![]() WHY DOES XBOX HAVE A NAND X INSTALL PORT UPDATEUpdate - Thanks to Wccftech's Keith May, we now know that Microsoft's Xbox Series S console uses Western Digital's SN530 SSD. At launch, Microsoft only has 1TB SSD cards available to consumers, though more external SSD designs will release in the future from a multitude of manufacturers. Microsoft's official storage upgrade path for the Xbox Series X/S is to use external SSD upgrade cards. ![]() You can watch Modern Vintage Gamer's Xbox Series S teardown below. This could allow 1TB or larger Xbox Series S consoles to be created in the future, assuming that NAND pricing lowers enough to make such a system economically viable. Microsoft likely designed their Xbox Series S console in this way to allow the company to release higher capacity Xbox Series S systems without redesigning their console's PCB anytime in the near future. This will make SSD replacement challenging, even if such replacements are possible on a system level. We do not recommend trying this!Īnother fact that's worth noting is that this SSD is a compact M.2 2230 device, making this drive much smaller than most consumer-oriented NVMe SSDs. That said, Microsoft may have tied these internal SSDs to their systems to prevent user replacements. Unlike Sony's PlayStation 5, Microsoft's low-cost system doesn't utilise an integrated/soldered SSD on their console's PCB, potentially allowing Series S users to upgrade their systems without Microsoft's official Xbox Series X/S SSD storage cards. Thanks to a system teardown from " Modern Vintage Gamer, it has been revealed that Microsoft's newly released Xbox Series S console uses an integrated M.2 NVMe SSD. ![]() Update - Additional Information is now at the base of the article ![]()
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