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Will you be naming your external HDD?

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starcraft on 21 May 2014

With the news that Xbox One will be getting external hard drive support in June, I thought it would be fun to share the names we'll use for our hard drives!

For those not in the know, Xbox One will be able to support up to two external hard drives.  The drives will need to be USB 3.0 capable, but it appears they can be USB-powered (aka portable HDD's).  No word yet on maximum capacity, but a demonstration drive had a capacity of 4TB.  Implying that you're able to have at least a maximum capacity of 8.5TB (500GB internal + 4TB ext HDD + 4TB ext HDD) at one time.  You can run anything you like off the external HDD's, using them just the same as the internal one.  If you take the HDD to a friend's place (for example, to save the trouble and effort of installing/downloading updates on a game) some online account verification measures will be required for digital games, and you may need the disc as well for some games.

But best of all you get to NAME YOUR HARD DRIVES!

I am going to get a relatively small one first up, probably 1.5TB or 2TB.  I don't know why, but I think I am going to call it sparkplug alpha!

So, what will you name your HDDs.



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Spade on 21 May 2014

Sweet Giggles ;)

She will be a powerful 3 TB HDD!



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Anfebious on 21 May 2014

I'll call it "bad motherfucker" as every other inanimate object I own!



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starcraft on 21 May 2014
Anfebious said:

I'll call it "bad motherfucker" as every other inanimate object I own!

But how do you distinguish between all the bad motherfuckers?

Also, I hope you don't live with your mother in light of this naming pattern...



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dane007 on 21 May 2014

@starcraft --- I have seen 6Tb hardrives so the maximum would be 12TB :D



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Anfebious on 21 May 2014
starcraft said:
Anfebious said:

I'll call it "bad motherfucker" as every other inanimate object I own!

But how do you distinguish between all the bad motherfuckers?

Also, I hope you don't live with your mother in light of this naming pattern...


With a simple formula: "X bad motherfucker". The "X" being the object. For example: "Wii U the bad motherfucker". It's quite convenient.

She doesn't mind, the only thing she does is cooking. Which is perfectly fine given her gender.



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starcraft on 21 May 2014
Ryuu96 said:
starcraft said:

With the news that Xbox One will be getting external hard drive support in June, I thought it would be fun to share the names we'll use for our hard drives!

For those not in the know, Xbox One will be able to support up to two external hard drives.  The drives will need to be USB 3.0 capable, but it appears they can be USB-powered (aka portable HDD's).  No word yet on maximum capacity, but a demonstration drive had a capacity of 4TB.  Implying that you're able to have at least a maximum capacity of 8.5TB (500GB internal + 4TB ext HDD + 4TB ext HDD) at one time.  You can run anything you like off the external HDD's, using them just the same as the internal one.  If you take the HDD to a friend's place (for example, to save the trouble and effort of installing/downloading updates on a game) some online account verification measures will be required for digital games, and you may need the disc as well for some games.

But best of all you get to NAME YOUR HARD DRIVES!

I am going to get a relatively small one first up, probably 1.5TB or 2TB.  I don't know why, but I think I am going to call it sparkplug alpha!

So, what will you name your HDDs.

Max is 16TB =P

UPDATE: A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed to VideoGamer.com that the upper limit for external storage support is 16TB.

http://www.videogamer.com/news/xbox_one_june_2014_update_includes_external_storage_oneguide_real_friend_names_and_more.html

Unsure yet if it means 16 x 2 or 8 x 2

NICE!

Though the external storage would probably cost more than the console itself!

But, at a reasonable price you can now just about future proof yourself against storage issues for the forseeable future! Which is great when some games have 40GB+ installs!



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starcraft on 21 May 2014
Bristow9091 said:

I'd call mine Optimus Drive, and stick an autobots sticker on it somewhere!

Haha thats awesome! And a really good idea!

I get all sorts of stickers in collectors editions of games - I wonder if I have kept any of them?

An N7 HDD...there is an idea...



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kljesta64 on 21 May 2014

I name it "Psyduck"



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starcraft on 21 May 2014
kljesta64 said:
I name it "Psyduck"

I was actually considering Pokemon names.

I wanted to go with the original evolved trio Blastoise, Venesaur and Charizard, but you can only have two HDDs!

Mew and Mewtwo I guess!



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