So a lot of people on here seem to know a lot about computers and stuff but I don't and I need help. My son has an Xbox one and it needs more room for games and the only thing on his santa list in a pair of pants and more Xbox memory. I have seen the green Xbox things that that you just plug in (cost a fortune) but surely there is a cheaper way to do it without compromising the quality. Thanks for any help.
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Any external hard drive will work providing that it is USB 3.0.
This is a “MUST”. If you don’t know the differences in hard drives and the different USB versions, best to take someone with you who does.
I would get a minimum of 2TB, because anything smaller and you will buying another one very soon.
Bank on spending around $99 to $150 for a decent, USB 3.0 2TB external hard drive…
To use external storage with Xbox One games and apps, your hard drive must:
Hold 256 GB or more
Connect via USB 3.0
When you first connect, Xbox will prompt you to format your device. You can use it for Xbox games and apps, or for personal media such as pictures, music, and video. (Xbox will treat devices that don’t meet the above requirements as media storage.)Note Xbox will recognize only two external drives at one time.
As people have said above, any harddrive that’s USB 3.0 will work. Just plug it into the back of the console.
And there are cheaper options for HDD’s, I think there’s a 2TB Seagate harddrive for $79 @ JB HI-FI at the moment. Might be expired.
my lad bought a 2TB Toshiba Canvio when office works had 20% off for $80
been in operation for six months
I'm going to buck the trend here - while you can get an extra hard drive and plug it in, does he really need to keep all those games installed? I've had an xbox one for 4 years now and when the storage fills up I just uninstall the games I no longer play. It's really not that hard.
I like the option of playing games that I haven't played in a while and reinstalling them just take time.
Agreed. So much time lost doing this. And if they’re all on disc, you can’t play another game while you wait.
While I agree with this, and this is what I used to do, the problem comes from when you want to play that game again and want to install it to play. It can take a long time to reinstall. But that isnt the main issue. If the Xbox is connected to the internet, then you can’t play the game until the game is updated. Some games have updates of over 40gb. On a slow connection, this can take hours, not to mention if you don’t have unlimited data plan, reinstalling a few games over the month can easily blow your data cap.
After unnstalling a few games and wanting to play them again and copping a huge update just to play them, I think I would rather just leave them installed. I got a 2TB drive from an eBay 20% off sale for less than $100 and a 1TB Xbox console and haven’t filled either of them yet.
And remember, it’s a kid. Chances are they will chop and change their mind every 3 mins. And it’s really only a CoD/Fortnite console anyway. :D
Pegaxs has already done a great job answering your question.
I just wanted to add on top of that. When shopping for an "External Hard disc drive" there are 2 main types, desktop and portable.
The desktop versions are cheaper, but require it's own power, and hence an additional powerpoint is required. They are also much larger.
The portable versions are small and light and can be powered just via the USB port, so no additional powerpoint is required. Just plug it in the back of the xbox and you're set(still need to let xbox format the drive).
So it really depends on how cheap you want to go, and if you have a spare powerpoint for it. but my recommendation is to get a portable one, just not the XBOX branded one as they are over priced.
Thanks everyone for all the help.
OK Just a couple of pointers.
1. Avoid Seagate. Seagate consumer HDDs (i.e. 2 - 4 Tb) have an abysmal failure rate. Toshiba and Hitachi have good track record.
2. Avoid portable HDDs. Portable hdds use 2.5", which means it's slower at the same RPM. If you are mathematically minded, consider the radius of 2.5" vs 3.5" (2 * pi * r). Given the data stored on each mm will be equal, you can fit more on each "ring" on the larger disk as opposed to the smaller disk. Since the spin time/seek time is relative to the number of data fragments traversed in a given time (i.e. data per radius * rpm), the one with the larger radial "space" will obviously perform a lot faster.
3. Consider building your own external using an enclosure + internal HDD.
I think keeping it basic and in layman's terms is best for this particular case.
OK, basically…
1. Don't buy Seagate. Buy Toshiba or Hitachi disks.
2. Don't buy the small portable disks. Buy the big ones with external power adaptors. They're faster, they'll last longer, and you don't need to lug around the disk too often so portability shouldn't matter.
3. N/A.Good advice nonetheless for others!
Yes. I have the Xbox One and it’s really easy.
Any external hard drive will work providing that it is USB 3.0.