External HDD or Internal HDD with enclosure for Xbox One?

[JackalCOB]

Hello

I'm planning on getting an external hard drive to use with my Xbox One, and was wondering if a better option would be to purchase the drive and the enclosure myself, to this end I have a few questions.

1) If I buy a WD Green drive, will it outperform (on average) 2.5" external drives?
2) Will i be able to power it with 2 usb3.0 ports? (if so, how?)
3) Does using a usb adapter in a sata3 port slow down the read/write speed of the drive?

Please Note:
It must be usb powered, so I'm mainly looking at the WD Green drives as they have lower power requirements.
A capacity of 2TB is a minimum.

I like WD products as they have always worked well so my preference is with them.

Any other thoughts/suggestions/advice is greatly welcomed

-Jacob

 

[fudgecakes99]

Yes you will get about the same speeds with an xb1 sata drive on the outside just buy an usb 3.0 to sata adapter enclosure. It'll power it if you buy an enclosure. http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Lay-Flat-Docking-EC-DFLT/dp/B00LS5NFQ2/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1437699849&sr=8-6&keywords=usb+3.0+to+sata

 

[JackalCOB]

Yes you will get about the same speeds with an xb1 sata drive on the outside just buy an usb 3.0 to sata adapter enclosure. It'll power it if you buy an enclosure. http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Lay-Flat-Docking-EC-DFLT/dp/B00LS5NFQ2/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1437699849&sr=8-6&keywords=usb+3.0+to+sata

Can i just use a y splitter to get the extra power the drive needs? At <9W the green drive doesn't draw more power than is supplied by two usb3 ports, so could i just connect the usb and leave out the additional power cable?

 

[fudgecakes99]

It would have to depend on the psu of the xb1. Which i would imagine would have more than enough wattage considering how big of a brick it is, but i wouldn't chance it. Not worth the possible damage to the hdd. I'd just stick into the wall socket.

 

[JackalCOB]

Thanks for your help, I've done a bit more research and found that the supplied power would need to be >20W to account for dissipation as heat, so I guess I'll just have to get a powered enclosure

 

[fudgecakes99]

Yeah i know how you feel when i was about to swap out my hdd. I wanted to put it in internally but finding an hdd small enough to fit for what i wanted just wouldn't happen so i opted out for the uglier resolution. External with a sata enclosure. Gl with the fix. Tell me how it goes you get any faster load times?