![]() ![]() Samsung T5 External USB SSDįor an external SSD, I used a 500GB Samsung T5 with a USB-C to USB 3.1 cable. Series X/S games will need to be on internal or expansion card storage in order to be played (message at the bottom right). Otherwise, you can play Xbox One and previous gen backwards compatible games straight off the USB drive using a USB 3.0 cable (or better), and they'll still use the Quick Resume game-swapping feature without a hitch. These conditions can also apply to certain Xbox One games that have received Series X optimizations, as was the case for me with Gears 5 and Gears Tactics. USB external drives can store those games, but they would have to be transferred to the internal drive or expansion card in order to be played (at least transfer speeds are pretty fast, as you'll see later in our results). Before Getting Into USB DrivesĪn important thing to note is USB-based storage devices cannot play Series X- or S-specific games off the drive itself-that's where this expansion card comes in clutch, especially once we start seeing more Series X/S-only games. The Xbox Series expansion card works just as fast as internal storage. However, it carries a hefty price tag at $220 USD (and when combined with the Series S at $300, pairing it with this drive is more expensive than a Series X console). There's virtually no difference in load times in the games I tested. In terms of speed, it's technically the best solution since it works identically to the internal SSD. It interfaces with the Xbox hardware and takes full advantage of that Velocity architecture Microsoft has been flexing. You just insert it, and it's immediately ready to use. This is the drive that plugs directly into the back of the console. Let's start with the proprietary Seagate 1TB expansion card, built specifically for the Series X and Series S. You can check the results in the video and text below. Results in this article are based on using an Xbox Series X, though these findings apply to the Series S since both use the same storage hardware and architecture. To test and compare speeds, I used Final Fantasy XV and The Outer Worlds for transferring whole games and recording load times. ![]() This covers the different tiers of storage options available for the Xbox Series systems. I used three different drives for the purposes of my tests: the 1TB Seagate SSD expansion card, a Samsung T5 portable SSD (500GB), and a Western Digital My Passport external hard drive (4TB). So, what are some good solutions to expand your storage on the new Xbox consoles and how do they perform in comparison? But with 802GB actually free to use on the internal drive, you can fill it up quickly with the size of games today (and don't forget the Xbox Series S only comes with a 512GB drive that comes out to 364GB of free space). The Xbox Series X's 1TB internal SSD is really fast, loading up some games in a matter of seconds-I tested this out in several games in my full console review (and earlier previews) and got impressive results. ![]()
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