Question An external drive for gaming on surface pro 9

[Salil]

I wanted to have an external drive where I can store mostly turn based strategy games like XCOM or Civilization type games and play on surface pro 9. I didn't want to undergo the hassle of changing the SSD in the SP9. Is there a thumb drive that might be able to do this or do I have to go for a full fledged external SSD? What data transfer rate is necessary for strategy gaming? I was thinking about 'Patriot Supersonic Rage Prime' which has a 600 MBps transfer speed. Is it enough for strategy gaming?

 

[Tech Junky]

Games load to the GPU at launch so, it's a matter of how long you want to wait.