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19 April 2019  Ashley S. Miller  Specialist of Customer Service Dept.
 

Summary
Every XBOX ONE S/X user expects to shorten the accessing time of the games. In fact, a SSD can help you solve this problem. Read this article and learn more!



Part 1. Comparison among XBOX ONE, XBOX ONE S and XBOX ONE X

XBOX ONE, XBOX ONE S and XBOX ONE X are video game consoles introduced by Microsoft. Each one can get users enjoy all games on the platform and all accessories. However, differences exist in hardware configurations and functions of each XBOX ONE edition.
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XBOX ONE edition comparison

Functions

XBOX ONE

XBOX ONE S

XBOX ONE X

Compatible with all games and accessories√√√
Support for XBOX Liver servers√√√
Experience 4K Blu-ray and 4K video streaming√√
6 teraflops of graphical processing power√
Stream and record clips in 4K resolution at 60FPS√
See every frame with 326 GB/sec memory bandwidth√
Relish 40% more power than any other console√
From the above table, we can see that the first console XBOX ONE only supports video game playing while XBOX ONE S and XBOX ONE X support 4K Blu-ray and 4K records. XBOX ONE X even processes quicker than the former two editions, over about 40% in speed. Certainly, users can get a better gaming experience.

Part 2. Why Upgrade SSD for XBOX ONE?

However, the disk shipped in XBOX ONE X is merely a Seagate 2.5-inch hard disk (model ST1000LM035), with absolutely 5400rpm. Even the 140MB/s peak transfer rate listed in the disk’s data sheet is still bottlenecking the gamer that are accessed frequently. If you plan to uplift the accessing speed, adding an SSD to your XBOX ONE is a good choice.
Game Nexus researchers have ever played XBOX ONE games with the internal HDD and with the external SSD. The test shows the following data:
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XBOX ONE x SSD vs HDD results:

Games

Accessing time of HDD

Accessing time of SSD

Assassin’s Creed Origins35.1 seconds23.8 seconds
Denisty 224.1 seconds17.7 seconds
Final Fantasy XV67.5 seconds23.3 seconds
Monster Hunter25.6 seconds16.9 seconds
It is easy to find that the accessing time has been shortened when the XBOX is connected to the external SSD. Especially, Final Fantasy XV clearly has the most to gain from an SSD, with the accessing time reduction of 65%. These results say the necessity of upgrading XBOX ONE with SSD.

Part 3. Internal or External SSD?

We recommend you upgrade your XBOX ONE with an external SSD because Microsoft has decided that upgrading the internal hard disk on your XBOX ONE will ultimately void your warranty. Meanwhile, connecting SSD as the external SSD is very simple. You can save all games in the external SSD to get a better game accessing performance in XBOX ONE.
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Part 4. How to Upgrade SSD for XBOX ONE?

Connect SSD as external hard disk

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1. Open the disk enclosure.

2. Insert 2.5-inch SSD.

3. Close the disk enclosure.

4. Connect the USB 3.0 cable to USB port of  disk enclosure.

Format SSD on XBOX ONE

The next step is to connect this disk enclosure to XBOX ONE. Use the cable attached with the disk enclosure to plug in the XBOX ONE console. The console will automatically check the SSD. Then, follow the prompts to format the disk.

Note: all data on the external SSD will be erased.

format sotrage device in xbox one
1. Once the cable is plugged in, you will be greeted by the pop-up screen.

2. Select [Format Storage Device].

3. Rename the SSD.

4. Your Xbox One will ask you whether you’d like to [Install new things here] or [Keep current location]. We’d advise that you install new things onto the external drive.

5. Click the option [Format storage device] to begin formatting.

Transfer XBOX ONE games to external SSD

Now, you can transfer the games to the SSD. Since SSD can shorten the accessing time, you can put those commonly-used games and applications into the SSD.
1. Open [Settings] in XBOX ONE.

2. Navigate to the tab [System].

3. Go to [Storage].

4. Select the target disk that you want to move items out.

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5. Select [Manage transfer] and check the target items. If you want to move all items, please check [Select all].
select the target games and move to external SSD in xbox one
6. Select the target external SSD and confirm to transfer. You can head to [My games and Apps] to view how much space have been used on the SSD now.