Xbox One 10 Year Anniversary SSD Performance Upgrade

[@FriedTendi]

12 seconds is a hell of a time-save

[@Mashruz]

😂😂😂

[@charliesnotsafe]

Agreed. These old consoles work perfectly fine besides menu / gameplay slow down as they age but being able to elimage that makws them feel like brand new

[@kylegibson5933]

It's also makes the console start quicker and more efficient, the Menu becomes snappier and responsive and also helps load in gameplay quicker. Not just a time saver.

[@randykoger4646]

It is in computer time. Did you just appear from 1944 or something?

[@kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381]

@@kylegibson5933 Especially that, the Dashboard on a One [X] with HDD feels really like a downgrade compared to a Series [X], laggy and unresponsive. I had something similar with the Laptop of a friend of my grandparents (she mostly needed it for some basic office stuff) a 15" Acer Aspire ES1 with i3-6006U (at least DDR4 RAM I upgraded it with a second module) and 1 TB HDD, this thing was so awful slow it needed minutes just for the login screen and after entering the password another two minutes, damn, my 2017 iMac 4K ran mac OS 13 (the final official version for that model) better off its original HDD than this thing Windows 10, HDD load constantly at 100%. Had some trouble resizing the partition to clone it to the smaller SSD so I took it home and it then finally worked and it's like day and night, before that I'm sure a bunch of people would have already tossed it but thanks to the SSD it still works fine now.

[@theexile4694]

With SSDs, remember you want to get an SSD with a DRAM cache. If you get an SSD without this cache you won't really notice a difference compared to a normal HDD. This DRAM cache is needed to buffer longer writes/reads on the SATA bus and to maintain the higher speeds the SSD can offer. Cheaper quality SSDs without this DRAM cache will seem great at first, but if there is ever an extended read or write operation it will turn into a slog slower than a regular HDD. Also note that if you are getting an SSD for the Xbox One, make sure it's a SATA3(III) SSD as they do still sell SATA1 and SATA2 SSDs that just can't reach the speeds you want from a drive you are going to throw into your Xbox. You also cant use an NVME SSD in something like the Xbox One as that requires a PCIe connection which the Xbox One is not providing for the hard drive. The other thing to is every console game is going to use virtual memory and this is on your hard drive that is then cycled into and out of active memory when and if it's needed. With an SSD, you will see vastly, I mean vastly, better performance in a variety of scenarios when virtual memory is used. This will lead to much less stuttering among a host of other improvements such a texture loading etc. You also want this SSD to be internal and not connected to the console via a USB port. This will add a bunch of unnecessary overhead to that connection. Hope this helps someone.

[@pathfindercast]

Nice explanation. Thanks

[@Woodnsus]

DRAM cache is not necessary. Do not fearmonger people. I've tested storage media from all classes throughout the years, and even use a combination of cheap and expensive parts on my own computer, and based on my experience, pushing people to go for the more expensive models for SSDs is not productive. One needs to understand the differences of all models, their performance for their use-case of interest and their objective value, before buying a part. Otherwise, it is likely they'll be ripped off. I use Windows on my PC, and store most of my games on a SATA SSD which averages at about 450MBps. Even though most modern SSDs can exceed that, the real world performance is negligible, especially in gaming (unless you're using a PS5 or XB Series console. Then again, in that case you'd be going after NVME Gen 4 SSDs by necessity, and I doubt you'd have any problem, as long as they reach their advertised spec and that matches the minimum recommended one by Sony and MS). Then there's also pricing. Let alone the fact that checking if a model has DRAM Cache is a pain in the ass. In general, get the cheapest thing that provides a decent level of real world performance as well as a good warranty (~4 years), and don't get caught up in the details.

[@DBDHeLlSKiLLeR]

Do you know a specific SSD that fits in the DRAM and SATA3 spot?

[@Dreadeyeknight]

What exactly do you mean by: "This will add a bunch of unnecessary overhead to that connection"? Explain that in simple layman terms please

[@Dreadeyeknight]

And what about using TWO ssds? Internal (for the os and games) AND external (for just games) Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?

[@NormalishGuy]

Added a 2Tb SSD to my Xbox one X and read dead 2 saved me about 43 seconds in loading and Forza horizon 5 took my HDD 3ish minutes for a completed saved file but on the SSD it saved me about a minute and a half

[@Emmanuel-xc3nn]

Totally. I upgraded my Xbox one x to an internal SSD two years ago and I’m so glad I did. I still think it runs so well.

[@jfgaxeworks3447]

This was a really helpful video! I installed a similar drive and the difference is stunning overall. The way that it woke up my tired v1 XBOne is clear. Menus, in particular, and load times on open world games... it's a lot. Cleaning it up inside helps a lot too :)

[@pathfindercast]

That's awesome to see. Thanks for the comment.

[@Aaronnpool23]

They need to launch the new consoles in a few years here with a 2tb SSD anything less is not enough storage in my opinion

[@pathfindercast]

Especially since xbox requires physical games to "install" on the drive. Also with the rumors of going all digital, larger drives will me needed even more.

[@cqllel5186]

As a PC gamer, I don't even take up half of a terabyte, barely a quarter with all the games I got. I'm not the type that downloads my entire library, tho 2TB is overkill, but for those who bloat their storage with games they'll never play and/or only play bloated games like CoD, I guess 2TB would be fine As someone who owns a console, I REFUSE to buy digital. I recommend AVOIDING digital copies at all cost. Your games will be stuck on that platform, you'll never get your money back, and you'll be left with "backwards compatibility" bs and/or port begging your console manufacturer overlords, just to rebuy them as remasters PC is the only legitimate platform, especially for non-exclusives. Once you own a game, you own it forever

[@WyattOShea]

@@cqllel5186 Then there's me installing most of my stuff and still not having enough storage with 6tb worth of ssds 😂.

[@cqllel5186]

@@WyattOShea Dambbb. Why so mamy games lol? There's not actually a lot of games that surpass 100gb

[@WyattOShea]

@@cqllel5186 Haha I only have 7 installed currently that are 100gb or more and many that are either near that or are at least 50gb in size. I also have over 600 games on steam according to steam itself but don't have anywhere near that many installed. I'm just weird I guess 😂.

[@seansmith908]

WIsh I could do this to a 360. Great video!

[@jjcd94]

the problem with that its the xbox 360 dosent support ssd without rgh

[@oOignignoktOo1]

@@jjcd94 Even if it did the HDD is still bogged by a sata 1 bus so you're capping at 150mb/s anyways Most modern mechanical HDD's are capable of hitting those speeds so paying a premium on an SSD is not worth it for a xbox 360. MIcrosoft really should've had a final update to allow users to format their own HDDs internally especially now as the consoles are getting old and HDD's are dying.

[@Dreadeyeknight]

​@@jjcd94The 360 sucs lmfao

[@1337million]

I'm considering doing this to my Xbox One. I don't really care much for the newest and biggest in videogames these days so I'll likely only be playing Halo and Hitman, but they take up almost all my space. Having a large enough internal drive that also makes the console and games load a little bit faster, even if it's only 10-15 seconds, is a good enough upgrade for me! And a reason to clean it's internals after 8 years of use. I wonder if there are more (simple)mods to do while I'm already thinking of opening it up...

[@maxswayy3497]

I just recently bought a External 500gb SSD for my original Xbox one , and it's way better with how smooth it runs and the load times on red dead , forza horizon 4, warzone and far cry 5 is better

[@1337million]

@@maxswayy3497 I've used an external SSD for playing movies through my Xbox and it really does work fast! Nice to know that also applies to games!

[@Emmanuel-xc3nn]

Did this to my Xbox One X. Upgraded to an internal SSD and wow. What a difference. That was two years ago and I bought the series X controller. I did own a series x but I sold it since I had a ps5 and the one x runs so well still. I watched this video to see if it was worth upgrading my girls OG Xbox one to an internal SSD for her. Might just get her to upgrade though.

[@pathfindercast]

Nice! I have the Series S, so I use my Xbox One for the disc based games. I'm also waiting to see if M$ is going to a mid-generation refresh or not.

[@MultimediaJay]

Yup. One of those capacitors is a bulger. 😕 Nice to put in an SSD though to cut the amount of moving parts you have to worry about. 🙂

[@coooooolguy87]

Dang thank you so much for this video. I would totally would have done the same to see if there’s a difference and if I could upgrade the internal ssd.

[@Thatkidgamer2Xbox]

That battlefield 2042 on game pass on this🔥, The one X has 4k just in case with the Xbox one Kinect port which makes the Xbox way better Kinect support on a lot of games like Battlefield 4

[@pathfindercast]

Thanks for the recommendation. I wanted to try some additional Kinect games.

[@shaggytoph]

what does kinect do?

[@wallstreet2909]

@@pathfindercast hey man would you be willing to do a upgrade on my console? I would happily pay you.

[@pathfindercast]

Hi @@wallstreet2909 , thanks for the offer. I am not setup to do upgrades/mods for others. I like to play around with the consoles as a hobby, but not interested in turning it into something more than that right now.

[@chosenone3137]

Hello fellow Arizonan! I also got an. Xbox One, I got one for 50$ working and all.

[@pathfindercast]

Cheers! ☀

[@appwraith]

Back when I had my original Xbox One, I used an external SSD. It was night and day compared to the original drive.

[@oOignignoktOo1]

On an OG xbox one the external USB 3.0 port believe it or not has a higher bandwidth bus than the Sata II port internally build into the console. Though later model Xbox Ones ( non launch VCR style ) all have Sata III buses instead of Sata II so you could get much faster speeds off SSD.

[@Dreadeyeknight]

You had the OS on an external? Or you kept the os on the hdd inside and just ran games off the external ssd?

[@mrlopez7173]

In my opinion the ssd is worth it ,if you don't plan to upgrade yet to next gen

[@libertyrevolutionary1776]

I'd subtract the Xbox 360 emulator load time from the Xbox one. You're booting an virtual OS before loading the game.

[@kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381]

I didn't get a Xbox One that cheap but in late 2022 for around 45€ in white including a controller (the newer bluetooth-compatible type with a working Play & Charge battery), the BD drive took the discs and spun them, but didn't recognize, so I got a new laser unit and it works fine since then. Also got a white One X just weeks later where the drive wasn't working and it just needed some cleaning, the rollers were so dirty they couldn't pull a disc in(!), also the rest of it was pretty dusty (I couldn't figure out how much dust it collected in less than five years (and the White One X was released in October 2018, so less than four years). Upgraded the One X to a 2TB SSD and it runs great (It would have been nice if they had offered PS4 Pro and Xbox One X back then with 1TB SSD for a 100-150 bucks more (the difference from a 1TB 2.5" HDD to a SSD of that capacity)), gave it to my brother because I already have a Series X and the One is in my bedroom. It's great that Microsoft despite the hard drive replacement isn't as easy as the PS4 which has a simple cover and screw allows you to throw in any HDD/SSD that had 500 Gigabytes or more and reinstall the OS (I even managed to clone and resize it to the 2 TB with Clonezilla so I didn't have to redownload my games), while the Xbox 360 was very restrictive and only allowed whitelisted HDDs (only with a JTAG/RGH you can use an internal SSD or non-whitelisted HDD). AFAIK you don't need to fully recap that Power Supply just the obviously bulged one.

[@pathfindercast]

That's cool that you fixed the laser and got it working again. These xbox one's did not seem to be very popular although they can still most of the current gen games for cheap. Regarding xbox 360 SSD I heard that fatxplorer was able to get SSD's working on retail xbox360's. I haven't tried it myself but may try at some point in the next few months and post a video about it

[@Notfallkaramell]

I slapped a SSD into my One S. Worth it.

[@sir.fender6034]

SSD speeds may not be a huge difference compared to the HDD but the in-game textures and assets will load in way faster and smoother and the whole system will feel snappier overall.

[@RhinoXpress]

I use krynoaut grizzle thermal paste. It's a premium thermal paste, but a really good thermal paste for conductivity and longevity. The original xbox one has SATA Il. While the xbox one x\s has SATA lll. So you'll be able to fully utilize 600mb read and write speeds with SATA lll SSDs on the xbox one x/s. It would be interesting to get a xbox one s and put the same SATA lll SSD in it, and compare it to this xbox one to see if there is any real difference in load times between SATA ll vs SATA lll on these consoles.

[@pathfindercast]

Thanks for the recommendations. I'll check out the thermal paste. That is good to information about the xbox one x/s. If I come across one, I may try that test comparison.

[@DeadlyDragon935]

@@pathfindercastdont use it its designed for setting records so its longevity is very bad. Used it on a 13600k and within 3 months temps rose 10 degrees celcius.

[@jfsps15]

​@@DeadlyDragon935the mx4 is a good option, right?

[@izidororaziel4918]

@@jfsps15 that´s the one I use, on Xbox One and Xbox One X

[@Dreadeyeknight]

You sure the one S uses sata 3 CONNECTION? I know it comes with sata 3 hdd but the CONNECTION too? I know for sure og one uses sata 2 and the x uses sata 3 But the answer always seems different for the one S

[@John819592]

if you are all so worried about the ssd and its dependence on the cache and filling and speed after overflow. I recommend using sshd in this case - it is a hybrid of ssd and hdd, the difference between them in loading is minimal, almost an error

[@bryanwages3518]

Did u check to see if the ssd has dram. Then it will slow down as the drive fills up. Dramless drives are extremely slow for boot drives but is perfect for game storage drive

[@pathfindercast]

Interesting point. I did not check if it has DRAM when I purchased, it but the drive I used was a Lexar NS100. I did a little research and the SSD controller is the 88NV1120 Artemis from Marvell, a DRAM cache is not available. Is that good?

[@bryanwages3518]

@pathfindercast yea you looking for a dram cache. Without the cache the ssd can slow down as slow as a hard drive. That's why they are not recommended for boot drives. They are perfect for game storage drives though. Linus tech tips has a video on why that are not good for boot drives and explains why they slow down. Basically cheap ssds won't have the cache. I'd buy a Samsung drive or a sk hynix drive. You should also fill the drive up and redo the speed test to see if it slows down.

[@nicholasespinoza9610]

was the external usb drive a solid state drive or a moving platter? In theory the fastest performance should be on an external ssd drive as the 3.0 usb interface was faster then the internal sata 2 interface. That being said I remember the xbox one interface being somewhat sluggish and i heard an internal SSD makes the system OS perform like a current gen console.

[@pathfindercast]

I used a Toshiba DTB310 which is a 1TB HDD 5400 RPM. I chose this because it was the closest to the OEM internal HDD and I wanted to test if the USB 3 was faster than the SATA2, which it was. I agree using an external SSD or NVMe is going to be even more performant for loading gams. The xbox one dash is just plain sluggish, but yah I do think the internal SSD can make a difference there.

[@alvzcizzler]

an Xbox One X benefits more of an SSD because it supports SATAIII interface and plus the CPU is faster anyway.

[@MiltonTheWise]

Agreed

[@dodgydruid]

I converted one of my two 1540's to a Forza Edition, someone on ebay sold the complete shell and button board etc for a £10 cheapie and I grabbed it, took about 10 mins to have it all up and running, roaring car sounds instead of beeps and whatnot :) Now I am waiting for another special edition come up like the Forza one and convert my second one to that :D I also did both my PS3 fat buggers with limited edition cases, not as good as the Forza mod but look amazing :) Oh I also put in my 1540's Sata SSD's 1tb, got 500gb same in my PS3's.

[@mrlopez7173]

The boot time is the worse part of xbox one

[@pathfindercast]

I just bought a copy of The Division on disc at a thrift store so I booted up my xbone today. It still does take a long time to boot up even with SSD.

[@Bakedea87]

Sometimes that means the power supply needs replacing. I recently had an Xbox one being slower than usual on start up and the power supply did eventually die on me.

[@mrlopez7173]

@@pathfindercast it's a shame xbox one not even that bad .my xbox360 boots faster

[@therealdomingo]

They should have made the HDD easy to upgrade like the ps3 and 4

[@hasanmich1504]

Do you have to do anything to the empty drive before you put it in?

[@pathfindercast]

I installed the drive directly into the Xbox one straight from the packaging. The Xbox will boot up with an error which is why the firmware has to be on a USB drive.

[@TheGloriousLeader]

A bit late. The disc drive issue is likely an issue with the front touch cable being torn, or the board not being fully reconnected properly.

[@Hughesburner]

I traded for mine, some electronics worth maybe $30 on marketplace. I just wanted it for backwards 360 games and some physical XB1 games. The kid swore that it worked. Well....when I got it home, I had to leave it in the garage for a few days because it wreaked like weed smoke. It was almost as dirty inside as the one in the video, starving for air. The laser was shot in the disc drive. I ended up tearing it completely down and washing all the parts in the bathtub. New thermal paste and a few days later, it's up and running, I used a ton of essential orange oil on it, so it's smells really good. I still have to swap a new laser in. The front panel also needs replaced, it was shorted with some type of dust/tar/weed tar and I tore the connector cleaning it. It's a digital console as of now, plays Fortnite and acts as a streaming device. I love the "VCR" for some reason, it's big and sleek looking, super quiet when maintained and cleaned properly.

[@pathfindercast]

Glad to hear you got it cleaned up. I came across a ps3 slim that was gummed up with weed smoke and I still never got it working again. Hopefully you can get the laser replaced. I did replace the capacitor in the power supply which I did post a follow up video on.

[@LonghornsLegend]

Those original GTA load times were crazy 😅 sometimes I would forget what I was even about to play especially if it's having issues on their servers or if you were on wifi. Changing servers was enough to make me quit playing

[@Crftbt]

External SSD should be significantly faster than an External HDD.

[@pathfindercast]

I agree, that makes sense that it would be.

[@Bog8686]

Wonder if this would give a performance increase in games like party animals or cyberpunk which stress xone to huge drops. Party animals has built in fps counter you can overlay in game, would love to see if you get a slight increase in fps on it?

[@MiltonTheWise]

Maybe on the Xbox One X

[@LIVE781REDRUM]

My day one launch has a 3 min green boot screen. I think the hdd is dying gta takes about 5 mins to load

[@LockMakesStuff]

this is a great video, answered a question I didn't know I had lol

[@pathfindercast]

Thanks for the comment.

[@RonGrethel]

Is the Xbox one using SATA3 or SATA2?

[@pathfindercast]

It's SATA2, hence the USB 3.0 is able to perform better in some cases.

[@dodgydruid]

When I put the 1tb SSd's in mine, it just wouldn't take OSU so had to physically create the drive partition using a programme after working out the various parameters of the main storage size and the essential parameters of the Xbox folder drives and it loaded straight up to allow me to OSU and its never looked back. It was easy to do as being a SSD it handled with a USB connection to my PC, format, then look up the partition names and sizes for a 1tb in my case but a 2tb would be different, create the partitions then pop it into machine and should go to troubleshooting and take the offline OSU from a usb key, in fact I noted that the SSD was waiting almost continually for the USB drive lol Very important to get the partition sizes and names 1:1 noting upper and lower and special characters if needed.

[@arunprajapatikumhar8229]

Can we upgrade SSD in Xbox 360 also ?

[@DeadlyDragon935]

Why would you want to do that in the first place? Even with an ssd all other parts are slow af.

[@arunprajapatikumhar8229]

@@DeadlyDragon935 I have moded Xbox 360 slim thats why I am asking

[@Trains-With-Shane]

@@tenchotenchev5606That is incorrect. You can upgrade the internal disk in a stock system as well. It's just a slightly different procedure than if you have an RGH or JTAG mod.

[@Trains-With-Shane]

@@arunprajapatikumhar8229you certainly can and it's easy. A quick search will come up with results. I used MrMario's tutorial on my RGH3 Trinity console.

[@Tizzy_p]

This is actually showing us all why we actually get slapped so hard playing warzone on Xbox one og’s lol

[@brandon_nope]

2:29 APU, not CPU

[@SalandFindles]

I might I suggest some way of trying to use a newer M.2 NVMe drive to see what the performance is like? Maybe there's some kind of adapter to make it work.

[@warrengouldthorpe5091]

I miss the old days where we had an external power brick so if it stopped working, all you had to do was buy a replacement online instead of taking console apart and replacing the internal power supply

[@MiltonTheWise]

Sometimes just taking apart the power brick, cleaning it out and lubricating the fan spindle in it fixes it. It's not always necessary to throw out power bricks when all they may need is simple maintenance. I've noticed too many people including myself back in the day would do that. Nowadays I open up my power brick on the xbone every 6 months for maintenance.

[@Dreadeyeknight]

​@@MiltonTheWise You open up the brick ITSELF??? I never even thought of that before That's definitely something everyone should do?

[@angelahornung8488]

I think the primary benefit of an SSD is that the disc is much less likely to fail in the future. HDDs are much more volatile to failure than SSDs. I upgraded my Xbox One to a 500GB SSD but then use an external 2TB SSD for game installs. The 500GB SSD internally was just to reduce the likelihood of the system failing. Plan on doing the same to my Xbox 360 once it loses all support and connectivity to my Xbox account. Right now the achievements still transfer so I'm catching up on that library atm. lmao

[@Dreadeyeknight]

What will happen when microsoft stops supporting xbox ONES? You won't be able to login into your account or get achievements anymore???

[@angelahornung8488]

@@Dreadeyeknight I mean yeah, one day. All consoles lose support at some point. A lack of support doesn't mean it can't still play games though. Plus the Series X is completely backwards compatible with the Xbox One. Kind of confused as to your point?

[@Dreadeyeknight]

@@angelahornung8488 You don't need to understand my point I understand my point You just need to answer the question, and you did

[@slitzworld]

for £10 that’s a hell of a deal I got mine on ebay for £30 I repasted and cleaned it as previous owner put bad thermal paste on it.

[@MrTable678]

I kind of want to do this, I know nothing about thermal paste, though. How do I remove the old crap and how much new paste should I put

[@alexarnold6773]

There are many videos on yt detailing how but I like the spread the paste like an extremely thin layer of butter over the entire die then do a conservative x pattern

[@pathfindercast]

I usually can get the cpu pretty clean with isopropyl alcohol and q-tips. If it's really dried out I may use a tiny amount of de-solv-it on a q-tip. For applying new thermal paste, a little bit goes a long way, and I apply a dab about the size of a small grain of rice.

[@reeeee3398]

well it is almost 10 year old now

[@eink-reviews]

Was the external drive hdd or SSD?

[@pathfindercast]

I used an external usb 3.0 hdd.

[@lindsayforbes3100]

Don't forget to copy the Xbox one boot animation from the hdd to the sdd

[@Emmanuel-xc3nn]

True. Or if not it’ll install the boot animation after it it updates to new firmware again.

[@Dreadeyeknight]

Why is that important exactly?

[@ilexcorp]

So the External Drive is SSD too or what?

[@fredriks91]

Toshiba usb drive? Is it hdd or ssd? Or just a thumb drive

[@xKuruh]

I was thinking the same thing it must have been a ssd

[@libertyrevolutionary1776]

In transferring to an external SSD, you're still dealing with the biggest problem. and that's the bottle neck of USB 3.0 and SATA. USB 3.0 is capped at 5Gb/s SATA is capped at 6Gb/s. also, if the external drive you're transferring too or from is an HDD, not a SSD, expect that to be a bottle neck as well. Some of the slowest internet speeds today are faster than the read/write speed on a HDD.

[@chrisidema]

Are save games automatically backed up? Or do you have to back them up manually?

[@pathfindercast]

Yes they are backed if you're connected to Xbox live.

[@nachoman472]

if he sells the game, he already made his profit back XD

[@InlandQuarter]

Why do you need to disrespect the disk like that? Multiple times too man. My soul…

[@YangSword9x]

I just need upgrade my XBOX ONE X aluminum cooling fins to copper rolls, for now.... -& increase cooling fan size...more airflow.😅 --2 TB SSD DRAM CACHE upgrade, Saved for future...Lower price (PS6/NEW GEN CHIPS COME OUT 2026) (My XBOX 1X runs hot! Plastic Body removed...metal body/CPU MOTHERBOARD burned my hand!!!)

[@dw9932]

I put 2tb western digital ssd on my xbox one s

[@Tizzy_p]

How I got a 1t western dig not sure if it’s a ssd tho I’ll get some more info on it but Xbox og wont even find that lol

[@mikegraham4255]

Was the external drive an SSD?

[@ScrakSFMs]

The speed differences on the Xbox 360 between using a disc, HDD, or SSD are heavily influenced by whether the console is modded or unmodded. On an unmodded console, games run faster when played directly from the disc because they rely on the disc for data and the HDD or SSD mainly for saving game progress. However, on a modded console, you can copy game files from the disc to the console's storage. This allows games to be played without needing the disc for DRM checks, resulting in potentially smoother and faster gameplay when using the HDD or SSD. Modding the console provides a clearer comparison of disc speed versus HDD or SSD performance because it eliminates the disc's role beyond initial verification. In essence, modding can significantly affect how games perform on the Xbox 360 by allowing them to bypass disc-based limitations and utilize the faster read speeds of HDDs or SSDs for gameplay. I WROTE THIS! AND I REGRET I! I think I know why Xbox 360 was the fastest. So on Xbox One you need to install games to run them so it only needs DISC to read DRM and for Xbox 360 it is similar but it doesn't need you to install the DISC onto the console. You can but it won't reply on the SSD/HDD until you do install the games from the DISC to the console then it uses that. So if you don't install the games them self from unmodded Xbox 360 from the install method Xbox allows which rarely games don't support, you will rely on the DISC to play the game which can introduce issues like scratched spots on the DISC causing corruption on save files which is rare but possible so always if you can rely on the hard drive but sometimes relying on DISC is better somehow on very scratchy copies meanwhile some people may experience less stutters and issues relying on disc or hdd. I can't really say at this point my comment is a mess so I'll just summarize: if you run a game on its disc its gonna be faster than a HDD or SSD because it is relyed on and the only thing game is being played by and the only process the hard drives are doing is saving the game and progress and profiles pictures and achivements etc. But because IT does introduce explotiablity Xbox One for privacy reasons NEEDs DRM checks and many of them. That's why Xbox One is slowest and unhackable unless you make it offline only etc which ruins the point of it. And I think some games or most you can't even install without DISC being verified by a DRM service by Xbox One or Microsoft. I am unsure. About the Xbox 360 chapter. I'd like to address the reasons why it happened to be that SSD and HDD was slower. It was mainly due to you not using a modded console. If you'd used a modded Xbox 360 you'd know that running a game while disc is in it and game isn't installed partially or fully makes it signfically slower as it relies on reading the disc but only uses HDD or SSD for saving data. You could lbe better off comparing them three which you are techically only compaing DISC to HDD to SSD rather than being internal from my understanding. And another point is if you are installing via what Xbox 360 allows then it only reads the disc casually and randomly to check if the game's disc is still there and that your running an authetic copy of that game currently running. So in short if you had a modded console and you copied over the files from the DISC that you own and eject the DISC and play the game on the modded console you'd see that its way faster with the HDD and SSD as it doesn't read DRMs or checks just plays the files. But I don't know if your into that kind of stuff like modding consoles. But from my experience it is like that! Sorry for this messy comment!

[@Babbages]

Noctua is my favorite thermal paste seems to be a few degrees lower and the best power supply is actually a 203w fat 360 power supply with one of them 5 dollar Xbox 360 to Xbox One AC Adapter thing will outlast everything and gives it a little extra power overhead also im pretty shure fat xb1 used SATA 2 which limits it to 300MB/s the one-s used sata 3 tho which could double it also external hdds can have a advantage because they do not have to load the operating system also.

[@Notfallkaramell]

Considering the scale of GTA 5, I assume the SSD becomes more notable the bigger the game is compared to smaller games.

[@LIVE781REDRUM]

Thank you

[@bouabdellahghanem4380]

to be honest 12second is a lot of time saved

[@theanimeotaku2794]

It's an upgrade, I guess, but who is still using an Xbox one original in 2024 it's so underpowered I have the limited edition advanced warfare console planning to keep it maybe ut would go up in value

[@jessragan6714]

How the hell did we ever put up with such long load times?! O_o; Anyway. I've got an Xbox One S that's gathering dust. I'm tempted to replace the hard drive, since the old drive was too small and slow, but it's kind of pointless to bother with it now that I've got a Series S.

[@MiltonTheWise]

You should upgrade your One S. It plays disc games and your Series S does not.

[@ChikaHakozaki]

this console is bottlenecked extremely by the slow sata that was used I wish we could upgrade the wifi in these too

[@GrizzneyGames]

Soooo.... just get a large external ssd. Thanks for the experiments! Lol

[@mightygamerjames]

best things about an ssd it will last a bit longer than a hard drive

[@cqllel5186]

SSDs are better than HDDs, but they do not last nearly as long as HDDs

[@mightygamerjames]

@@cqllel5186 I had hard disk drives fail on me more than a solid state

[@cqllel5186]

@@mightygamerjames HDDs have longer lifespans. They hold more data and they're ideal for storage purposes. Although, SSDs are now pretty close to HDDs in lifespan these days

[@thegodgen]

was the lexar ssd d-ram less ssds without dram chache are slower then ones with dram

[@GrainGrown]

*Was *Lexar *SSD *DRAM-less *? *SSD's *DRAM *cache *than *with *DRAM *.

[@Jxlxl]

you should try and do the same with a 360 and try to optimize it as much to make it the ultimate 360 😮

[@Trains-With-Shane]

If using the newer 360 slim console the upgrade is super simple. And using an SSD, despite the 360 having an older SATA interface, does improve performance due to the faster random reads. I upgraded mine to a 1tb SSD just a week ago.

[@Arska2]

​@@Trains-With-Shane Can you actually use ssd as internal memory in retail console? I have been told that the xbox doesn't let you do that.

[@franwex]

Wow. That’s a dirty console!

[@pathfindercast]

i agree. It was a lot of dust. I don't think it was in a smokers house either.

[@BURNOUTBMX]

Nasty i go to...😊

[@3dd2.]

Lol mine came with a 1tb hdd put it in my ps3 and put a 256gb ssd in my xbox

[@3dd2.]

Dam there's software that let's you clone your hdd yes made for xbox

[@Cinestudi0]

10 DORAR!!!

[@Clinton7566]

look at the size of that mofo its a VCR

[@Jaguar32x]

xbox one lol

[@mikekanner2156]

Even if you put the SSD in it you still can’t play Xbox series X games

[@MAYANK_SINGH696]

You seem to be dumb as shit..... We are upgrading it to load game faster and boot early 🤠

[@randykoger4646]

No one stated you could.

[@stevestars2966]

@@randykoger4646Well that’s the reason people want to use the SSD so it’s possible to play next gen games on the Xbox one X that’s why he posted this video he tried and he failed so it’s a waste of money to even put the SSD into the Xbox one if you can’t play Xbox series X your better off buying the Series x instead

[@itsandyfs]

@@stevestars2966huh?

[@samanthagriffinv2.08]

No one said you could the reason people want to do this is to load in their current games faster or boot up the Xbox faster like you could on you pc

[@gregmess]

Zzzzzzzzzz

[@MrTable678]

Could i just clone the old drive