Xbox Series S expansion solution?

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Hi all,

Kid has run out of space on his 364GB Series S. What cheap expansion solutions are there. As far as I know if you want to play games off a device it needs to be an expansion card. Apparently you can just buy a NVME and an adapter, just not sure what type. Looking for 512GB/1TB.

I did see some WD and Seagate solutions but they are off their rockers if I look at pricing locally. 1TB WD Black on Amazon.com is $99, Incredible wants 5k.
 
Only Series Enhanced games will need the highspeed storage, for normal Xbox One games you can get away with a normal USB 3 hdd
Otherwise
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I use an old 512 SSD in an cheap case.
TBH I dont think I have had an issue with games not running from it but I do swap demanding games to main drive anyway. It takes a couple minutes (and beats 80GB download).
 
PAYBACK said:
Hi all,

Kid has run out of space on his 364GB Series S. What cheap expansion solutions are there. As far as I know if you want to play games off a device it needs to be an expansion card. Apparently you can just buy a NVME and an adapter, just not sure what type. Looking for 512GB/1TB.

I did see some WD and Seagate solutions but they are off their rockers if I look at pricing locally. 1TB WD Black on Amazon.com is $99, Incredible wants 5k.
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Bought my WD black from Amazon US last black friday ($150) took a week to deliver.

If its now $99, I would recommend that route.
 
Lupus said:
Only Series Enhanced games will need the highspeed storage, for normal Xbox One games you can get away with a normal USB 3 hdd
Otherwise
www.firstshop.co.za

Seagate 1TB Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X and S STJR1000400

Seagate 1TB Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X and S STJR1000400 and other Seagate products available at FirstShop South-Africa. Price, availability and reviews for Seagate STJR1000400
www.firstshop.co.za www.firstshop.co.za
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Ok so in the case of COD a SSD will be fine then?
 
UB40 said:
What's your budget?
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Well if I look at Amazon special I can get 2 x 1TB WB Black C50's for 3k, but with silly season delivery will only be end December. Lets say R1500.
 
Lupus said:
The SSD on the Xbox yes, as it's an Xbox Enhanced game
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I should know these things. But here goes. BO6 update came through and he is unable to update due to lack of space. For some reason cant delete any of the COD modules in order to free up space. Plan would be to run B06 off a SSD drive you are saying that can be done?
 
PAYBACK said:
I should know these things. But here goes. BO6 update came through and he is unable to update due to lack of space. For some reason cant delete any of the COD modules in order to free up space. Plan would be to run B06 off a SSD drive you are saying that can be done?
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No cause it is an Xbox Series Game. Is BO6 the only game on the Xbox?
 
Lupus said:
No cause it is an Xbox Series Game. Is BO6 the only game on the Xbox?
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Yup, for some reason cant delete the campaign to free up the 2GB needed to run game. Absolute joke.
 
Brawler said:
I use an old 512 SSD in an cheap case.
TBH I dont think I have had an issue with games not running from it but I do swap demanding games to main drive anyway. It takes a couple minutes (and beats 80GB download).
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so its not a branded xbox media storage . how did you get this right

cos you can get this for around R700

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PAYBACK said:
Thanks all, just pushed the button on the C50's off Amazon. If anyone is interested $99 Black Friday special. Going to reinstall game without the bloat and see if that works.

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That is the exact same one that I got, it comes with 1 month free GamePass and a free Forza Horizon car add-on. Cant remember which one as I own the Premium edition so never claimed it.
 
While on the topic, crazy to see the price difference between Amazon.co.za (R5077) and Amazon.com (R1999) for the same WB BLACK C50. Even without the Black Friday $50 discount you are saving over 2k landed.
 
PAYBACK said:
While on the topic, crazy to see the price difference between Amazon.co.za (R5077) and Amazon.com (R1999) for the same WB BLACK C50. Even without the Black Friday $50 discount you are saving over 2k landed.
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That is cause Amazon is the same as Takealot. They not really selling the stuff themself, just a middle man to takes orders and organize the delivery. ie: Online Shop front for people to sell stuff.
 
I have the same problem with the kids running out of space on the xbox s. I don't know anything when it comes to external hard drives. 1TB of space will work. But Seagate is a bit expensive. Any other brands I could try that's a bit cheaper?
 
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