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[Se7en]

Which hard drive are you getting for the Wii U? Will a USB powered HDD work?

[Dragon]

It should. I, myself, will probably get either a 1TB or 2TB HDD w/ USB 2.0.

[angelo07stang]

Ill prob get a 1tb usb hard drive too you can get pretty good deals on them now a days but iwill stick with my 32 gigs as long as ican before I buy the external.

[nintendo3DS]

I'm probably getting a 1 TB external hard drive, that is when my 32 GB internal memory runs out.

Is it possible to transfer all the memory from your internal memory to an external hard drive? 'cause I don't want to start all my progress over once I get more memory.

[Caius Casshern Sins]

I have a 1tb hard drive with usb 3.0 so I am good, and I for it for 110-120 ish

[nintendo3DS]

I have a 1tb hard drive with usb 3.0 so I am good, and I for it for 110-120 ish

I thought it only supported USB 2.0?

[Zonark]

Get a USB 3.0 for sure. If u wanna go cheap buy a usb 3.0 enclosure and a hdd of ur choice

[Gamejunkie]

Get a USB 3.0 for sure. If u wanna go cheap buy a usb 3.0 enclosure and a hdd of ur choice

Why ? The Wii U doesn't even support USB 3.0. Any USB 3.0 HD is just going to run at the speed of USB 2.0 so it's just waste of the extra cost.

[Ixchel]

Why ? The Wii U doesn't even support USB 3.0. Any USB 3.0 HD is just going to run at the speed of USB 2.0 so it's just waste of the extra cost.

A 3.0 would be useful if you plan on using the HDD with more than the Wii U. Plus it'll be "futureproof" when you finally decide to re-purpose it years down the road. Maybe newer consoles will use 3.0. Assuming the bit extra you pay for 3.0 is cheaper than buying a whole new 1TB HDD by then anyways.

[Se7en]

What brand is recommended nowadays? Western Digital, Seagate, ...?

[Foot]

I'm probably just gonna get a 64 GB SD card and change the format to fat32, I already have 32 GB with my Deluxe Set but I'm not planning to download games, I don't like that you can't return them...

Edited by Heyheyharold, 20 October 2012 - 08:36 AM.

[Caius Casshern Sins]

I thought it only supported USB 2.0?

Who said I will be using it for just for the Wii U? I will be using this hard drive for other things and when I get something that use usb 3.0 I will be able to take advantage of it.

[Gamejunkie]

A 3.0 would be useful if you plan on using the HDD with more than the Wii U. Plus it'll be "futureproof" when you finally decide to re-purpose it years down the road. Maybe newer consoles will use 3.0. Assuming the bit extra you pay for 3.0 is cheaper than buying a whole new 1TB HDD by then anyways.

Yes but by them you will probably buy a bigger and better HD. It's quite possible SSD's might become larger and more affordable.

[Mitch]

Im gonna get a 3TB SD card.....

[Zonark]

Premium has USB 3.0








Jk

Edited by Zonark, 20 October 2012 - 10:09 AM.

[YoshiGamer9]

does the wii u have an SD card slot?

[Zonark]

Yeppers

[Ixchel]

Yes but by them you will probably buy a bigger and better HD. It's quite possible SSD's might become larger and more affordable.

Ehh I dunno, I can see a few years of it being handy before being obsolete. 1TB+ is a lot of data. It can hold movies for a home theater, will obviously be useful for PCs, etc before SSD gets cheap enough.

[Wolfy]

Now that I truly think about it, I don't think I'm going to need more than 32GB O_O, I'm not much of a DLC person, but I'll have an external hard drive handy or something, I was planning on getting one to store all my music and movies anyway.

[Dragon]

Im gonna get a 3TB SD card.....

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