Tianken 500G Hard Drive External HDD for Xbox 360, Gray

This product is a value for the cost, so I selected this to expand storage drive space. It turns out to be as professional, as Microsoft brand equipment. Usually selecting only hardware designed, for original Microsoft equipment. Due to console hardware, that can require a Microsoft power core; no longer produced. This drive software configuration, was set for Standard Definition, it required a special cable, to jump to Hi-Definition video, [Fixed].

I recently pulled my old 360 out of storage to introduce it to my son and picked up a ton of old game titles for cheap. But I realized I was going to need a lot of storage to make those games work, so I picked this drive up. Im always a little skeptical of after market parts especially with a system so old, but the unit installed and was recognized without any problems. I will say and echo a few other reviews Ive read the drive does not just pop in, youve got to line the plug up just right, but once installed you shouldnt have any problem.

Was able to transfer old data to this new one easily and works as advertised.

There is nothing wrong with the hard drive - I love the capacity it gives to my old XBOX 360. The only issue is that it is a compatible model. I had a very difficult time mounting it to my XBOX. It seems that the grooves are not lined up correctly, and I never had an issue with my other genuine XBOX drives. But, now at least, I have no reason to remove the hard drive. Overlooking that, I am very satisfied. Dont forget to to get a hard drive transfer cable to get your data off your old drives.

This is an ok 360 HDD but I’m not seeing very good performance with downloaded games. Pretty low frame rates - I’m not sure if it’s just a 360 thing or if it’s because of this HDD. So I decided to tear it open and see what the specs were on the HDD. Never heard of whatever this brand is (see pic), maybe some of you have. In hindsight I wish I would’ve just bought a 7200rpm HDD and put that in the existing shell.

I bought a 320GB Harddrive to replace the 24GB one I had for a long time. It arrived on time and in perfect condition ready to use right away. Couldnt be happier.

~$50 for 500GB (460GB formatted). Dont forget to hook up this drive to your PC after you formatted it in the XBox so that you can load the Original XBox Backwards Compatibility functionality to partition 2. Google it. Its super easy and will take ~30 minutes since youll (more than likely) already have the Microsoft Transfer Cable. Have fun!!!

Was listed as item that was compatible with our system but wasnt. Returned and received credit

Hard drive did not fit snug and could not download profile to hard drive

It works, so it gets 4 stars. I cant be sure if the slight glitchiness in games is due to this, but my 360 never froze up before i installed it, and now it sometimes does. But, Im buying parts for an obsolete system- cant complain too loudly.