Is This The BEST Xbox Series Expansion Card? WD_BLACK C50 Speed Test!

[@Madlittlepixel]

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[@TheRealJoelKolb]

"The competitor"? Were you not allowed to say Seagate in this video for some reason?

[@Madlittlepixel]

Noone told me I couldnt say their name, was just a heres a drive make a video on it. I didn't have any guidance or expectations on what to say or do.. I just tried to come up with a concept real quick and went with saying competitor for no real reason. There is only one other brand so I mean Id think people would know.. I just wanted to focus on Western Digital as I wasn't even sure how to make a video on a drive until after I filmed using it. Was kind of last minute screw it let me compare it to the other drive I have.

[@Tjl250]

@@Madlittlepixelyour a clown you won’t even say sea gate lmaoo

[@bryanCLXT]

Better Safe then Sorry for name dropping

[@gloc1639]

better not to directly say a name, avoids a lot of legal bs

[@hugomolinaOG]

​@@gloc1639 but he did say western digital, so...🤔

[@FemboyWeebAstolfo]

We really need these cards nowadays. If you can get a 2 TB Storage expansion card so you can play a lot more games in your series X. Sometimes with that storage box it won’t let you play certain games. Maybe with the storage expansion card you can play games directly on the console

[@nlvassassin]

You can, any games that says OPTIMIZED FOR XBOX SERIES X|S can be played directly from the expansion. Some games that say OPTIMIZED FOR XBOX SERIES X|S can be played from a standard SSD or HDD as well not all games need an expansion card from my testing. Mainly older Xbox one games.

[@cesarrodriguez-xy8nl]

So what would you suggest because I need at least a TB or more for space and would like to still play series x games ?

[@centriumble4113]

I got the Seagate 2TB last year and will be good for the rest of the generation, but I'm glad this WD drive has a speed advantage for new buyers looking for alternatives/cheaper prices.

[@evan5935]

You will NOT be good for the rest of the generation!! I have a feeling that even if you do not play a lot of games, the size will still balloon to unholy amounts 🤔🤣🤣 Some games are already like 150 GB 😢😳

[@krispyhd9484]

@@evan5935Cold War is 220GB for me and MW2 is 179GB with only campaign installed 💀

[@Djsjdncjxj]

⁠@@evan5935bro 150gb is what the heaviest games weight, you are not even using 2tb tbh unless you want to install THE ENTIRE MICROSOFT STORE wdym not enough

[@urmie]

I have the 2TB Seagate and it’s hit 6GB as well. When I had the 1TB, it might’ve hit it once, as it got full, hit about 3-4GB. There was some YT vid awhile back that brought this up, also on reddit, could be the chip or some component inside. Just make sure the manufacturer date is recent and not older. Perhaps a revision happened at some point.

[@YouTubeCensors]

Tested my 1TB Seagate yesterday and it hit 6.36, settled at 6.35 for most of two transfers I did. I didn't check the manufactured date but I did get the card this year when I stopped by the electronics section of a store to get the WD card but all they had was one Seagate and given it was price matched to the WD cards I picked it up instead. So you were right, newer cards Better Transfer speeds but that's all. Game performance will be the same for older cards.

[@esprithk]

I was lucky to get a Seagate 2TB Expansion card with 18% off discount during a local electronic fair.

[@clikftp]

what kind of discount is 18%

[@MysticStylez302]

For real man. These cards now can be had for like 40-45% off

[@Vader1005]

Trash brand their crap breaks and they got rid of customer support They hired call centers to scam people and waste peoples time. They no longer honor any warranties It’s a scam of a company and they honestly should be sued

[@MrMartellSincere]

Waiting on a sale for 2TB card. Almost ran out of space left at 45 GB of game data

[@bryanCLXT]

As a ps4 owner. Same one since 2015 who just bought a ps5 6months ago and just received a xbox series x for xmas. 1st thing i looked up was expansion because the only thing im downloading is warzone n its like 360 gigs out my 1TB yikes .. thank xbox

[@bryanCLXT]

I bought the wd 1tb for 70$ used on facebook market place. Guys take advantage of these deals plenty of kids for new stuff for Christmas and do not use there consoles so keep your eyes peeled and haggle a little

[@RealziesCuts]

It’s cool that this happened except it’s still double priced or half the memory of where it should be. $150 we need 2TB There’s too many great games, especially thanks the game pass 💫✊

[@Falcon5698]

nice like seeing competition to drive those prices down, ill probably wait until black friday to see if some dip to the 100 range.

[@WhoButBilly]

I waited and 124.00 for the 1TB western today lol

[@evan5935]

G(small b)ps is gigaBIT per second. Which, when converted to gigaBYTES per second, is roughly "10 times" (or an order of magnitude) less than the Gbps value. So 5 Gbps is roughly 500 megabytes (or .500 GB) per second, which is still fast. 🤔 Edit: Bouncing between 5 and 6 Gbps is between 625MB/s and 725MB/s**

[@kiranks1984]

basically cost of 2x premium m.2 nvme ssd but speed of m.2 sata ssd ;-)

[@mattgaia]

Gigabits are literally 8 times smaller than gigabytes (8 bits to a byte). But yeah, with speeds like that, and the ridiculous cost of what is essentially a hot-swappable, PCIe Gen 3 drive, I'm still going to hold off getting an expansion card until they're reasonably priced.

[@evan5935]

@@mattgaia i only got mine because it was on sale at amazon 🤔

[@mattgaia]

@@evan5935 Understandable. I may eventually pick one up, but considering that I have a desktop that outperforms my XSX, I'd rather play my XBox games there instead of paying that obscene amount for an expansion card.

[@jacobl1284]

are u able to play next gen games off the storage?

[@DRTerabyte]

The Seagate may be a smaller size drive which will affect the transfer speed. Less storage chips = slower speed because each chip has an upper limit. I remember reading this a few years ago about ssd/nvme. Now with new advancements I'm sure eventually this will go away but I believe its still the case. On a side note what is the Seagate size you tested with?

[@Madlittlepixel]

Both drives were 1tb

[@travisdouglas5510]

Thanks my guy. I know what to buy now.

[@Kieran_OPC]

Id trust wd before seagate all day! Got an 8tb d10 for all my ps4 games to run on my ps5 and its never let me down!

[@Plexi123]

A while ago I saw a video about the Seagate transfer speed of 1tb is approximately 1.4 gbps and the 2tb one meets 5> gbps

[@MintyMagicMTG]

Sooo what is this "other brand?" I'm assuming Seagate since they are the only other brand I've seen produce a certified expansion card for Series S/X. Would be good to note that I would think unless they are a sponsor or something. I know the difference is only like 3-4 minutes, but if the R/W of one is faster than the game will most likely load/render/etc faster

[@flash_kingz5179]

So I can play Xbox series s and x game on this drive then?

[@tubinonyou]

Any plans for a 2TB expansion from WD?

[@1969Makaveli]

I think they`re already out to buy.

[@MarcusBeebe]

The WB Black being new has a better broad / more refinement of software for better speed transfer. I'm a super fan of their external Xbox black 3.2 drives . Btw they're on clearance at Walmart $120 drive paid $50!!😮

[@jessragan6714]

BWAAAAH?!

[@YouTubeCensors]

Seagate has the same speeds, tested my 1TB last night because I remembered this video. As someone else Said in the comments section. It's more to do with the age of your card and newer ones transfer faster but that's all.

[@mattgaia]

Um, that's GigaBITs per second, not GigaBYTES. Gouging the customer for a proprietary (as well as slower) storage medium is why I'll *always* get my XBox games on PC before I pick them up on the console.

[@dainco08]

WD card is Ultra fast!!!!!!!!

[@Acidicwest]

Thank you I’m glad you made a video

[@Jaymz281]

Maybe the internal storage of the next generation will be 4+ TB. Doubtful, though, because then that decreases the chance for aftermarket things being created, which drives the economy in this sector.

[@EvilFuGuru]

Great info, thanks!🥂

[@Berserker006]

The real problem here is that there is only one expansion slot. These consoles should have at least 4 minimum.

[@Vwashy]

No, it would be stupid to put that many slots on the back, instead of this they need to size up expansion cards from 2tb of maximum space to 4tb

[@erikwallace6578]

Why so we can spend more money than we need to on storage?

[@famousmidnight]

That would be silly when you can either just swap out the card or make bigger card. 4tb is going to hold a lot of games

[@hiawa23]

Not the best if you need and want a 2TB card. I have two Segate 2TB and two 1 TB cards. WD said there will probably not be any larger cards from them since not enough Series consoles have sold to justify.

[@red_dead_dude]

ima NEED this for GTA VI

[@higharchy816]

Frrr

[@hugomolinaOG]

By that time 2TB would feel like a floppy disk

[@Trainboy1EJR]

LOL, I wonder if GTA6 will be 600gb? XD Better have the Series X /Ps5 Pro or get ready to play at 480p on Series S! HA HA HA!!! Actually after what we have seen, could they even make that work on the Series S 10gb ram? Or will it only launch on PlayStation since all versions of PS5 have 16gb ram…?

[@kriskris5543]

By the time 6 releases this version of Xbox will be obsolete

[@PeenMachine69]

If I buy this can I play games that are optimized for X/S right off the WD black storage ?

[@Hendogg28]

Yes same as the other brand. Both card’s actually plug into the main motherboard and work the same way as the internal drive..

[@Nonx47]

How do you not know that those are Giga bits per second, not bytes?

[@thesepeople3225]

So dum like why do we have to constantly download back to the console when we wanna play like what can I buy that skips the downloading back to console step but also gives my more storage

[@Trainboy1EJR]

Either Seagate or WD Expansion Card can play Series X games directly from it, as if it were being played from the Internal SSD. The original run of the Seagate 1TB used a much slower controller so it could only write at 1200mbps (150MB/s), newer Seagate 1TB use the faster controller and can write at 6000mbps (750MB/s) just like the 2TB Seagate and 1TB WD expansion cards. Of course Gen4 PCIE NVME m.2 drives are 58,400mbps (7,300MB/s) write speeds, so uhh, yeah… just 10 times faster…

[@B_HarTz]

Ya just got the wd1tb and plan to download all my old 360 stuff to it and only use the hd for current next gen games for my series s… Such as boring all black ops 6…. Which is another cod let down

[@PlagueConquersAll]

I bought the C50 because it has a 5 year warranty, the Seagate only has a 3 year one, but I hope I won't need it. My external 2TB Crucial MX500 on my Xbox One X failed almost exactly at the end of the warranty period (also 5 years).

[@andrewbonifacio2914]

I have a Seagate 4TB external works great and i can move games back n forth quickly on Series S

[@SwaySora]

I just wish the WD black had a 2 Tb option

[@bryanCLXT]

1tb is plenty but yes would be extra cool if they did

[@megaloth1955]

That is just over-indulgence, an extra 1TB is more than enough for keeping multiple games to play at any given time, even huge ones. At this point you're just using it for games-collecting, which in that case just buy the WD_BLACK 5TB P10 Game Drive

[@Tone_Of_Dials]

@@megaloth1955 I've never heard of the WB_Black 5TB p10 Game Drive, can you use it as a memory card on the xbox?

[@husey5nn]

they have 4 tb option on amazon

[@RobHuebel-i8z]

@@bryanCLXT no 1TB is not doofus

[@g_gaming_9996]

So with the WD we can play series S and X games on it correct

[@mj4824]

Did you find out ? Because I wanna get it for my Xbox 1 and play X|S games wit the drive

[@blurryface1975]

does the card need to be formatted somehow? i keep seeing videos where they dont show any formatting, but the card i bought the c50 mentions formatting on the instructions in the box

[@chasejones4940]

So you have to transfer it regardless my old gen Xbox one x I didn’t have to transfer at all

[@famousmidnight]

No you don't have to transfer it's the same pcie connection

[@NativeMamba26]

So, can you play Series X games that are saved on a Western Digital expansion card? I saw a YT video last night and the guy said you cannot play saved Series X games on a WD card. Said ya gotta move them over to internal drive first and then you can play em

[@FatihSultanMehmed]

u can play games from both expansion cards, seagate & wd c50

[@DasheriM-]

It's not gigabyte per second. It's gigabit per second. Which means 5.5-6 gbps = 650-750 megabyte per second. I bought Wd c50 1tb and speed little bit slower 5-5.5 gbps. Still slower than even Gen 3 nvme. But better than hdd or old ssd.

[@97Chazzy]

So is this the card that you need if I wanna play optimized x/s games only?

[@mj4824]

Did you find out because I wanna get it for my Xbox 1

[@97Chazzy]

@@mj4824 i bought it and yes this is the card you need to play the x/s games

[@97Chazzy]

@@mj4824 not sure if it works for the 1, i own the series X

[@fantezi_1580]

with the moving the games from the expansion card to xbox and vise versa does that time it take to dowload come down to internet speed or something else, cause i have pretty slow internet and i dont want to have to wait forever for larger games like fh5 which is around 150gb to download al l the time

[@famousmidnight]

Has nothing to do with internet speed and no you don't need to transfer anything

[@Bigmike8754]

I might have to get wd card now

[@mj4824]

Did you find out ? Because I wanna get it for my Xbox 1 and play X|S games wit the drive

[@_DrewIndy]

It was 5.5 GigaBITS not Bytes per second on the transfer speeds.

[@SkeeVoo1]

mine speed is 550 megabit is it ok ?

[@SkeeVoo1]

at first hour it was 5.5gigabit then dropped to 500magabit any solutio ?

[@ProbablytheRyan]

🗣🔥🔥GEEKED UP PLAYING XBOX ALL DAY🔥🔥

[@Sparks8421]

Can you play the games from the external storage Or do you have to move it to the internal storage first ?

[@MR-re9pq]

Wd c50 and seagate expansion works like internal storage so you can play everything from it :)

[@squallyxx9296]

So I can buy a new game and download it to the WB card? Cause I'm thinking about buying the series S with the WB 1TB card but I wanna make sure I can download all my old Xbox One x games to the card as well.

[@FatihSultanMehmed]

sure, it works !

[@brycejohnson7676]

Some games are series x/s exclusive and can’t be played with an external hard drive, can you play those games while they are on the wd black

[@mj4824]

Did you find out ? Because I wanna get it for my Xbox 1 and play X|S games wit the drive

[@famousmidnight]

This isn't the same as a regular external drive it's connects directly to the motherboard board via PCIE not USB

[@jessragan6714]

Looks like you took some battle damage. What happened to your hands?

[@Madlittlepixel]

Like to go to the batting cages and I forgot my gloves and said screw it... and tore up my hand lol.

[@wilsonruiz776]

Ik some storage devices don’t let you download certain games on it is that the case with this one to or does it support Xbox one games and Xbox series x/s games ?

[@mj4824]

Did you find out ? Because I wanna get one for my Xbox 1 and play X|S games

[@USALibertarian]

Is it better than the Seagate? Because it is more expensive.

[@cyber5619]

Get a 10tb external. Download and copy all games to it. And copy games over to internal when wanting to play. Have installed on both, then uninstall internal copy when done. Save time and bandwidth. Don't have too move installs around as much.

[@Litteral]

I really wish Xbox went with a standard M.2 drive like PS5. The prices are still pretty high. When I see 2TB for $200, I’m just thinking I can get one of the new Series X with 2TB internal for $200 “off” 😂

[@jay312productions3]

Will it play the X/S games at the same speeds as the Seagate Expansion Card?

[@trevtheballer4]

guys i don’t know anything about expansion packs so can somebody please answer my question, hypothetically let’s say i install NBA2k on my WD Black Card, if i then take the WD Black Card and plug it in to my friends xbox (that does not have NBA2k installed), would i be able to play right away, or would i have to install the game onto his xbox? any response is appreciated, thank you

[@FatihSultanMehmed]

yes u are able to play right away

[@trevtheballer4]

@ awesome!! thank you👍🏻

[@berkangundogan0]

Is it work like Seagates' Expansion Card or just like an usual HDD? I think, if i cant play without any move or sth its not worth it.

[@LaVey1999]

It‘s the same as the seagate expansion cards, just newer and cheaper. You can play X|S games from it, that‘s the point of this product ☺️

[@mj4824]

@@LaVey1999can you really ? Because I wanna get one for my Xbox 1 and play X|S games

[@LaVey1999]

@@mj4824 You can use the expansion card only on the Xbox Series X or S, NOT on the Xbox One. You can store X|S optimized games on it and play them. I use the 1TB card on my Series S and it works the same as the internal SSD.

[@Djsjdncjxj]

@@mj4824yes you can

[@shalifi7774]

With the new call of duty being an insane 300+ gb i think a 4 tb expansion card is incoming soon

[@jordansunderman5348]

Is both card 1TB because i have a 1TB and 2TB seagate, and the 2 is way faster than 1.

[@evannix2285]

Wait so weather digital can i download a series x game on it and just click and play or is this just for transferring back and forth fast

[@Madlittlepixel]

Its for playing your games, just install them and play. Just wanted to see the speed

[@jacobl1284]

So is this only good for transferring games it’s not actually extra storage for next gen games?

[@mj4824]

Did you find anything better ? I’m trying to get one for my Xbox 1

[@Djsjdncjxj]

it’s extra storage bro, u can play directly from the ssd without transfering anything, it’s an amazing option to expand your xbox’s storage

[@josephyoungs8046]

Does a wired and wireless connection effect the speed at all?

[@famousmidnight]

Drive transfers have nothing to do with internet

[@richardhurr31]

I just got one of these and it's useless. Doesn't work at all. Such thing as faulty cards?

[@Propshunts]

3:30 "1GBPS is pretty slow" ????? I have only 60MBPS and always get down to 30MBPS

[@vxpwrtrip]

Sorry to make this assumption, but you're thinking of download speeds. Transfer speeds are significantly faster. Always. With that being said, if you're getting 60mbps transfer speeds, you must be transferring your games to a Samsung Smart fridge 💀

[@Propshunts]

@@vxpwrtrip Idk if you know but 1GBPS is pretty slow because we get 1GBPR but back of the program 1GBPR actually equals 125MBPR

[@guillaumeinjjuz1744]

The sesgate 1tb ssd card is the same price unfortunately

[@samanthagriffinv2.08]

That’s not measured in gigabytes it’s gigabits there’s a huge difference. There’s a 8 bits in a byte so divide by 8 you get the bytes measurement. So that 5.64 gigabits is 700 megabytes per second. You can tell it’s bits by the lowercase b just fyi. They’re not an interchangeable measurement meaning they are not the same. It’s frustrating when people like you use it like it is interchangeable. That’s like me treating kilometers and miles as the exact same measurement.

[@Riz2336]

I put a Tera byte in my switch and ps5. It’s kind of important on modern consoles

[@TheseYearsWereOurChildhoods]

What’s the difference between the wb expansion card 1tb and the 500 gb one

[@tacotoaster37]

1tb is more storage but its also more expensive

[@YouTubeCensors]

Get the Seagate if it's what's available, same thing as far as gaming goes.

[@BamBam24282]

Can put XS games on it and play them unlike other ones ?

[@FatihSultanMehmed]

yes

[@bryanCLXT]

just bought one off Facebook market for 70 bones. I love copping stuff second hand let some else spend that new money. I'll pick up the deals

[@coltonturner7393]

Does it play series s and x games ?

[@ayk3144]

id buy it if they made a 2tb version

[@techsamurai11]

Clearly the prices are controlled by Microsoft as they are identical - the PS5 has a huge advantage in this regard. I'm using an external SSD but sadly that transfers at 2.5Gbps as opposed to 8000Gbps (1 gigabyte per second) so games take 6-7 minutes instead of 2 minutes.

[@offworlder1]

WD now has a 2 TB out for more storage.

[@prosto1076]

Lowercase b in Gbps means bit instead uppercase B - byte

[@Morefeatruex]

bit is referring to speed, byte is referring to storage. so if you 1gb of storage it'll be 1giga''byte'' and if your download speed is 1gbps it would be 1 giga ''bit'' per second

[@cashless1980]

how many games can you store on a 1tb storage card??

[@Hendogg28]

Just depends on the size of the game it’s self, like call of duty 2 with all of its components is 266gb so that being said you could get it on there a little over 3 times. 1TB is a 1000GB. So I’m theory you should be able to load 4 games that’s around 250gb each for a 1tb card. And around 8 for the 2tb cards..

[@canadiankrispybacon]

Xbox is Insanely expensive compared to Ps5 expansions XboxX should come with a minimum 2TB internal drive from purchase..1-TB on the X-1, even then it’s easily filled…but now with next Gen 🤔 1-TB, the useable is 800gb…we losing 200gb which is ridiculous imho…leaves to put 4-5 games on the main drive…as it’s not just the initial d/load of game these days, it’s the 100gb in updates throughout that really makes the 1TB internal, useless. If memory was cheap, which is normal is for ALL other platforms…even Sony’s options for aftermarket SSD $140 for 2-TB vs XboxX $400 for 2-TB the memory is approaching the cost of the console 😱…which as mentioned above, INSANE!

[@joecrocket7873]

I wish somebody would just say it in the comments so I will. So basically WD is better than Seagate

[@joeyduberules]

does this expansion card support series X enhanced games?

[@FatihSultanMehmed]

yes !

[@shoko6306]

What does C50 mean?

[@huffakergamenight]

currently on sale for 110 on Amazon

[@tonyfoster16]

2tb Seagate does 6gb a second too

[@user-rd5wj2mm8n]

Holy! Just looked in your shop. Those are scalper prices and make no mistake. And as for that daft, desperate and ludicrous price tag on your channel...

[@bigchungis7773]

Can i use this on Xbox one

[@FatihSultanMehmed]

no, because XOne does not have expansion card slot, but u can buy a External Solid State Drive with USB 3.2, its faster than the internal HDD and u can play from the SSD

[@cheekyphuzz_thegod8558]

Uh oh! Looks like someone has a couple of gocos on their hand!

[@Madlittlepixel]

what the hell is a goco? lol... Was at batting cages on Friday and forgot my gloves and tore up my hand.

[@cheekyphuzz_thegod8558]

@@Madlittlepixel goco is Mexican Spanish slang for light/mild injuries, lol. Take care dude

[@batmannmw]

Just brought a recertified refurbished one from their website with a discount only came up to 115 for the 1 TB💪🏿

[@cobyhatesyou2843]

the first xbox 360 i had came with 4gb

[@turbowolfmarkiii]

Very cool

[@JarrodLamp]

Just don't buy the Seagate SSD card their slow and it over heats. WD SSD card are better faster and run kooler and their cheaper.

[@misterj556]

What bothers me, and should be changed as an industry practice, is that you are not getting the full 1TB for your games. You lose tons gigs after formatting. I’ll wait till the prices and storage goes up.

[@DRTerabyte]

It's all because of the file system, it needs storage to store where data is located, file names etc, this is the case with all drives and file systems. A 1TB drive is actually 1TB but the file system needs about 100mb to store file system information. You aren't being cheated out of storage its just how all file systems function.

[@lolcat]

that's literally every drive. listed storage is the unformatted size always. usually for an SSD to last longer you'll want to have overprovisioning (smaller partition so the drive doesn't ever get full)

[@Volksoner619]

Pause on all this Xbox stuff I want to know more about that PeeWee Herman doll.

[@ojp5053]

I have 8 tb in my PlayStation

[@evantrentman6224]

western digital is the best hard drive maker there is

[@joeydaboss17]

If it’s worth to get I would get it

[@wispa1a]

Cheaper to buy the xbox ones

[@koalatrash]

Still outrageous price not worth it one bit

[@R3TR0--93]

The price we pay for going digital.

[@Madlittlepixel]

Oh no, its not just digital.. we have to pay for storage for our physical games to be installed to the drive as well.

[@Mike21127]

ridiculous bs, it's even more than a seagate.

[@spursdynasty7378]

Way too high ! I can buy a 2tb PS5 expansion card for that price .

[@stevenm1832]

You’re paying for convenience and being able to bring it to any other console and start playing games. I wouldn’t want to carry a PS5 around or uninstall it every time.

[@Fulthrotle73]

w3rd!

[@shavashave]

first!