The vast majority of external hard drives utilize 5400RPM platters, and while that might be fine for backing up your files, it’s not ideal for tasks like photo editing, running applications, and expanding your game console’s storage. Game Consoles are greatly favored by game lovers. But actually, if you are not so big into gaming, it also might have something to appeal to you. After all, it has excellent multimedia features like video playback, network feature, etc.
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Part One: The Best External Hard Drives For Your Xbox One 
The Xbox One got an update on June 3rd which added, among other things, external storage. Unlike the Playstation 4’s option to upgrade the console’s internal storage that we covered previously, the Xbox One will be relying on external USB3 hard drives for expansion.
The Xbox One’s SATA II internal storage supports 3GBit transfer speeds, which is slower than USB3, meaning that you’ll be getting faster loading times by storing things on the external. That’s a big win for One owners, who may have been disappointed they wouldn’t be getting the loading time reductions Playstation 4 could enjoy by installing solid state drives.
Which drive you want depends on a number of factors, including how much storage you want and whether you’ll be using this drive for everything or just leaving it attached to your One (we recommend the latter).
There are YouTube videos, forum posts, and Reddit threads like this one coming to similar consensuses about loading time increases if you’d like to read deeper into that. More details: Read here.
The Drives：
- 1TB HGST Touro S 7200rpm Portable External Hard Drive
- WD My Passport 1TB Portable External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0 Black
- WD 4TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive – USB 3.0 – WDBFJK0040HBK-NESN
- Plugable USB 3.0 SATA III Lay-Flat Hard Drive & SSD Docking Station… For a cheaper option, check out Seagate’s offerings.
- Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Drive
- Plugable USB 3.0 SATA III Lay-Flat Hard Drive & SSD Docking Station
Part Two: Solid State Drives For Your Playstation 4 
Greatness awaits, and we recently recommended upgrading your brand new Playstation 4 with a solid state or hybrid drive so you don’t keep that greatness waiting. We were fairly certain there would be noticeable improvements to loading times, and it turns out we actually underestimated the benefits. Yesterday Kotaku shared with you a video from Tested comparing the boot and load time differences between the three types of drives, and we’d also like to point you to this great breakdown from the fine folks at IGN that puts the numbers side by side.
To sum up IGN’s findings, the Hybrid Drive is the best bang for your buck, the SSD is the fastest, and both options show “notable gains” over the stock drive. The Hybrid drive is also a very inexpensive way to bump your storage up to 1TB. More details: Read here.
- Seagate 1TB Laptop Gaming SSHD (Solid State Hybrid Drive) SATA 6Gb/s 64MB…
- Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-7TE1T0BW)
Part Three: The Best External Hard Drives For Your Wii U 
We’ve already brought you our picks for adding more storage to your Playstation 4 and Xbox One, now it’s the Wii U’s turn.
In most cases, downloadable games on the Wii U definitely aren’t taking up as much space as digital titles on the other two new consoles, but since your phone probably has more storage than your Wii U at this point, running out of space can still quickly become a problem.
Here’s Nintendo’s recommendation, but we’ll explain that it’s not the only option:
To ensure maximum performance between your Wii U and an external storage device, we recommend using a hard-disc drive (HDD) with a dedicated power source (i.e., using an A/C adapter).
Desktop External Hard Drives (AC Power)
First thing’s first, if you already have a desktop external hard drive that’s 2TB or less, you can just use that for your Wii U. If not:
- WD 2TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive – USB 3.0 – WDBFJK0020HBK-NESN
- Seagate Expansion 1TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STBV1000100)
Portable External Hard Drives
Your other option is to use a portable external hard drive, which normally gets power through its USB cable rather than an AC adapter. In the Wii U’s case, it means you’re going to need to purchase a Y Cable, plug the single end into the external, and both of the other ends into the two USB ports on the Wii U. That’s not a big deal, and if you already have a portable external you’d like to use, buying the Y cable is going to be cheaper than buying another hard drive, obviously.
As far as external hard drives, we still like the Touro for its 7200rpm speeds. It comes in a 500GB size which is more than enough for the Wii U, though we’d still recommend you bump up to the 1TB because it’s barely more expensive and you’ll double your storage. More details: Read here.
- HGST Touro Mobile Pro 1TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive
- HGST Touro Mobile Pro 500GB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive
- Dual A to Micro-B USB 3.0 Y Cable
Tips: How to Convert Unsupported Video/Audio Formats onto External Hard Drive for Xbox One/Wii U/PS4
A point necessary to highlight every video format is not supported by Wii, PSP and Xbox etc. So, the best solution to play AVI, WMV, MKV, M2TS, FLV etc videos on your game devices is undoubtedly Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate (review) (Windows 10 supported) and iMedia Converter for Mac (including Mac OS Sierra/Mac OS X El Capitan). This gorgeous tool can not only help you convert downloaded videos from YouTube and other sites like Google Video, Facebook, Dailymotion, Hulu, Vimeo and more to fit for various devices. More functions you can read here.
To Convert Unsupported Video/Audio videos on Wii, PSP and Xbox with best format, At first, you just need launch this software and add your HD videos; then, choose output format for you Wii, PSP and Xbox (you just need to know the best settings and format for your Game Consoles.); at last, you can click“Convert” and finish the conversion.
Free Download and trail:
Other Download:
– Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-video-converter-ultimate/
– Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Ultimate/3000-2194_4-75938564.html
A.For PS3/PS4, Click the format bar to follow “PSP/PS3” “PS3 Video (1080P) MPEG – 4 (*.mp4).” To ensure hi-res video playback on PS3/PS4, 1080P is better than 720P. 
B. For Wii U, Click the format bar to find “Wii” item, and follow the option “Wii AVI Video (*.avi)” under “Wii”. 
C. For Xbox One/360, Click the format bar to follow “Zune/Xbox 360 Device” ＞ “Xbox 360 HD Video (*.wmv).” 
Note: To realize Blu-ray/DVD enjoyment on a Wii/Wii U, PS3/ps4 or Xbox 360/Xbox One video game console, just choose the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 option in format list.
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