External SSD for Xbox One

Discus and support External SSD for Xbox One in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Hello people! I was looking for additional storage on my good old Xbox One. And then though it was cool to get a SSD, to also increase speed loading.... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by SoC Sillage, Sep 27, 2018.

  1. SoC Sillage
    SoC Sillage Guest

    External SSD for Xbox One


    Hello people!

    I was looking for additional storage on my good old Xbox One. And then though it was cool to get a SSD, to also increase speed loading.

    Problem: I found a "Xbox One SSD Game Drive" 512GB from Seagate on Amazon. But it's waaaay to expensive....

    Can I just use any kind of external SSD to plug into console?

    Or did I need an "official" one?

    Cheers,

    S.

    :)
     
    SoC Sillage, Sep 27, 2018
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  2. TerreMOD
    TerreMOD Guest
    ssd usb 3.0 Xbox one S taglio minimo [USB SSD 3.0 Xbox one S minimum cut]

    Buongiorno.

    quale è il taglio minimo per un ssd esterno usb3.0 per una one S?

    [Translation - Good morning.

    What is the minimum cut for an external USB 3.0 SSD for a one S?]
     
    TerreMOD, Sep 27, 2018
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  3. XBF Paul M
    XBF Paul M Guest
    Is it safe to leave external SSD on all the time?

    Hiya, Mowaqas6969!

    Paul from Xbox Forums Team here to assist with the issue, with the current question about safety concerns with the external SSD. The ambassadors information is correct it should be fine to leave the SSD on while plugged into the Xbox One console. If you
    have any further questions about the external SSD I would recommend contacting Samsung to see if they have any recommendations.

    Happy Gaming!

    Paul Xbox Forums!
     
    XBF Paul M, Sep 27, 2018
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  4. EggsBoxJuan
    EggsBoxJuan Guest

    External SSD for Xbox One

    Hi, you could use pretty much any ssd but you’d need an enclosure too. To be honest for the cost it’s just not worth it for a few seconds of reduced loading times. You could get a far larger usb 3.0 external drive for your money.
     
    EggsBoxJuan, Sep 27, 2018
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  5. SoC Sillage
    SoC Sillage Guest
    Already have a 2 To HDD. Now I'm more into speed. And for the cost, I can afford a 1To SSD for <200€. The one I saw as "official" was a 512GB size for more than 300€.....

    Thanks for the quick response External SSD for Xbox One :)

    S.
     
    SoC Sillage, Sep 27, 2018
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  6. EggsBoxJuan
    EggsBoxJuan Guest
    It's your money of course, you may find some games load in maybe 5 or so seconds faster compared to a regular hard drive ( not all games though, some will be less some more ) Not worth it in my opinion when you could get yourself a 3TB drive for what that
    SSD will cost but of course it's your choice.

    1TB at todays game installs isn't going to last long.
     
    EggsBoxJuan, Nov 3, 2018
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  7. ACHV HighBounce Win User

    Will the Xbox Series X be able to use my external SSD

    This has been covered and been mentioned as it has been a big concern. Right now, yes you can use your external SSD to play Xbox One and Xbox 360 games but you will not be able to play stored SX games on the external SSD. To be able to able to play SX
    games they need to installed on the Series X's SSD not the external one.
  8. SH4GGY DOG Win User

    Xbox one X

    Hi. No there wasn't a Xbox One X with a internal SSD built in. You can buy an external SSD to use if you choose.
  9. atem7862 Win User

    Why can't you play series x games on ext ssd?

    So the external seagate ssd for xbox is usb3.0 with 500mbps read and write speed right? I have two of them and i see alot of people saying "its because the external ssds are too slow to play games on,you can only play series x or enhanced one x games on internal or the seagate expansion ssd card" but alot of external ssds are fast enough? No?
  10. Chefboy56 Win User

    Playing XB Series Exclusives on External SSD

    So no upcoming X/S exclusive games will be able to play off an external SSD? Even an official Xbox external SSD?
  11. ETP2 Win User

    XBOX X/S controller intermittently blinks

    Thanks. It appears the SSD external drive number 2 was the issue. Maybe!

    That narrows it down to 3 issues.

    Bad USB SSD Docking cable

    Bad SSD

    XBOX S does not play well with 2 external SSD drives

    Sometimes when a drive starts to fail it will do strange things .

    last one that failed had a bad cable as well as a bad drive. Difficult to troubleshoot eh.
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