are really easy to find. How much storage will you be looking for?

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250G: https://www.amazon.com/VectoTech-Rapid-250GB-External-Portable/dp/B01JKMZ6UW/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1536396809&sr=1-1&keywords=vectotech+rapid+250gb+external+ssd+usb+3.0+portable+solid+state+drive&dpID=31CP0cvS09L&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

500G: https://www.amazon.com/VectoTech-Rapid-500GB-External-Portable/dp/B01JKMZ8IC/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1536396857&sr=1-4&keywords=500gb+external+ssd+usb+3.0+portable+solid+state+drive&dpID=31CP0cvS09L&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

1TB: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-T5-Portable-SSD-MU-PA1T0B/dp/B073H552FJ/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1536396769&sr=1-3&keywords=external+solid+state+drive+1TB

2TB: https://www.amazon.com/VectoTech-Rapid-External-Portable-Solid/dp/B01JKMZ5N0/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1536396821&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=vectotech+rapid500gb+external+ssd+usb+3.0+portable+solid+state+drive

These are all external so you would just plug them into your laptop. I don't know if you have another hard drive tray build into your laptop? Unless you want to switch out your current hard drive.

Hope this helps :)