Same as all other portable HDDs on our list, the B+S doesn’t need a separate adapter and draws power from your Xbox One S’s USB port. Most B+S benchmarks show the average 5400RPM hard drive sequential read/write speeds of around 115-120MB/s, which varies between systems and measurement software. You can get 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, and 5TB Backup Plus portable drives, however, the 4TB and 5TB options are technically not Slim ( almost twice as thick as the 1-2TB models) but since they’re pretty much the same in every other metric, we’ll just avoid that technicality. This, however, depends more on internet speeds, file sizes, and some other factors.Ĥ.53 x 0.47-0.82 x 3.1 inches / 11.5 x 1.2-2.1 x 7.8 cmĥ.64-8.82 oz / 0.16-0.25 kg (depends on model capacity)īackup Plus Slim (B+S) is a drive from Seagate’s Backup Plus series, with this model combining small size with practical capacity.
Installation times only got a bit shorter with WD My Book, for example, it took 32 minutes and 20 seconds for the internal hard drive to install Battlefield 4, while it took just 31 minutes and 21 seconds with WD My Book. In our testings with Xbox One S, My Book did a better job of loading games than the original internal hard drive – it took on average 24 seconds less to load games.
This is most likely a 7200RPM drive benchmark, as opposed to a 5400RPM on, which makes the relatively low price of 2.5-3.2 cents per GB even more appealing. My Book is not only spacious but also pretty fast, delivering around 165MB/s read/write speeds in most benchmarks, which is pretty fast for a regular hard drive. And even if 8TB isn’t enough for you there is a dual drive model with capacity up to 16TB – the WD My Book Duo is My Book’s big brother. WD My Book is available in five capacities up to 8TB, which will be enough for all the games and DLC you could ever have on your Xbox One S. Still, almost double the speed of a regular HDD might be worth the cost if you can afford one.Ħ.7 x 5.5 x 1.9 inches / 17 x 14 x 4.8 cm However, the small capacity, coupled with the fact that Xbox One consoles can’t exactly use the super-high SSD transfer speeds to their fullest extent makes the Game Drive SSD a much more premium choice for users who can easily pay around $300-400 for 1TB of storage just to get every bit of speed boost they can. It is even more compact than the base HDD version, and you can store around 15+ games on it. As a Solid-State Drive (SSD), it loads games a whole lot faster (transfer speeds in the ballpark of 400-430MB/s) but costs much more. Seagate has also released Seagate Game Drive for Xbox SSD with 512GB capacity. Xbox One Games We Tested on Seagate Game Drive Titanfall, even with its season pass DLC migrated to the new drive in just under 6 minutes.
In PC benchmarks, the standard edition of the Game Drive achieved around 120-125MB/s read/write speeds on average, with a couple benchmarks dropping down to 110MB/s but to reflect how it would benefit your gaming experience, we ran a couple tests on the Xbox One S itself.įor testing, we migrated three full games without any DLC to the drive, which took less than 15 minutes on average. Just take your drive to a friend’s house, plug it in, then sign in to your Xbox Gold account and you’re ready for gaming.Īlso, testing with Seagate’s Game Drive showed improvement in loading times. All the games that you’ve stored on the drive are ready to be played on any other Xbox One console. The only real downside of Seagate Xbox Game Drive is the short one year warranty.īecause of Seagate’s small form factor, you can easily carry it around, same as any other portable hard drive. The drive is available in two capacities – 2TB and 4TB.Īnother extremely useful feature is backward compatibility with Xbox 360 that very few external hard drives have. It’s a 2.5-inch USB 3.0 portable external hard drive that is bus-powered and doesn’t have an AC adapter.
Seagate’s Game Drive doesn’t just offer a storage space for games and downloadable content as it’s designed specifically for use with Xbox One and Xbox One.