Xbox one Hard drive

[Dan The Top Bloke]

Hey guys i know on the 360 you could hook up and use the usb ports for a external memory unit but does that apply for the xbox one?
The 500gig drive is just too small so thinking of getting a bit external hard drive to hook up to it is there any requirements that i'd need or does it even work?

 

[Rossi1989]

I think any will work but it has to be USB 3.0 I'll be doing the same as mine is about 90% full

 

[SharkyUK]

Yeah, just buy yourself a decent mechanical USB3.0 hard drive and plug it in. No point in SSD's or hybrids as they will just cost you more for no appreciable benefits on this case.

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

Ideal looking at getting something like 1-2 TB really so no chance of filling it up....he says

 

[Marc.]

Will keep my eye on this thread, as I'm going to be buying an external HD for my Xbone soon.

 

[domjolly]

Yeah I have a 1tb external hard drive plugged into my Xbox one... As long as it's 3.0 or more it's fine to use.... Think mine coat £50 filled it with loads of games already though so I'd well advise getting the 2tb

 

[domjolly]

Forgot to say I just got mine from maplins on the cheap

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

yeah they eat up memory fast when i first got my xbox i thoguht 500Gig wow ill never fill that, a few games later its fullup so I'm thinking in this case bigger is better, would there be any extended loading times/lag when it's loading a file from a external hard drive?

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

To people in the know would this be a ideal candidate? http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=281585264855&alt=web

 

[JackJack]

I think i'll be getting that one just not the 5tb.

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

How come not the 5t?

 

[SharkyUK]

...would there be any extended loading times/lag when it's loading a file from a external hard drive?

No different to the integral drive mate. In fact, and somewhat strangely, a few people have even experienced slightly improved performance from their external drives. Either way, it will be marginal and very much a non-issue.

 

[-Jason-]

I have this one:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1434716.htm

20+ games downloaded to it and only 26% full.

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

thats cheep 20+ eh? might have to get that one then mate cheers for the link.