Plus, it's the most compact drive on this list by far. Sure, it might come at a high price, but it'll effectively double your Xbox Series X storage or almost triple your Xbox Series S storage. Best of all is the fact that it adds 1TB of extra storage to the console. Don't worry, you won't be sacrificing graphics, latency, load times, or framerates when using it. Instead, it gets a direct PCI Express connection with the Xbox, which gives it bandwidth that can match the Xbox Series X/S's own internal storage. This Seagate drive doesn't use USB or suffer from its limited bandwidth. You get plenty fast data transfer speeds at 2,400MB/s, making it easy to get back to your game in no time. The latest games require faster storage, and the only option for that is the Seagate Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X/S. Yes, you can plug any old USB-based external hard drive into your Xbox Series X/S, but those only let you store games from previous Xbox generations. Seagate Storage Expansion Card for Xbox 1TB SSD Best Xbox Series X/S External Hard DriveĬapacity: 1TB | Interface: Xbox Storage Expansion Port | Max Transfer Speed: 2,400MB/s | Weight: 0.15 pounds And, if you're worried about the safety of your data, there is built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption and WD Backup software to make sure important files won't get lost.

Many high-capacity drives might connect over a USB that then requires an auxiliary power source, but this drive connects and is powered using the same USB connection. It’s less than an inch thick, weighs less than half a pound, and only requires one cable. Portability is a big perk of the WD My Passport 4TB drive, and you can easily slide it into your bag to have data available for work or school. And, the USB 3.0 connectivity still gives the device decent transfer rates, so you won’t be waiting all day just to transfer a few gigabytes of content between your computer and your drive. Sure, you don't get the high speeds of an SSD, but for general use, you often don't miss that. This external hard drive provides a ton of storage space at an affordable $100 price, letting you get effectively 1TB per $25.

Western Digital checks off just about every box with the WD My Passport 4TB drive.

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