Modders looking into cheaper expendable storage options for Xbox Series X|S
A custom solution to Xbox's biggest problem: overpriced expandable storage.
Microsoft and Sony took different paths with their expandable storage solution for their latest gaming consoles. The PlayStation 5 relies on the NVMe standard with M.2 slot that can easily be replaced with a compatible device. The company provides a detailed tutorial along with a list of officially certified drives. The replacement of the PS5 external drive is easy, and so is expanding the storage on Xbox Series S and X consoles, except it is locked to one manufacturer and one capacity.
The official Seagate Xbox 1TB storage is greatly overpriced and simply a bad value. However, this is the only working option that supports Series S|X games, but users can still store games on USB attached storage and move games should they want to play them. At least the pre-Series games can be played directly from the USB drive. Everyone else who wants to enjoy effortless gameplay with the latest titles is forced to buy Seagate solution.
Naturally, since Xbox Series consoles have been released gamers and modders are looking for alternatives to Seagate Xbox storage. It was quickly discovered that the official expandable drive uses a custom implementation of CFexpress. This implementation supports PCIe Gen4 unlike the original standard, which was designed for cameras. The CFe standard relies on PCIe Gen3 with up to 4 lanes, supporting up to 1 GB/s lane. More importantly, though, it is compatible with NVMe drives.
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Source: https://videocardz.com/newz/modder-...ch-xbox-series-nvme-ssd-as-expandable-storage
A custom solution to Xbox's biggest problem: overpriced expandable storage.
Microsoft and Sony took different paths with their expandable storage solution for their latest gaming consoles. The PlayStation 5 relies on the NVMe standard with M.2 slot that can easily be replaced with a compatible device. The company provides a detailed tutorial along with a list of officially certified drives. The replacement of the PS5 external drive is easy, and so is expanding the storage on Xbox Series S and X consoles, except it is locked to one manufacturer and one capacity.
The official Seagate Xbox 1TB storage is greatly overpriced and simply a bad value. However, this is the only working option that supports Series S|X games, but users can still store games on USB attached storage and move games should they want to play them. At least the pre-Series games can be played directly from the USB drive. Everyone else who wants to enjoy effortless gameplay with the latest titles is forced to buy Seagate solution.
Naturally, since Xbox Series consoles have been released gamers and modders are looking for alternatives to Seagate Xbox storage. It was quickly discovered that the official expandable drive uses a custom implementation of CFexpress. This implementation supports PCIe Gen4 unlike the original standard, which was designed for cameras. The CFe standard relies on PCIe Gen3 with up to 4 lanes, supporting up to 1 GB/s lane. More importantly, though, it is compatible with NVMe drives.
Learn in Source
Source: https://videocardz.com/newz/modder-...ch-xbox-series-nvme-ssd-as-expandable-storage
