The console enters the next generation, and the powerful solid-state drive and extremely fast loading speed have become one of the essential elements of the next generation of games. Of course, for these game consoles, hundreds of gigabytes of games will soon run out of storage space, so expansion cards must be used to increase the space.
Compared with the general M.2 expansion slot solution selected by Sony’s PS5, Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S series has taken a dedicated customized solution.
Microsoft and Seagate have cooperated to create a dedicated solid-state expansion card for the Xbox Series X|S series, which uses the CFexpress B interface and can provide plug-and-play features. The user experience is quite similar to a game cassette.
Of course, it is also expensive, you can buy it on shopping websites, and the price of 1TB is 6,890 yuan. This price is higher than other solid-state drive products on the market, and it can only be used by Xbox, so the price/performance ratio is greatly reduced.
Therefore, there are Chinese manufacturers “Reference “Microsoft Xbox dedicated expansion card, to create a high-quality and low-cost converter. basically,The pins of the Xbox dedicated expansion card are still the same as CF Express is the same, except that the channel is upgraded from PCIe 3.0 to PCIe 4.0. This converter uses exactly the same CF Express B interface and a form factor that matches the expansion slot. Users can easily install and use M.2-2230 NVMe SSD, which can break the monopoly of Microsoft and Seagate on Xbox console expansion cards.
Although this converter is built by a Chinese manufacturer, they only ship to Chinese overseas companies, and the price is US$29.99, which is about NT$840.
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