Best external Xbox HDD 2021: Extend your Xbox S and X series or Xbox One series

 

(Pocket-lint) - What's more irritating than before you tried to uninstall a game? In this day and age, it's becoming all too normal for gamers to be pushed into hard-drive clearance when a new game comes out on their console.

Frankly, you could just be upgrading a game, not even getting a new one, and still running out of room with the outlandish patch sizes deployed recently by the likes of Call of Duty: Warzone. An external hard drive can be a fantastic solution to that issue, allowing you to potentially store hundreds of games if you want to play without re-downloading them.

Considering that the Xbox Series S comes with just 500 GB of room on its SSD, you would always want some more storage for your money in the next generation.

Right here, we have selected some of the very best on the market for you to choose from if you're looking for a little more space.

Our pick of the best Xbox hard drives to buy today

Seagate 2TB Xbox Game Drive

While a single terabyte may seem like a rational amount of storage (and it is!), we believe that 2 TB is an amount that will perfectly fit most individuals, making them fully forget the risk of filling it up.

The drive of Seagate is firmly priced and we like its bold colour scheme, making it difficult to lose. A winning combination is also pleasant and fast, and very easy to use.

WD_Black 5TB P10

Before cannily rebranding its gaming wing as WD Black, Western Digital had a bit of a dull brand reputation, and there's a reason why this is the first of three drives it has on our chart.

If 2TB seems to leave you on the storage side still wanting, why not opt for this big 5TB drive? It's still incredibly tiny and very nice and easy, and we love the way it looks.

WD_Black 1 TB P50 NVMe SSD

Here's the thing, though - for their storage, there's a reason why the next-gen Xbox Series X and Series S switched to a solid-state drive (SSD).

The transfer speeds you get from these drives are literally game-changing, so it is a very smart decision to make your external storage SSD-based.

The only drawback is that, as seen by this nonetheless fantastic drive from WD, the cost goes up pretty dramatically.

Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB

However, storage doesn't have to break the bank, and if you think that 1TB of space is all you need on balance, Toshiba has a very strong drive here.

It's the most affordable choice on this list by far, and while it won't allow you to keep an infinite number of games, it's still a big improvement over the default storage that you get.

WD_Black 8 TB D10

However, returning to the other end of the continuum, this is a drive for those who can't take anything at all to uninstall.

This mammoth 8TB drive means that unless you really do not want it, you really don't have to get rid of any info. With its own system, the drive has a great stand that makes it easy to arrange next to your console and keeps itself cool, so it's a great addition to any setup.