Modders have upgraded Xbox One's hard drive but it's not for everyone
A modder named Brian Williams posted up a YouTube video on his blog today that shows the Xbox One with a 1TB hybrid drive from Samsung, along with a 500GB SSD, again from Samsung. Both of these drives cut the load times of "Call of Duty: Ghosts" by several seconds compared to the standard drive inside the console.
Putting in a new hard drive in the Xbox One is one thing, but getting the console to recognize that a drive has more storage space to work with is something else. A person who goes by the name "Juvenal1" has posted a way to let the Xbox One make use of a drive with bigger storage space on the GitHub website, via a Linux-based tool. Once again, this is for the advanced users so proceed at your own risk.
Microsoft has already announced it plans to update the Xbox One at some point to support external hard drives via its USB ports. The console currently does not allow users to view just how much free storage space is available, but Microsoft Xbox executive Albert Penello posted word recently on the NeoGAF message board that such a feature will be added when the external hard drive support is enabled.
https://github.com/juvenal1/xboxonehdd
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OvalPosted:
I find it really stupid how it voids your warranty tbh. I mean trading your warranty for a few faster seconds? Not worth it in my opinion.
AimiPosted:
I don't really find it necessary to upgrade the HDD in the xbox one its already big enough to be honest.
VPNPosted:
I feel that I shouldn't have to have a inferior HDD plugged in as "External" When I can put in a new one and increase my performance.
xxRider702xxPosted:
I feel that haveing to download every game on a 500 gb hd is not enough. 500 gigs is alot, but the average game is like what, 35-50 gigs. After awhile thats going to add up.
HarmfulMushroomPosted:
If I had an Xbox One I'd make installing a 1 TB drive the first thing I did.. I feel as if 500 GB just won't be anywhere near enough in the future once the consoles been out for a little while.
ThlackPosted:
Hmmm. I would like the 1tb hd but I feel like Microsoft might try to patch it. It would be really stupid if they did...
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