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VIDEO INDEX:
00:24 - Why Xbox licensing for an external drive?
01:22 - Hardware overview
01:40 - Xbox One setup
02:04 - Performance: GTA V load time with SSD and without
02:42 - PC / Mac sequential read & write with Blackmagic benchmark
03:32 - CrystalDiskMark random read & write performance
04:02 - Conclusion and final thoughts
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This is a nice add-on for the Xbox One as it dramatically improves load times. In my testing GTA V loaded in half the time it did off my Xbox's internal hard drive!
This also turned out to be a very functional portable SSD that performs close to the Samsung T3 in my testing for about the same price.
This is a TLC drive, meaning there are more storage cells packed in the chips vs. MLC and SLC drives, but the performance is very consistent despite using the lower cost technology.
All in it's worthy of consideration even if your intent is to not connect it to an Xbox One.
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