Can the MiBox S support a portable external drive with 5TB capacity?

by newronalo

Can someone confirm that the MiBox S can support a portable (non-powered) external drive with a capacity of 5TB?

I know that Mi Box S only has one USB 2.0 port, so I want to be sure that it has enough power to power a portable external drive.

The external drive I want to buy is either the "WD Elements 5TB" or "WD My Passport 4TB".

sunnyteki

My mibox old one is working with 5tb with vlc ( but not 10bit compressed videos), hopefully miboxs gonna fix it with high cpu performance

xman747x

i don't know, but how good is the mibox?

Sharpshooterrrrr

Most likely, yes. I have a non-powered 4TB Elements external hd plugged into my Mi Box S and it's been working fine without problems. I reckon 1TB more would make any difference.