Reddit reviews PNY Elite 240GB USB 3.0 Portable Solid State Drive (SSD) - (PSD1CS1050-240-FFS)
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Transfer large files at blazing fast speedsExceptional reliable performance offering upto 430 mb/s seq; Read and 400 mb/s seq; Write speedsTransfer files faster than traditional USB 3.0 flash drivesCompatible with most windows and MAC computers via USB port24/7 US based technical support
I thought I had a Samsung one, but I found the receipt from early 2018 and it’s actually a brand called PNY that I went with. I found a link for it on Amazon, it’s actually way cheaper now than when I had bought it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01GQPXBQC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_tgl1DbB6DS4WB
It’s done really well for me, but if I was in the market for one right now, I’d wait a week for the Black Friday week sales/Cyber Monday and just pick from there for the best deal.
get this and save yourself a couple bucks on the housing
I’m on the OG Xbox, no more play doh, I can land all the hotspots and everything is loaded in.
SSD instead of USB : https://www.amazon.com/PNY-Elite-480GB-Portable-Solid/dp/B01GQPXBQC?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_4&th=1&psc=1
that is NOT an SSD drive, imho that's one of the cheaper/slower drives you can buy. just because it's branded doesn't make it ideal :) remember ANY drive works fine.
so you're locking the price point at around $90 no problem. that's what I was referring to in my original post... HDs get much more capacity for the same money, SSDs are a lot faster.
Here are some ~$90 SSD on Amazon, I just searched for "usb3 ssd 240GB":
https://www.amazon.com/MyDigitalSSD-240GB-SuperSpeed-Portable-Support/dp/B00EZ2FRP2
https://www.amazon.com/PNY-Elite-240GB-Portable-Solid/dp/B01GQPXBQC
https://www.amazon.com/KINGSHARE-USB3-0-External-Portable-Support-Silver/dp/B077FV4DDH
anything along those lines should work.. those are self contained SSD drives with a USB enclosure so the drive is more protected. Personally I got one of these which would let me connect any SATA (the data connector) drive to usb: https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-USB3S2SAT3CB-Drive-Adapter-Cable/dp/B00HJZJI84
and then bought a nice fast 240GB SSD drive when it went on sale... this deal is already over but here's an example:
https://slickdeals.net/f/11538691-240gb-crucial-bx300-sata-2-5-solid-state-drive-58-40-free-shipping
or this: https://slickdeals.net/f/11535383-patriot-burst-2-5-sata-iii-internal-ssd-240gb-55-120gb-36-free-shipping?src=SiteSearch
so theoretically if you got the drive for around $50-60 and the $10 cable you saved around $20-30 from your $90 price point. all depends on how much you care about having a nice enclosure. Personally I have no problem sitting the raw drive attached by cable on my xbox in my entertainment center it's pretty secure. If you have kids or dogs or the xbox is exposed I'd get one in an enclosure
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When you finally get a drive and plug it in to your Xbox, the Xbox should prompt you asking what you want to do with the drive... if not just go into settings / system / storage. You need to tell the Xbox that you want to use it for GAMES (as opposed to just media) so it will need to format the drive. At that point, you can move games (via the Manage Game dialog) from wherever it is currently installed to the external drive. Since it's Windows, there's also a "default install location" you can change if you want things you download to automatically go the external drive.
I think that has the same write speed as the internal drive on the Xbox. You want an SSD either portable which is just plug and go or an internal SSD with an enclosure case. Here's an example of portable which I own: https://www.amazon.ca/PNY-Elite-240GB-Portable-Solid/dp/B01GQPXBQC/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2X6OV52EAR63R&keywords=pny+ssd+240gb&qid=1554963011&s=gateway&sprefix=pny+ssd&sr=8-3