The 2TB WD_Black C50 expansion card for Xbox Series X/S hits record low $190
That’s the lowest price we’ve seen yet on any 2TB card.
NGL, I've been waiting on this. I don't trust Seagate, and it took a while for WD to do the 2 TB version.
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"Lowest price" that's still a ridiculous premium. A 2TB internal 2230 SSD is like <100$
As long as your internal drive hasn't yet failed, you can clone the stupid hidden partition easily enough and it'll work, upgrade for half (or more) the cost of this proprietary BS
Cloning it is the easy part, getting to it to remove it is a 40 step process:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+Series+X+SSD+Replacement/141752
Meh, those guides always make it seem more daunting than it is, once you actually start it'll probably take you 20-30 minutes if you're even moderately good with your hands and another 30 to put it back together again. Less than 30 minutes roundtrip if you're decent at disassembling/reassembling things
It's absolutely worth an hour of time to save $100 AND not be a party to rewarding ever more proprietary bullshit.
You're absolutely right...just but the proper tool set and give yourself room to work and you're good.
Edit: OH Shit an IFIX link, not only are you good to go it's going to be thorough too.
An equivalent 2TB WD M.2 is $175. So you're really only saving $15 plus time and effort. I make $65 an hour, so a plug and play solution is well worth my time. :)
Bonus - swapping the internal 1 TB SSD with 2 TB only nets me +1 TB for a total of 2, vs. +2 for a total of 3 going through the external port.
In order for the swap to be a better deal, I'd have to upgrade to a 4TB internal SSD and now it's the time, effort + more money.
If this were a Steam Deck swap, it's kind of a no-brainer, but this isn't like doing a Steam Deck swap.
Yea I misread 2230 what was actually a 2280, actual 2230s are around ~140-170
But still, my comment was not strictly about the time, it was also the principal of not rewarding proprietary shit like this, which is priceless. I was also very conservative with my 1 hour round trip estimate, looking at the guide in detail I think one could do it in ~30-40 minutes roundtrip (not including time to clone, because that's a set and forget operation) mostly because there's no adhesives or annoying clips (like the 360, ugh what a pain that bitch was lmao)
We make about the same money, and I'm absolutely taking this route, if for nothing else but on principle
Unfortunately, 4TBs are not available in the 2230 size though
And also, this is a sales price, if you miss it or they're out of stock or whatever then the calculation goes back into favor
And also, this is a sales price, if you miss it or they're out of stock or whatever then the calculation goes back into favor
Oh, DEFINITELY. When the 2TB C50 launched it was $260, IIRC? Definitely a different animal at that price.
