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Reddit mentions of Collective Minds 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure & 3 Front USB 3.0 Ports Media HUB - Xbox One

Sentiment score: 15
Reddit mentions: 41

We found 41 Reddit mentions of Collective Minds 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure & 3 Front USB 3.0 Ports Media HUB - Xbox One. Here are the top ones.

Collective Minds 2.5
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    Features:
  • 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure
  • 3 Front USB 3.0 Ports
  • Custom Fit & Design to match console
  • 2.5" Hard Drive needs to be 12 mm or less and 256GB or greater capacity
Specs:
Height2.362204722 Inches
Length12.598425184 Inches
Release dateMay 2015
Weight0.37037660016 Pounds
Width4.724409444 Inches

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Found 41 comments on Collective Minds 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure & 3 Front USB 3.0 Ports Media HUB - Xbox One:

u/NSFW_Velox · 7 pointsr/xboxone

Any chance you have room for this?
http://amzn.com/B00T76ZGDO

u/psyko_chewbacca · 5 pointsr/xboxone

Get an internal HDD and this thing!

 

I personally prefer Hitachi drives because they are the most reliable brand according to BackBlaze and they have units that runs at 7200RPM(improved seek time). Downside is they don't have 2TB+ drives that I know of...

 

I think I read some articles about using a SSD on XBox One and that the end result was that while the loading speed was slightly increased, the difference of price between a HDD and a SSD didn't justify the extra cost of the SSD. If you still want to go the SSD route, just keep in mind that the USB3 connectivity will surely add latency. Just don't go pick up the most expensive SSD with crazy IOPS numbers as your Xbox console might not take full advantage of it. Check for Mushkin ECO series.

u/sylph22 · 4 pointsr/DestinyTheGame

So if you're getting in mainly for Destiny you will be disappointed. SSDs give a marginal improvement because remember you have to wait for everyone to be loaded into an activity before you load in. Second everything is stored server side so that delay in opening your inventory isn't caused by your slow Hard Drive but the Destiny servers themselves, there is a 2 second improvement but at least to me it doesn't make a difference. (I have 2,000 hours on an SSD with Destiny and I saw no improvement to speak of)

Now assuming that you still want to get one because you play other games,

For the Enclosure, this little unit is awesome and what I use.

Collective Minds 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure & 3 Front USB 3.0 Ports Media HUB - Xbox One $39.99 from Amazon

It acts as an enclosure and a 3 port hub for 3 USB 3.0 ports, so it's super useful.

Now for the Drives

Drive | Seller | Price
---|---|----
Intel 730 SERIES| Amazon| $250 480GB
Samsung 850 PRO | Amazon | $220 512GB
Samsung 850 EVO| Amazon| $165 500GB


These are the 3 I would stay with in order from top to bottom in terms of performance and quality.

Hope this helps.

Just take a look at the other numbers aside from the main menu time and you'll see they aren't that much faster.

u/gamingdexter · 4 pointsr/xboxone

Buy this enclosure with an internal HDD. Looks nice and you don't have to worry about placing an external HDD anywhere

u/Letsgetacid · 2 pointsr/xboxone

It's not the cheapest route, but I went with this enclosure:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00T76ZGDO/ref=sxl1?qid=1464103047&sr=1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65


I then paired it with an appropriate 2TB drive. It's the cleanest looking solution and gives you additional USB ports.

u/Techcole · 2 pointsr/xbox

I got a 2TB usb 3.0 external drive for my xbox one on my birthday(dec 5th) and when i installed it i followed these steps.

  • With the console off, plug in the drive.
  • Turn on the console and wait for the home screen to load.
  • a notification will appear telling you that your 'External drive is ready to be configured'
  • Hold the home button to open that and configure it.
  • After configuration you will be giving a final window asking to install all future items on this drive, choose yes!


    Hope this helped, I just did it myself, but if you're willing to spend $140 on a 2tb expansion drive for your xbox I would suggest doing it with these.

    $40 - 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure & 3 Front USB 3.0 Ports Media HUB - Xbox One

    $100 - 2.5" Sata HDD
u/Ibarnes113 · 2 pointsr/xboxone

Thats awesome! I have never seen that, but just ordered me one. http://www.amazon.com/Collective-Minds-Drive-Enclosure-Front-Ports/dp/B00T76ZGDO

u/COBHC92 · 2 pointsr/xboxone

I found this I was thinking about getting when I need more room. This looks pretty cool and has decent reviews.
I hate having externals plugged in. This would look nicer

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T76ZGDO/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_ZgIDwbR0F66PQ

u/Youcalled911forthat · 2 pointsr/xboxone

I have one of these with a 2TB drive.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T76ZGDO/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

Gives you more USB slots too.

u/I_wish_I_was_a_robot · 2 pointsr/gadgets

You can get an external hard drive pretty cheap to add space.

Or if you want something more slick looking, you can get [one of these](http://www.amazon.com/Collective-Minds-Drive-Enclosure-Front-Ports/dp/B00T76ZGDO? andie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00s00) and [this hard drive](http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Drives-Intellipower-WD20NPVX/dp/B00COFNBPA?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00) like I did.

u/the_boomr · 2 pointsr/xboxone

I'll make a few points:

  • HDD size: Do you plan on eventually owning a lot of games? If so, you're probably going to end up with an external HDD at some point, since you can get 2+ TB for pretty dang cheap these days. If you suspect that you will get an external drive, then the 1TB Xbox probably isn't really worth the extra cost over a 500GB. I have a 2TB external on my Xbox with like....100 games installed, and it's only at 50% capacity. I don't store anything on the internal drive except apps.

  • I agree with you about the S. Just save the money and buy the original instead. Maybe the S's trade-in price toward Scorpio would be higher enough to make up for the extra cost you'd pay now, but that's speculation only, on something that is more than a year away.

  • Here's 1 really big selling point for the original as well, imo. This can hold a 2.5" HDD inside, as well as adding 3 more ports, so if you include the HDD connection you're effectively getting 4 ports on the front of your console instead of just the 1 on the side, plus you don't have an external HDD dangling around. This is honestly the biggest reason why I won't be getting an S, because I use both back USB ports and 2/3 front USB ports most of the time. I can't go back to having only 1 front port. If this brand makes a hub that fits onto the S then I'll be way more tempted to buy it.

  • Games: As someone else said, Ori is a fantastic game, honestly one of the best games this generation that I've played. In a completely different vein, Witcher 3 is also absolutely phenomenal. Probably the best game I've ever played (although I play it on PC). I guess since you're coming from PC you probably are more curious about Xbox exclusives though. Sunset Overdrive is a really fun and often overlooked game, just a lot of wacky stuff going on all the time. Halo 5 is very highly regarded by a lot of Halo fans for its balanced multiplayer mechanics; I've been playing Halo since 2002 or 2003, and honestly I'm not a huge fan of Halo 5. But I can't deny that the multiplayer is very refined and balanced at the core. The campaign was pretty shit though, story-wise.

    I kinda got my own wall of text going here. Let me know if you have more questions!
u/MaulerX · 1 pointr/xbox

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T76ZGDO/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

This product is awesome. It has sata connectors inside the device and 3 more USB 3.0 ports. So you can just buy a standard SSD and use it. Plug and play. NO! this is not overkill. idk the speed of the hard drives in the xbox but it cant be a 10k RPM or 15k RPM. But SSD is 100x faster than any mechanical hard drive EVER.

>If so are there other serviceable options?

What do you mean by this?

u/blakedunc235 · 1 pointr/xboxone

Yes you can only use DESKTOP style hard drives without there being a ton of leftover space in the accessory. If you have a portable one and like it then why get the enclosure?

Honestly get one of these.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T76ZGDO?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00
This is a much better one seeing as if you want to add a ssd or sshd there are more available hard drives out there that are laptop sized. Not only that but it fits the aesthetics of the xbox one itself. Seriously the nyko data bank is gigantic. My friend has one and wishes that he would've waited until the one that I got came out. most people can't tell that I added it onto my xbox.

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/gaming



I used this snap on hard drive enclosure with a 2TB Seagate 2.5 inch drive. When you look at the console you can't even tell it has an external drive and it adds several USB ports on the front. I started using in Aug 2015 and it works great with no complaints.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T76ZGDO/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/mysenigmatery · 1 pointr/xboxone

I really like this external HDD enclosure:

Collective Minds 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure & 3 Front USB 3.0 Ports Media HUB - Xbox One

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00T76ZGDO

u/SoSoRuthless · 1 pointr/xboxone

I use the hard drive enclosure from Collective Minds with the added 3 USB ports. The hard drive is Seagate 2tb. I haven't had any problems with it at all. Worth looking into!

Here

u/demosthenes4585 · 1 pointr/xboxone

2TB Seagate

Not sure of model number. I bought an external drive (because it was cheaper), then removed it from the enclosure to install this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00T76ZGDO/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1483968790&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=xbox+hard+drive+enclosure&dpPl=1&dpID=31i1YiAouiL&ref=plSrch

Best thing ever. Looks like part of the unit.

u/jphlps80 · 1 pointr/xboxone

It's made by Collective Minds and it is available in the US. Amazon is out of stock atm. If you search the sub you will find numerous posts and links.

http://www.amazon.com/Collective-2-5-Inch-Enclosure-3-Front-xbox-one/dp/B00T76ZGDO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427248324&sr=8-1&keywords=xbox+one+collective+minds

Here is the link to their site with description and pictures;

http://www.collectiveminds.ca/cm00111.html

u/Gr8NonSequitur · 1 pointr/xboxone

For me it's the External HDD enclosure that keeps the aesthetic intact

I got it for $30 and couldn't be happier, slap a 500 GB - 2TB HDD in there and you're all set.

u/apuzilla · 1 pointr/xboxone

I'm going to be getting this once my harddrive starts getting more full.

Collective Minds 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure & 3 Front USB 3.0 Ports Media HUB - Xbox One https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T76ZGDO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_FoPywb1NV482Z

u/12thedata12 · 1 pointr/xboxone

Collective Minds 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure & 3 Front USB 3.0 Ports Media HUB - Xbox One

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Collective-Minds-Drive-Enclosure-Front/dp/B00T76ZGDO

u/gcooldude · 1 pointr/xboxone

I don't personally have this but would work for for you, not having a hard drive laying around. Can have any 2.5 drive inside and also adds some more USB ports.

http://www.amazon.com/Collective-Minds-Drive-Enclosure-Front-Ports/dp/B00T76ZGDO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1451567279&sr=8-6&keywords=hard+drive+xbox+one

u/rwitucki · 1 pointr/xboxone

http://www.amazon.com/Collective-Minds-Drive-Enclosure-Front-Ports/dp/B00T76ZGDO

I've heard good things about this one, if you have a 2.5" HDD. I haven't personally used it though.

u/SurpriseButtStuff · 1 pointr/xboxone

I just got this in yesterday and am loving it so far. I installed a 2.5" Samsung Seagate laptop drive and it's running like a dream.

http://www.amazon.com/Collective-Minds-Drive-Enclosure-Front-Ports/dp/B00T76ZGDO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452626631&sr=8-1&keywords=xbox+hard+drive+enclosure

u/tehcheez · 1 pointr/xboxone

If you want something sleek and not just an external sitting on or next to your Xbox you could always looks into a Collective Minds Media Hub: http://www.amazon.com/Collective-Minds-Drive-Enclosure-Front-Ports/dp/B00T76ZGDO

It's $40 and will fit pretty much any 2.5" drive, plus you get an extra 3 USB 3.0 ports. Pair that with this 1TB 7200RPM HGST hard drive ( http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=9SIA2W02KN0922 ) and you've got a nice looking external storage for $100. If you want more storage and don't mind to sacrifice a couple seconds off loading times you could probably find a bigger hard drive at 5400RPM. I use the media hub with a 2TB drive and love it.

u/drashna · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

For the XBOX one, if you're using it for game storage, NO YOU CANNOT SPLIT THE STORAGE.

If you're using it for media, then you don't actually need to split it, as it will recognize NTFS just fine.


That said, you should probably get two drives.

And assuming you're not using the smaller, newer XBOX ONE, you may want to get something like this and throw a small drive into it, and then get yourself a dedicated drive for media.

u/mithikx · 1 pointr/buildapc

If you want to use one these types of external enclosures:
https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-Sabrent-2-5-Inch-Enclosure-EC-UK30/dp/B00LS31KQG/
or an Xbox One fitted solution: https://www.amazon.com/Collective-Minds-Drive-Enclosure-Front-Ports/dp/B00T76ZGDO/

Then this drive is basically your only option at the 4TB size: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-2-5-Inch-Internal-ST4000LM024/dp/B01LZMUNGR/
No one else seems to be making 2.5" 4TB hard drives, not HGST, Toshiba, Western Digital and etc.

So any 4TB drive at the 2.5 inch size is going to be probably going to Seagate.

I did find a WD My Passport Ultra in the 4TB size on Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1K65850201 (no idea if that's any good for you, you're going to have to check with the WD rep)

External enclosure = a shell that holds the hard drive, these do not come with a drive.
External hard drive = a shell + a hard drive.


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If you can do 3.5 inch drives at 4 TB you will have far more choices as to what brand and model of drive you have to work with.
You can use either a drive of your choice and an external enclosure or an external hard drive. But of course there may be demerits that I mentioned in my previous comment if you intend to take the drive with you on the go.

Or if 1TB or 2TB is enough for you, you can find many more drives from different manufacturers at the 2.5" size.

Note: I only checked Amazon and Newegg big box stores and less known sites may have older drives in the 4TB size


u/infinit_e · 1 pointr/xboxone

What about this?

Collective Minds 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure & 3 Front USB 3.0 Ports Media HUB - Xbox One https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T76ZGDO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_2BhkzbVGR2ZMC

u/ShhhhhhImAtWork · 1 pointr/xboxone

This is what I use. It's pretty wonderful.

Edit: Beat me to it! It's a fantastic product.

u/mattattaxx · 1 pointr/xboxone

https://www.amazon.com/Collective-Minds-Drive-Enclosure-Front-Ports/dp/B00T76ZGDO

It actually has three USB 3 ports! It's a great product.

u/Amalaric-GoTH · 1 pointr/xboxone

I have a question. will the Xbox One Media hub work with this smaller model Xbox one?

https://www.amazon.com/Collective-Minds-Drive-Enclosure-Front-Ports/dp/B00T76ZGDO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465906303&sr=8-1&keywords=xbox+one+media+hub

I have this media hub and a 2.5 inch 2tb hdd installed on my Xbox one. if the Xbox One Slim can be used with this media hub, I can potentially have this console run at 4TB of storage. does anyone know if this media hub will work with the Xbox one slim. this hub is connected through the side of the Xbox One, so I should probably look and see if there's any pictures of the Slim on its left side to see if there's a USB port there.

also will this come in Black?

u/Jeesers · 1 pointr/xboxone

My setup is a little more permanent/expensive than just a portable HDD, but I really like it, and love that it adds several 3.0 USB plugins to my xbox as I find the ones on the Xbox rather odd.

http://www.amazon.com/Collective-Minds-Drive-Enclosure-Front-Ports/dp/B00T76ZGDO?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Spinpoint-2-5-Inch-Internal-ST2000LM003/dp/B00MPWYLHO?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00

Really any 2.5" HDD will do, but that is my current setup.