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Western Digital 256GB My Passport SSD Portable Storage - USB 3.1 - Black-Gray - WDBK3E2560PSL-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XNN2WQM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_Q1qTjvB6nVLJR

Looks like it’s up to $99 now (still worth it, imo) But search around! Just make sure it’s SSD, with a minimum 256gb so it can be used with an Xbox).

Thanks for the great input and knowledge! With that being said.. will this provide what I’m looking for?

This is what I went with for $100 USD: WD 256GB My Passport SSD Portable Storage - USB 3.1 - Black-Gray - WDBK3E2560PSL-WESN

Yes, there are cheaper alternatives, but I've had good experiences with Western Digital storage drives for 25+ years...

I got this one: WD 256GB My Passport SSD Portable Storage - USB 3.1 - Black-Gray - WDBK3E2560PSL-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XNN2WQM?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

And I didn’t need an enclosure or to delete the game on the internal drive after moving it to external. Just plugged it in and it worked wonders!

What about this?

WD 256GB My Passport SSD Portable Storage - USB 3.1 - Black-Gray - WDBK3E2560PSL-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XNN2WQM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_usSbBbT6CF2WD

I bought this one.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XNN2WQM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525373202&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=western+digital+external+ssd+256gb&dpPl=1&dpID=31Il3hZ57jL&ref=plSrch

I play on One X. It helped me get in lobby just a bit faster.

Loaned it to my buddy who has an OG Xbox. He used to play-doh and not get in game till we were in the plane. Now he’s getting into the lobby before me. And his buildings are all rendered as soon as he hits ground

I have been using this for six months and in that time I have had no problems with loading on my Day One XBONE

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XNN2WQM?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title

It’s worth noting that I have not played without it since but do believe it makes the difference

If it helps, I'm glad I spent the extra ≈$80 on an external SSD for the performance. But I agree that it's strange that the burden is on the consumer to rectify the producer's cost.

I bought the smallest Western Digital My Passport SSD and it works great.

On RAM I get the feeling there's some variants of the R14 but I found this CNET page:

https://www.cnet.com/products/acer-aspire-r-14/specs/

Says 1 memory slot and 1 memory slot free. I don't know if that means 2 total or just the one. I mean how can it have memory and one slot "free"? I'v probably putting more thought into this than CNET did. Anyway it's max memory is 12 gigs. So unless you have a different variant you should be able to upgrade the RAM.

A 120 gig hard drive should be able to handle the OS and games this thing will run without much issue. Unless you really have to try and run GTA V or something. My GPDWin only has 64 gigs of internal storage and I have maybe 20 games installed. They're little games that can "run on a potato" though.

The specs on the CNET page mentions a USB 3 port. So you could use this USB 3 SSD drive and get - well not SATA speeds - but still pretty fast.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XNN2WQM/

Not to say $100 on this old laptop is that worth while but it is fast drive and it would add some space.

Also-also - and I'm just assuming you're using windows 10 here - if you have had this laptop for a year or two and upgraded to the latest 10 version as prompted you may want to think about wiping out the hard drive installing windows fresh. You'll free up so much storage this way.

I got a 250 gig for about 100 bucks. I got it the day of the last patch so I'm not really sure if it helped or not. It seems to have but not sure. Here is what I got. WD 256GB My Passport SSD Portable Storage - USB 3.1 - Black-Gray - WDBK3E2560PSL-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XNN2WQM?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

Cloud storage should be perfectly fine if you're encrypting your data - there are many free and open source solutions to facilitate encryption which will protect data against intrusion (i.e. your PC's operating system would be a more likely vector for data breach than an encrypted file with a long password on private cloud storage space).

That being said, you should be using encryption on your data with any storage solution (if you aren't already).

If you have less than 256GB of data, you should be able to get away with an external SSD or USB flash drive (recommend keeping at least two separate, encrypted drives in two separate physical locations to guard against theft/fire/etc) so you're probably not looking at spending too much to ensure security and business continuity.

Don’t know about cheapest but this is the one i use. Ready straight out of the box via USB (no enclosure needed) and currently on offer on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XNN2WQM?ref_=Oct_CARAsinC_430547031_0