Xbox One S SSD Upgrade Process with Load Times - Worth the Trouble?

In this video, I go over how upgrade the internal stock hard drive from my Xbox One S with a faster SSD. I chose a 1TB Team Group SSD. I also show load times and compare them to the load times from my Xbox Series X. At the end of the video, I offer my final recommendation on the upgrade.
Offline Update Link:
support.xbox.com/en-US/help/h...
1TB SSD:
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Budget 500GB SSD:
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2TB SSD:
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Screwdriver set:
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Pry tools:
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
0:20 Removing the bottom plastic case cover
2:48 Removing chassis screws
4:27 Removing the top plastic cover
4:55 Removing the stock hard drive
6:05 Installing the SSD
7:29 Putting the console back together
10:31 Performing the offline update
13:18 Start up load times
13:44 Cyberpunk 2077 load times
14:24 The Outer Worlds load times
15:13 Gears 5 load times
16:10 Halo 5 load times
16:50 Doom Eternal load times
17:28 Xbox Series X vs Xbox One Cyberpunk 2077 load times
18:00 Xbox Series X vs Xbox One The Outer Worlds load times
18:36 Xbox Series X vs Xbox One Gears 5 load times
19:17 Xbox Series X vs Xbox One Halo 5 load times
19:48 Xbox Series X vs Xbox One Doom Eternal load times
20:21 Conclusion

[@samuraispiritsx]

If you have a Xbox One X, it's a must. One of the best upgrades for a pretty powerful little system still.

[@johny1220]

Oh yeah, I did this with mine as well before getting the Series X, the One X was pretty powerful but bottlenecked by a standard HDD, a 1TB SSD made it sooooo much better and really feel like a big mid gen almost next gen upgrade man 😄

[@zybch]

@@johny1220 it was bottlenecked by the SATA interface, not the drive itself. The og and S only did 40MB/sec, one X upped it to 60. The drives themselves were capable of close to double. So adding an internal ssd is just stupid unless it's for reliability. You want ssd speeds then your only real option is an external usb ssd and they work great.

[@dontscanmypfp9836]

But still It's a last gen console In my country we can exchange a Xbox one x to a brand new series s

[@johny1220]

@@zybch oh wait really? Then how come it’s usually faster and smoother when there’s an SSD apposed to a HDD?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I think I see where you’re going but I think you mean 400MB and 600MB per second. Mechanical hard drives can’t reach those speeds. That’s why you can improve loading times with an SSD upgrade.

[@xardly]

I just did this about a week ago to my Xbox one s. I bought a Samsung 870 EVO and this is really one of the best upgrades you can make to and old Xbox. The boot up is super fast, games load in half the time they used to, and the UI is so much snappier

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

It really is a good upgrade.

[@AbdullahBasit24]

May I know what procedures you followed to upgrade your Xbox One S? I'm also looking forward to upgrade my Xbox One S.

[@xardly]

@@AbdullahBasit24 I followed this KZbin video (m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4DFqWOiZ7SjZ8k) , along with the ifixit guide. I also repasted the Xbox once I was there, which I recommend you also do if your Xbox is more than 2 or three years old. Wish you luck on your journey

[@xxbuschxx9647]

The Samsung EVO 870 is The Best Upgrade I Made 600 to 800mbps just moving games to the ssd and also to my external 4tb hard drive.💯😊

[@DinoPimp]

If it gets a few more years out of your xbox, and prevents E waste it is worth it.

[@sevensego]

the T5 samsung external ssd is the best and fastest ssd for the old gen xbox's (xbox 1x generation) and this is coming from a Destiny 2 speedrunner who has spent alot of time reducing load times. T5 is 2nd to none.

[@FrostThorn]

No one cares about speedrunners, plus that's false The Ssd can only run as fast as the console can read it.

[@takyontiger1147]

@@FrostThorn damn bro who hurt you so much?

[@FrostThorn]

@@takyontiger1147 lol what

[@tiagomateus3387]

@@KATIA95 do you know that samsung makes hardware too right? just because its samsung doesn't mean that is phones

[@VonDutchNL]

@@FrostThorn I care about speedrunners

[@crypticpainter7643]

Great video and great information. The load times difference looks worth it. I think I am going to do this and hang on to my One S. 🙂

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

They have really taken their time putting out new games for the Series S and X so I think it may have another year or two of cross generation games.

[@buggerlugz6753]

The USB 3 external SSD is quicker because its bandwidth is higher than the internal SATA2 connection!

[@fishwasherr]

although realistically the in game difference is negligible, the system OS however is a night and day difference

[@JPMitreN]

Microsoft should allow an easier way for us user to disassemble future consoles….. removing that black plastic bottom is a pain in the ass…. I broke 2 of my tools trying to do it….

[@Zvxers7]

They should do it like what sony did with the playstation 4 Just slide the black piece off and unscrew just 1 screw and it doesn’t even void the warranty

[@JPMitreN]

@@Zvxers7 agree….. thats exactly what I’m talking about….. that’s exactly to what I’m comparing the console to

[@gabrielduran3305]

have you not seen how easy it is to take apart the series x

[@gabrielduran3305]

@@Zvxers7 yeah now the ps5 is one of the most complicated consoles to take apart

[@JPMitreN]

@@gabrielduran3305 I don’t have the Xbox series x or the other

[@sullivanseanp]

Thanks for doing this. I have a few years old One S play all my games off of a 3tb external HD. Forza & Marvel load times are sooo bad it's almost unplayable. I guess I've gotten used to waiting in most of the other games though and the boot up time for the xbox doesn't bother me. All I can think of is a few games I really tried not to die because the reload was like 10+ secs. Did anyone notice the new Edge update increasing the time to open the app substancially? That is annoying too.

[@gabthetalkingslicebread6996]

Nice video man now I know the difference when a ssd installed in Xbox one. It is truly fast.

[@jxshua]

Thanks so much for this video. I bought a SSD last night for my Xbox Series S. I’ve been contemplating the upgrade because I wasn’t sure if the upgrade would be worth it. I’m convinced it is now. I have a couple of questions for you - In your game load-time demo, when you say “External 1TB SSD”, we’re you using the stock HDD internally? I wonder if the cache would be faster if the internal was SSD as well. Again, thank you.

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I was using the stock drive inside and an external ssd. The best would be to run an internal ssd plus an external ssd to load games, which can be a little quicker. Obviously the difference isn’t huge between internal and external but it was measurable.

[@Segaton]

great video man.

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Much appreciated!

[@adrianderick8821]

There were 3 times when the wait went over 1 minute with the HD. With SSD, the longest time was 54 seconds, to open Gears 5, which on HD took 1 minute and 20 seconds. Startup SSD: 00:33 HD: 00:52 Open Cyberpunk 2077 SSD: 00:38 HD: 00:49 Loading Cyberpunk 2077 SSD: 00:22 HD: 00:49 Open The Outer Worlds SSD: 00:42 HD: 01:01 Loading The Outer Worlds SSD: 00:28 HD: 00:55 Open Gears 5 SSD: 00:54 HD: 01:20 Loading Gears 5 SSD: 00:38 HD: 01:04 Open Halo 5 SSD: 00:38 HD: 00:57 Loading Halo 5 SSD: 00:15 HD: 00:30 Open Doom Eternal SSD: 00:43 HD: 00:46 Loading Doom Eternal SSD: 00:19 HD: 00:30

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

It’s a decent upgrade.

[@theworstgamervr]

Was totally looking for the data in this format ❤ you the mvp

[@ramssespatterson8283]

That's awesome that the loading times improved with an SSD. Have you noticed any significant improvements in the xbox one s responsiveness in the home UI and apps? Better running streaming services, apps, any reductions in buffering besides network speeds?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I do notice a difference in the UI and apps. Everything seems a little snappier.

[@baileyalexan6744]

@@Upscaled_Reviews what kind of screw driver and screw package do you use and were can you get them from cause I want to put a ssd in my xbox one s

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

@@baileyalexan6744 They don't sell the set I have anymore but something like this would work. You need a set with Torx screw bits. amzn.to/3JutGke

[@baileyalexan6744]

@@Upscaled_Reviews ah ok thanks for the info buddy

[@baileyalexan6744]

@@Upscaled_Reviews also where can I find those miniature um what's a ma call it's lol 😆 can't think of name of them haha 😆

[@Gusrango]

Nice video. I will try later on my xbox. Already do sometime similar on my ps4 slim but not with an SSd, i use an SSHD for 2 TB, because the ps4 have sata 2. But for speed its very good, but comparing the installation process its more difficult on the xbox than the PS4. My question is i can use any size of SSD or have any limit on the XBOX ONE S.

[@Gusrango]

Also i will subscribe. You have a good voice for explain this type of stuff. Maybe on future i was thinking to open a youtube channel.

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I did a 2tb SSHD for my PS4 as well. Works great. I don't think there is a size limit for the SSD on the xbox. I think there is a minimum size though.

[@jakobh6257]

Very helpful, thanks 👍

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Thank you!

[@Tux256ND]

I would love to see Cyberpunk gameplay on the internal SSD.

[@pushingmylimits338]

I’ve done taken apart my xbox a lot use a flat head it works really well for the outer shell

[@prisonerofthehighway1059]

Great tutorial but plug it in and make sure it boots before you put that bottom cover back on lol. Sucks to find out it isn’t working.

[@bxmps8471]

Hey just came across the video as I was thinking of upgrading to the SSD instead of the HDD, are you able to still get all your games and stuff back once you’ve installed the SSD into the Xbox?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

You have to back the games up to an external usb hard drive and you should be good to go

[@rainpi4327]

This is the exact video I was looking for and hoping to find thank you for making it

[@dip1697]

Hey, just to make sure because I'm planning on doing this tomorrow when my SSD comes in, what are the screw bits I am going to need. I heard T10, C3, and C4 Is that correct or did you mean T3 and T4

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I think it was t10 for all screws.

[@abedo3001]

Do I can still play online if I did that and change the OS and download it to the new SDD or there is a consequences please help me

[@Crashed131963]

Its ingame play I like the most with ssd. Like Fast Travel, in and out of menu options screens and respawning after getting killed . Game startup wait is no big deal .

[@mroak6504]

Did you clone your HDD's storage data to your new SSD? How did you get your savings from your games back?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I didn’t clone the drive. That wouldn’t work. My saves were loaded from Xbox live.

[@The_Native_wolfAK]

The other way to get your saved data is xbox live and using a external hard drive as a backup to copy them to the ssd. Unless you just wanna re-download by a disc if its having bugs etc.

[@Arrozconchopsticks]

I cloned mine with a dock. Worked just fine.

[@tiagomarques4251]

thanks for your video. I have a Wd Black P50 1tb external sdd, which I bought at a good price. I was thinking about switching to an internal ssd and your video led me to the conclusion that it's not worth it. the external delivers better results. I have Xbox One X

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

If you’re just concerned about game load times, an external is all you need. The best option is internal ssd plus external ssd to load the games.

[@tiagomarques4251]

@@Upscaled_Reviews yes, the boot takes a long time, but the important thing for me is the loading of the games... I thought I would have more gains with an internal SSD, but in fact the external one proved to be better. and if you leave the console in standby, the boot is almost instantaneous. so putting an internal ssd is really out of the question, it's not worth the investment. greetings

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

I do this with a 2TB Solid State Drive as that option is because any Xbox One and Xbox One S/X deserves 2TB Solid State Drives as if I do this.

[@Nikownzyu]

Warning for anyone, unenroll you xbox from the insider program or this doesn't work AT ALL. Also thank you for this video, just recently did this upgrade but wanted to know if all that work making it internal vs external was worth it, while it didn't make the games load any faster, navigating the OS is a whole new experience.

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Definitely makes the OS much snappier.

[@bomb447]

You know if the OSU update would work going from a 1TB to a 2TB, or is it just for same size upgrades? I still cant get a SX, so I'm wanting to get every bit of performance out of my 1X.

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

It should work just fine.

[@adam_torvill]

Holy shit wasn't expecting the awesome dnb on the speed test

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Glad you liked it. I thought it fit nicely

[@ventilate4267]

My exact reaction. I thought the song was pretty nice, but my jaw just about hit the floor when it dropped.

[@dw9932]

Im getting a ssd 2tb western digital for a xbox one s i just got too im also replacing the thermal paste on the console with artic mx 6 thermal paste and i got xbox series controllers i saved 198 dollars already getting the 3 controllers from ebay sellers that couldnt test them they all turn on and work and the 4th from a local flea market for 25 dollars i spent 92 dollars on all 4 controllers

[@computertutorials1286]

It’s crazy how close it is to the Series X. Especially considering that it uses an M.2 NVMe drive, which are significantly faster than normal SSDs.

[@gabestheman72]

If you were to get a solid performing ssd for a good price would you recommend this over the series s (for speed)

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

If you already have a one s, maybe. The series s is noticeably faster though. I actually own the series s and x. The start up time and navigation within the UI is on par with the X. The SSD just makes the one s more easy to live with in the context of more modern consoles. The issue is how long will they put out games that can be played with the one s? If you have a big backlog, maybe it could work out. Also it’s possible that Microsoft may support first party games for longer.

[@_mytopfive]

I just cloned my 500gb stock Xbox One S drive to a new 500gb Samsung Evo 870 ssd. I've noticed inconsistent load times. Anyone know if that's normal? For example just did Outer Worlds and there was a 10 second difference booting the game each time with the internal ssd. Never paid much attention other than Borderlands 3 which took forever to load and still a long time with this ssd.

[@The_Native_wolfAK]

Never clone anything to an SSD

[@fcbod2770]

There is a very big differ ... lunch a game such as RDR2 or FH4 it takes 49 sec to respawn on mu X one x internal ssd

[@thisfeatureisbad]

My Xbox One S with a Samsung 500GB SATA SSD turns on in less than 20 seconds. Not even talking about waking it up from the sleep. Instant.

[@MassimilianoGallieri]

Bought today 1tb ssd to put in my new xbox one x! Back to xbox from ps4! Will wait 2-3 years for xbox series x!

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Xbox one x is still solid man. The ssd is going to give it new life.

[@AB_n_C]

Does the update file work by itself on a new ssd? U don't have to partition the ssd? Do I just put in a brand new ssd in there and after installing the update it just works? I'm scared to try this but I really want to. I have a xbox one X and it's really slow.

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

It will work on a new SSD with no problems.

[@HiltTilt]

I'd really like to see the difference in comparison of a xbox one X and series X!

[@no-wz1uv]

My Xbox has a dying hard drive and I’m pretty sure it’s effecting games loading assets should I put a 500GB SSD in my Xbox one?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I think it’s a good solution.

[@corgi3339]

Should the form factor for external ssd be 2.5 for the Xbox series s?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

There isn't much of a benefit for using an m.2 pci-e ssd so I would say yes.

[@stevepogue1124]

Question: if i have a 1tb Xbox One S and replace the hdd with a 2tb ssd, will there be any issues? Will it just work after setting it ip or do I have to buy a ssd that matches the storage capacity of the original hdd?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

You should have no issues. The ssd can larger.

[@stevepogue1124]

@@Upscaled_Reviews Will the Xbox recognize the larger storage or only see the 1tb?

[@dip1697]

Currently just installed a new SSD but when I boot my Xbox, the offline system update tile is grayed out. I've tried to do an offline system update with 2 different drives that have the $SystemUpdate but they stay grayed out. Could this be because it's not reading the SSD properly?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

That’s weird. Maybe try a different update file. I know there are like 3 versions. Been a while since I did this but it worked on the first go for me. Try using a smaller capacity usb3 stick.

[@dip1697]

@@Upscaled_Reviews Pretty sure it must have been my flash drives because I put it back with the HDD, I booted into the troubleshooting screen to try to see if they'd show up and they still didn't.

[@wuzupyou3509]

I have the patience to do this, so with this in mind I won't do it cause I have the patience to wait for the download to finish.

[@sash3n820]

Will copying the files from the stock hard drive to the SSD work inorder to avoid reinstalling the operating system for it

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

You could try cloning the drive. This option is pretty complicated from what I have seen though.

[@Xirenx]

Im not ever gonna do this because i dont give a shit about these upgrades but its cool to look at

[@d1nonugzz998]

So all i need to do this is the ssd and a usb stick and laptop?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

That's pretty much it.

[@revelator3665]

internal ssd MX500 was great in my ONE X(more easy than one S), now i have series X.

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Crazy how an ssd can improve the experience.

[@Nonx47]

Lol, you don't have a series X, mate.

[@revelator3665]

@@Nonx47 LoL why not?!?!

[@Nonx47]

@@revelator3665 your CPU is completely outdated, so things like AI and Physics won't be nearly as capable as future titled. Your SSD is bottle necked to 550MB per second max because of the system capabilities, not a minimum of 2,400MB per second in the series X. Your RAM is considerably slower. Not only that, but the GPU is a third of the power. You have something closer to a series S, and even then that thing runs circles around the one x. Sorry man, that's just how it is. I have an Xbox one X with an SSD upgrade, and a Series X. Night and day.

[@revelator3665]

@@Nonx47 i know i have sold my One X, now i have serie X

[@DankUraniumYT]

I just got a samsung 87p evo as a early Christmas gift and first thing I did was take my xbox one apart and installed the ssd on to it, bro the moment when I got it to work I was sooo hyped. When I played GTA Online in a public lobby while I'm drive the texture would load in slowly 🐌

[@DankUraniumYT]

Thank God I did it

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

It’s a solid upgrade. Microsoft should have had it on SSD from the beginning.

[@DankUraniumYT]

@@Upscaled_Reviews I agree they should have done it to the xbox one x

[@MATTKBAN]

Do you not need to configure the new drive on your pc first which other videos show? I’ll prefer to not do those steps. Just swap in the drive and do the update is easy peasy

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I don’t recall doing anything like that.

[@user-pk6oz3xr4d]

One s have sata2 hdd, 300mb/s max speed, for ssd its small profit, one x have sata3 its 600mb/s this max upgrade and working and loading content very fast..

[@nogamblinge2671]

What I’m seeing here if I attach a an external ssd I’ll get similar results?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

It’s the same for game loading or better but there are no improvements anywhere else.

[@Darth_Victrus]

I bought an S3+ 1TB SSD. The boot with the SSD was between 47 to 50 Seconds, HD 1.10. I have two Xbox One Fat. The SSD I bought is the cheapest and is 82.5% full. The one with the HD too. Maybe it makes a difference when starting.

[@Vv20vV]

Instead of replacing the Xbox One’s internal hard drive, wouldn’t it be better to just use an external SSD instead? Seems like it would at least to me 🤷🏻‍♂️ Would save time & hassle with disassemble/re-assemble, formatting via pc etc..

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

You can definitely do that but having the internal ssd makes the Xbox run faster as a whole, including loading times.

[@Vv20vV]

@@Upscaled_Reviews thx 4 the info

[@Jako0516]

How do you get the ssd to work on the Xbox one? Because I'm having a hard time trying to figure out why I can't install the offline update on the ssd

[@Jako0516]

Is showing up as e101

[@Jako0516]

I'm using a one s

[@Harvz78]

Is the upper right an optical hard drive?

[@AceMcAce3141]

Yes

[@kautious1941]

I have an Xbox one s, what ssd should I get and install? It can get up to 60 fps but I want it to be faster

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

The ssd won’t help with FPS. It’ll only help with loading speeds. Honestly, pretty much any ssd will outperform a hard drive. So get what’s on sale.

[@kautious1941]

@@Upscaled_Reviews if there anything I can do to improve fps? I appreciate the help man

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

@@kautious1941 I’m sorry man. There really is nothing you can do for improving fps other than upgrading to a newer Xbox.

[@SC-lc7tm]

I do have concerns, if i replace the internal with SSD, will I risk getting banned with my account because it's a different hardware? That's what is stopping me from trying this.

[@PolarDog]

The storage medium will not affect account status whatsoever. It is merely the place where your data is stored. It doesn't do anything else in regards to accounts and other stuff.

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Yup. It won’t create any issues.

[@MrZombieTurds]

That's like saying you'd get banned for buying a third party controller 😅.

[@chriswright8074]

@@MrZombieTurds iPhone

[@user-yc4cz7mt7c]

Get a grip bro come on 🤣🤣

[@Nonx47]

Why did you keep switching up the placements of the drives? So annoying to have to keep reading what drive was on which quadrant of the video... Internal should have been on the left, external on the right... Idk, maybe some icons to help at least, not just text.

[@cmoneytheman]

he wont answer

[@cambuchanan5836]

So I don’t actually need to clone the new hdd? Just if I want to keep the data from it?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I don’t think you can clone the drive but you can back it up using the Xbox built in back up utility

[@cambuchanan5836]

@@Upscaled_Reviews but I am able to just swap the original hdd for an ssd and run osu and it will work??

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

@@cambuchanan5836 Yup. That’s what I did.

[@cambuchanan5836]

@@Upscaled_Reviews did yours work no issue? I’m getting error codes

[@joseramos-ev6wl]

can you use a sata sdd on the xbox and put the xbox frimware?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Do you mean cloning the original drive?

[@T00muchF00Dchannel]

You could but it wouldn’t work. (If you’re asking about cloning)

[@dip1697]

Hey, should I buy an external SSD for my games or just buy a Series S instead

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

The series S is a purely digital console and it wont play any of your current disks. It’s mostly a Xbox game pass console. I would say get the SSD or try saving up for a Series X.

[@th3alchem1st46]

Xbox series s is a shitty console, you doesn't have a CD slot, and you have only 500GB of memory.

[@acasualmusiclistener7919]

@@th3alchem1st46 it's actually a pretty great console for the price to performance.

[@th3alchem1st46]

@@acasualmusiclistener7919 It's a good console only if you have a permanent game pass and a fast internet for download games quickly.

[@NoSpamForYou]

@@particely They are not wrong. Series S only has 500GB (about 400GB usable). It costs $200+ for a storage card upgrade. It costs $200 more for Series X that has double the storage as the Series S, can read discs all the way back to OG Xbox, and has 3x the performance

[@Lssj]

I won't spend money on something like this till they find a way to externally install something that can generally make the console run better on high graphic games without having locked settings. Like the series s. Course I'm not downplaying it because I switched to that system after sony did me a fuck and suspended my account for 60 days. This console runs so much better than the pro and im having a blast with it. Both series s and x support rtx. And I'm enjoying the view in maneater 220 isn't worth taking 20-30 seconds off the loading times cuz I'm used to all that shit. I sat on gta a lot so loading times don't bother me. The one game that made it unbearable to play cuz of the loading times was days gone. I love the game but man those loading times are worse than gta's.

[@_mylastname]

Days gone does not take that long to load. Are you serious? I went SSD with my ps4 Pro and That game loads in line 30 second or less.. Nothing like gta, still 1 minute 30 second plus even with ssd

[@Ayixlia]

If that had a DRam it would be load games games faster

[@Adam90028]

I have a 512gb Silicon power ssd in my s right now. Would a name brand ssd be any faster?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I don’t think it would make a huge difference.

[@Adam90028]

@@Upscaled_Reviews Thanks man

[@hexicv2318]

Thank you

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Hope it helped you out.

[@HiltTilt]

Absolutely worth the trouble!

[@alberthmoreira91]

no es una comparación justa porque el ssd del xbox series x es m.2 y tiene un procesador mucho más rápido

[@SalivatingSteve]

What if I used an external NVMe SSD? The loading times should be even faster than an internal SATA SSD, as USB 3.0 has the bandwidth to handle NVMe speeds. For the average person I think it’s easier to just plug in an external drive.

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I don’t think there would a huge benefit given the cost. Sata seems like the sweet spot for me since it’s close to usb 3 speeds, which is a little slower than sata. There are newer iterations of usb 3 that are faster than sata but the Xbox doesn’t have that kind.

[@NoSpamForYou]

@@Upscaled_Reviews Xbox ONE X only has SATA 2 = 3.0Gbps. USB 3.0 Gen1 = 5.0Gbps

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

@@NoSpamForYou www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3253-xbox-one-x-external-ssd-worth-it-game-load-times

[@socom2wasgreat542]

@@NoSpamForYou the one s and one x have sata 3 not sata 2

[@NoSpamForYou]

@@socom2wasgreat542 No, they didn't bother to upgrade the IO chip for the ONE S or the ONE X. That is why some games load faster off USB. An internal SSD will still load faster than a mechanical drive though. No seek time or drive head thrashing. A USB SSD will give slightly better performance for games. You may get snappier dashboard/OS performance with an internal SSD, but I think that is mostly cached on the eMMC (which Microsoft didn't update to the latest standard either so still much slower than it could have been).

[@lucas73484]

Why in the examples, the graphics with the internal 1tb ssd looks differents?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I didn’t notice any graphical differences. It might be slight differences when I captured the footage.

[@pedigreed6397]

Can u do this for the one x? Or is it the same thing

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

You can absolutely do it on a One X and I think it would provide even more benefits due to its higher clocked CPU.

[@pedigreed6397]

@@Upscaled_Reviews oh okay

[@randomrequirements9066]

good point with the xbox series x, its not going to come out until 2023 so the external SSD is perfect for the time being

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

It almost feels like it won’t come out until 2023.

[@unknown.1666]

song from 13:20 ? i found it, twelve speed

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Yup. That’s it.

[@Uhlzone]

Something this guy may not have thought to do was to change the Sata 3 programming controller on the ssd to Match what the Xbox one s can handle. For an x this wouldn't matter. He may find speed and texture loading improvements this way... I used to run a 1tb internal hdd upgrade on my ps3 and discovered that games loaded way better with less fps screen tear issues when I converted the samsung hdd to sata 1 by using a utility that was written for it to do that for systems that was incompatible with the backwards compatibility mode of Satan 2 to 1...

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I'm about 99% sure that the Xbox one s uses sata 3 just like the one x.

[@manndaze]

@@Upscaled_Reviews according to many people, the original One and the One S are SATA II

[@farishakim6759]

@@manndaze according to Google...Xbox One S is sata 3

[@KerrBox92]

so i don't know anything about SSDs, what capacities do they come with?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Between 256gb and 8tb.

[@KerrBox92]

@@Upscaled_Reviews ok and so are any of those compatible with consoles? is there a specific kind that you need to get for consoles? i realize these might be stupid or misinformed questions but i'm trying to upgrade storage and 2tb, the current max for 2.5 inch HDDs really isn't much

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

@@KerrBox92 for the xbox one you would buy a 2.5 inch (same size as a laptop hard drive) sata ssd.

[@jdw715]

@@KerrBox92 I read they should be 500gb/1tb/2tb. I put the Crucial MX500 2TB in my XB1X.

[@jesusmusicson]

Como la pinto asi???

[@quietstormgaming9820]

Whats the name of the song?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

It's called "Twelve Speed" and its copyright free from KZbin Studio. It's one of few good drum and bass tracks they have.

[@devilriding676]

Why pull xbox apart to use ssd? I plug mine into USB at back no messing straight out the box works all the same

[@ItsSammyVibes]

Because this is to change the internal HDD included.

[@chocolatemilkinafijibottle4143]

To speed up the Operating system aswell as game load times.

[@Arrozconchopsticks]

It's cleaner, this way is better imo

[@JohnJohnjul]

Could I do this with 2 Tb ssd?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Yes you can.

[@ludeworld5190]

So what’s the best one to upgrade to im still pretty slow when it comes to SSD😂

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Honestly most any SSD would work since we're mostly concerned about read speeds with consoles and most SSDs have fast read times.

[@ludeworld5190]

Okay got it yea I went out and bought a Samsung SSD 870 Evo 1TB I’m Hoping I made a good purchase ? I already did the steps in your video and was definitely helpful man. Now I’m just waiting as the file downloads so I can put it on the SSD but my other question is how do I transfer it to the SSD?

[@ludeworld5190]

Actually guess i need a flash drive lol

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

@@ludeworld5190 the Samsung is a very good choice. They make some of the best SSDs.

[@manueltorres4878]

Can I swap my Xbox one internal hard drive to my Xbox one s?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I don’t think you can do swaps between different Xboxes.

[@manueltorres4878]

@@Upscaled_Reviews a different KZbin channel told me sure but I would have to install a new os

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

@@manueltorres4878 You can swap the drive but you would need to reinstall the Xbox OS. I should have been more clear. I though you asking if you could swap the drives and it it would work with no issue.

[@manueltorres4878]

@@Upscaled_Reviews ohhh ok thank you mean thank you for the feed back

[@Ophis.]

Series x is quick but it just still feel slow idk it's just me

[@ChonkManGTZ]

You kinda opened it wrong. You need to do it from the back

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

It was definitely a pain to open. Good tip.

[@ChonkManGTZ]

@@Upscaled_Reviews there is a waranty sticker over the hole where your tool has to be placed, carefully remove the sticker then place the tool in the hole

[@Ouais_MaZette]

We keep "xbox live" access ?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

You will have no issues with Xbox live.

[@Lvoa-C]

So it seems that a external is just as fast as a internal?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

It’s just as fast or faster but you don’t get the faster boot up and snappier UI navigation.

[@Lvoa-C]

@@Upscaled_Reviews makes sense

[@darrenhayes7786]

It's seems that but it also seems you don't need to open your Xbox either as it has 3 usb ports to hold the external port ....this guy is actually ruining his Xbox and power core

[@Lvoa-C]

@@darrenhayes7786how so? Just curious?

[@darrenhayes7786]

@@Lvoa-C he's actually doing more harm than good another guy has done videos on this and why not to do it ..your actually taking out the original card to run the unit ..the reason for an external harddrive is the reason it's called am external harddrive lol it's not made to withstand the heat inside the console which makes more work for the console itself because it will keep overheating ..keep the internal the way it is and just plug the external into a usb port ..it's exactly the same thing and 2 times the memory ... seriously don't listen to these idiots ...there not making your Xbox one X into a series X or s mate ... you'll need more than Seagate for that I'm afraid

[@liamfeatherstone924]

Do what you want to the one X it's not going to have the power of the series X is it. 4tflops vs 12is it

[@user-yc4cz7mt7c]

No Shit Sherlock

[@sirmagnumcat4996]

One X has 6 tflops IIRC

[@TheXcrazymanxX]

External SSD putting in some work. But as some comments say, why put the money into this when you could trade in and buy a new Series X for a similar cost of the SSD

[@suraiyabegum1298]

Yea but it's not in stock all the time.....

[@gabrielduran3305]

@@suraiyabegum1298 yeah but they do restocks pretty every week

[@Coorhagen]

Did you get banned for changing the HDD. Because apparently Microsoft ban the people who do that

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

No ban for me.

[@Coorhagen]

@@Upscaled_Reviews thank you. I asked because. Apparently they aren't clear about their rules. I saw that they banned a big amount of users in china for exemple. But apparently it depends on the countries. In France (where I'm from) There is contradiction because Microsoft doesn't like users changing it. But the french laws says we are allowed and we even should be able to repair. So we don't waste things and pollute when we can recycle instead. Anyways thanks for your answer. And I hope you don't get banned. In the future. But I guess you won't now as the video is old

[@ZeyZoD]

It's worth it. 100%

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

Makes it feel more modern.

[@ZERARCHIVE2023]

Microsoft knew what they were doing when they designed this console. Terrible to open up.

[@GreaseLightning02]

0:55 Not true. Just take your time and be careful and you won’t break any.

[@anilxtr]

music link please

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

This track is copyright free from KZbin Studio. This is it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKS3doifYtCYnac

[@anilxtr]

thanks mannnn

[@edgarfonseca03]

Can i change my hd from My xb1s to an SSD?

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

You sure can. That’s what I did in the video.

[@ericsuperstar746]

Do Xbox one x and a share same hard drives

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

They share a similar mechanical hard drive. I'm not sure if it's the same though.

[@ericsuperstar746]

@@Upscaled_Reviews we paid £40 to have it reset to factory but we can’t download it’s not letting update and since we got 3 xb-s we could bang in a 1T hd and they would marry but if someone knows if it’s undo-able what’s a best cheap and fast external hd I could just plug into any Xbox

[@_mylastname]

So External SSD did better.. So no need to tear apart a console then.👍 and then your screens change and the internal does slightly better . Still not worth the hassle . Thank you for your work though

[@zetsuboushinjiruu9350]

Idk how stupid the companies keep using HDDs on their consoles Damn, it's so irritating

[@Crashed131963]

Name a current console that does not use a ssd only? The Ps5 and Xbox-Xand S are going on 4 years old .

[@Mapacheitor117]

In old generation consoles the SSD is very meh it does not compare at all to what it does in PC or in consoles that already bring it natively

[@CG-mt7uq]

Surr you can play Uncharted and God of War there. Now i'm going to play Halo and Gears on my PS 1.

[@terabyt9007]

U get a black xbox one S🤨

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

I think it’s called storm grey or something like that.

[@SharlieNava]

🙄 *Goodbye guarantee*

[@zybch]

What the hell are you doing to open the case? !!! It's easy and no, you won't break anything if you don't do it like a rampaging twit. A single twist with a flathead is ALL that's needed.

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

There was no flathead screw on my console to twist or remove. Only plastic clips.

[@yaw_]

Why so pressed?💀

[@jdw715]

@@Upscaled_Reviews Did you end up breaking any. Haven't opened my S yet.

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

@@jdw715 I checked and they all looked intact. It sounded a lot worse than it really was.

[@norbi30ify]

Slow cpu in consol …

[@Upscaled_Reviews]

True but it still helps with loading times substantially.