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Seagate - Game Drive for Xbox Halo Infinite SE 2TB External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Portable Hard Drive with RGB LED Lighting
Average customer rating
4.9
(17 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 17 reviews
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Customer Reviews for Seagate - Game Drive for Xbox Halo Infinite SE 2TB External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Portable Hard Drive with RGB LED Lighting
Customer Rating
5
Easy to set up!
on December 19, 2021
Posted by: Swbuyer
from California
Gender:Female
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Easy set up for the Xbox (only). After formatting, it’s got 1.8TB left for games but that’s to be expected. There’s still plenty of room to put old and new games on this. I do wish it was more universal in compatibility but it’s also going to just stay connected to my Xbox anyway.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting seagate.com
Customer Rating
5
Works great
on December 20, 2021
Posted by: noordinarylove
from GA
Gender:Female
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is a great storage device from a brand that I highly trust and they haven't let me down with this. It has 2 TB of storage space and even if you don't need this right now, you will at some point because of how huge game installations are nowadays and how many saved games you will want backed up. If you have more than one user, this is definitely a must have. It works great, easy to install and use and is fast. I can highly recommend this. It would make an excellent gift to give to a gamer in your life.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting seagate.com
Customer Rating
5
Must have accessory for XBOX !!
on December 20, 2021
Posted by: CorvetteRich
from Concord Twp, Ohio
Gender:Male
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Compatible with the Xbox series X/S, Xbox One X, Xbox One S, and with Gam Pass
Affords 2TB of external storage for travel or storage. Full speed with a USB 3.2 Gen 1 which works with the consoles USB 3.0 ports and is backwards compatible with 2.0.
RGB light strip can be customized using a computer and Seagate software.
Can archive all series S/X games for storage but must be moved back to console for gameplay.
All Xbox One games can be played from the hard drive.
This is is must have accessory to increase storage capacity and performs exactly as advertised.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting seagate.com
Customer Rating
5
Perfect upgrade for xbox
on December 21, 2021
Posted by: gsjr
from south dakota
Gender:Male
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] With games now needing more and more storage to be able to run correctly I knew we would need a larger external hard drive to store all the gaming data my son needed for his xbox he just bought. Was able to snag one of these units for review and very glad I did. It transferred roughly 600GB of data in just over an hour. Works great and now kid has all his game data transferred over to his console.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting seagate.com
Customer Rating
5
Much needed storage!
on December 24, 2021
Posted by: Kenny3
from Whiteland, IN
Gender:Male
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This 2TB external hard drive is perfect for anyone that wants to download all of their Xbox gold games to play and doesn't want to worry about storage space. I went from 500gb to the 2TB that the seagate game drive offers, and I haven't had to delete a game since.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting seagate.com
Customer Rating
5
Works Well & Looks Slick
on December 27, 2021
Posted by: MamasTwoCents
from Indy, IN
Gender:Female
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The hard drive is small and was easy to install and add to my Xbox. The led lights are customizable, and are only on when the Xbox is running. I have installed a few modern games and have not noticed a significant increase in load times or poor performance. Exterior looks nice and feels sturdy. Definite must for any huge Halo fans. I would would recommend this for anyone looking to expand their current storage.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting seagate.com
Customer Rating
5
Great amount of storage
on December 28, 2021
Posted by: Megr0711
from Gallatin tn
Gender:Male
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is a great halo collectible. Easy to use and to install. Transfers over fast and lots of great storage. Very user friendly. Better storage than other ones I have had in the past. Very pleased with this product.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting seagate.com
Customer Rating
5
Good product
on January 11, 2022
Posted by: Jt675
from Charleston
Gender:Male
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Overall this drive is decent at what it does and works as advertised, but it definitely isn't at the top of it's class:
Unboxing:
Overall, the unboxing of the game drive was pretty straightforward, the packaging was relatively easy to open, and I did so with my fingers without any additional tools. The box contained the drive itself, instructions, and some special halo stickers, which were actually pretty nice and stuck easily on both the drive and other surfaces.
Performance on Xbox:
Before really diving deep into this drive, I decided it would probably be best to use it on its intended platform, and did so on my xbox one s. As far as downloading and installing games, I didn't notice much of a diffrent between my systems hard drive and the external drive, but it did seem to take a tad bit longer for installations to actually start while using the game drive. However, once a game started downloading, it worked at pretty much the same speed of my xbox's internal drive. In terms of performance of games, I found that for the most part, it also did pretty well, with a few exceptions.
When it comes to newer games. like Forza Horizon 5, my load times seemed significantly slower than when using the systems internal drive. It took approximately 30 seconds to load up a race using the game drive, but it only took about 15 seconds to do so on my systems internal drive. This isn't really a dealbreaker, but it is definitely worth mentioning.
On older games, like xbox 360 ones or any game made towards the beginning or middle of the last console generation I didn't notice any describable difference between the external game drive and my consoles game drive.
In terms of aesthetics, the game drive comes equipped with a nice RGB light on the front of it, but in order to change the color of the light, you have to download a software on your PC that doesn't always work as it should. For example, I might change the color of the light, and then a few hours later it would randomly change back to it's default color. This could also be considered inconvenient for those that don't actually have access to a PC.
Performance on PC:
While the packaging of the box didn't really mention anything about using it on a PC, I figured that it was likely going to be a use case for quite a few people and gave it a shot. Note that you can't really use this drive on both your xbox and your PC at the same time, as the xbox requires that you format the drive if you used it on your PC. Another thing to note is that if you want to play any games off of xbox game pass, for PC you must re-format the drive to use NTFS instead, which isn't really ideal.
In terms of performance in PC games, the drive struggles to handle newer games with high resolution textures. While the transfer speed on the drive is fast, the speed of the drive itself is not the fastest, clocking in at 5400 RPM instead of 7200 RPM, which is what most faster drives use these days. With this being said, if you are expecting to play games like Microsoft Flight Sim, you can throw that idea away. This drive is best suited for playing esports games like CSGO or lower spec games like Firewatch. When trying to throw anything too demanding at it, the game either runs really sluggish or simply crashes.
Overall Review:
Overall, this drive does what it is advertised to do pretty well in most use cases, but is not as fast as it should be for anything outside of the intended use case (Xbox One Games).
7.8/10
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting seagate.com