Question 1

Is there any benefit to this over the seagate backup plus hub 8 tb other than the logo and an extra £40

Accepted Answer

Just to clarify Ian Murphy's comment of "Yes. You can't run games optimised for the series x/s on anything but this or the internal." as Amazon group all the comments/answers together .... you cannot run X|S enhanced games from an external USB drive, only from the internal SSD or the Seagate 1TB Expansion SSD card.

Question 2

Can this drive be used for pc?

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Indeed it can. I paid the extra money simply because the other drive is half the speed ands generally for backup only. This drive works perfectly on my Alienware system for the 'every day' stuff and the fast drives I have are used for everything else, but don't assume from what I said that this drive is horribly slow, it is not!

While others here seem top just comment about the PC use for this drive I have successfully used it none stop for transferring stuff that I don't use all the time (pictures, archive video for editing and compiling etc.) and it has not failed in any way. Singular thing I don't like is the wall wart of a power supply that they have. But when you turn off the PC this drive turns off automatically too so it's not really a pain. USB 2 & 3 compatible and I use  mine with USB 3 which as most will know adds a far greater transfer rate. Typically I get about 200Mb speeds or thereabouts (it varies on what the drive is loaded with) and the 'free space in Windows 10 is in reality about 7.2 Terabytes of real storage.

Highly recommended compared to other similarly priced stuff and some of the WD drives I looked at cost 1/3 more for USB2... this was by far the best choice for me and I don't care whether it says Xbox on the cover or whether it says peanuts :).

Question 3

Can this be used with xbone and 360 at the same time (not literally of course) I.e. use 1tb for one and the other for 360??

Accepted Answer

No it can only be used with one device. If you plug it into an Xbox one and then the 360 it would format it again and delete all the Xbox one data.

Question 4

Is the 8tb model actually usb powered, as indicated by amazon's comparison table?

Accepted Answer

The 8tb drive is a mains-powered 3.5" drive with 2x USB ports at the front, all of the other drives are USB-powered 2.5" drives with no additional features.

Seagate also do a 5tb version of this drive which works on the Xbox One once formatted in the settings, (this won't cause any data-loss on existing drives, so be sure to select the correct drive when you plug it in).

ASIN	B01065S79E
Best Sellers Rank	11,170 in PC & Video Games ( See Top 100 in PC & Video Games ) 1 in Xbox One Memory
Box Contents	Hard drive - external (portable), USB 3.0 cable
Brand Name	Seagate
Cache Memory Installed Size	2 TB
Color	Green
Compatible Devices	Gaming Console
Compatible Video Game Console Models	Microsoft Xbox One, Microsoft Xbox One S, Microsoft Xbox One X
Customer Package Type	Standard Packaging
Customer Reviews	4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (26,242)
Data Transfer Rate	5000 Megabits Per Second
Digital Storage Capacity	2 TB
Enclosure Material	Unspecified
Form Factor	2.5-inch
Global Trade Identification Number	00763649073360, 07636490071911, 08944467781596
Hard Disk Description	Portable External Hard Drive (USB)
Hard Disk Form Factor	2.5 Inches
Hard Disk Interface	USB 3.0
Hard Disk Rotational Speed	5400 RPM
Hard-Drive Size	2 TB
Hardware Connectivity	USB 3.0
Hardware Platform	Xbox One
Installation Type	External Hard Drive
Item Dimensions L x W x Thickness	29.7L x 20.3W x 3.7Th centimetres
Item Length	117 Millimetres
Item Type Name	Seagate Game Drive for Xbox STEA2000403 - Hard Drive - 2 TB - USB 3.0 - Green
Item Weight	0.48 Pounds
Item Width	80 Millimetres
Manufacturer	SEAGATE
Manufacturer Part Number	STEA2000403
Media Speed	1.4E+2 megabytes_per_second
Model Name	STEA2000403 GAME Drive
Model Number	STEA2000403
Network Connectivity Technology	Wired
Number of Items	1
Product Features	USB powered
Product Warranty	1 year
Read Speed	140 Megabytes Per Second
Specific Uses For Product	Personal
UPC	780746864936 749363840242 763649073360
Unit Count	1.0 count

Seagate Game Drive for Xbox, 2 TB, External Hard Drive Portable HDD, Designed for Xbox One, and Two-year Rescue Services (STEA2000403) , Green

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