Had the 1TB in my basket for a few days for £124.99 but held off buying as I was hoping it would be cheaper on prime day,. I wasn't left disappointed, checked amazon when I woke up a few hours ago and bought it right away.
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Playstation 5 compatible SSD drives are on sale all over Amazon US!
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Had the 1TB in my basket for a few days for £124.99 but held off buying as I was hoping it would be cheaper on prime day,. I wasn't left disappointed, checked amazon when I woke up a few hours ago and bought it right away.
Oh geez, okay you win.
Looks like I'm finally upgrading my PS5 SSD.
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I bought:
SK hynix Platinum P41 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen4 M.2 2280 Internal SSD l Up to 7,000MB/S l Compact M.2 SSD Form Factor SK hynix SSD - Internal Solid State Drive with 176-Layer NAND Flash https://a.co/d/gGF39qS
GRAUGEAR PS5 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD Heatsink with Mesh Metal Heat Dissipation Dust Filter Cover for Expansion Slot, Copper Heat Pipe and Aluminum Fin for Playstation 5 SSD NVMe PCIe 4.0 Storage[G-PS5HS03] https://a.co/d/hO6ELoY
I paid $207 for the SK HYNIX PLATINUM P41 2TB which is probably the best drive out there for PC. I'm sure it will do fine in a PS5. It hasn't been on the market long. The freak looking heatsink is a pretty new product too and reduced to $19.
SK Hynix bought Intel's SSD and NAND divisions. They are top notch.
SK hynix Platinum P41 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen4 M.2 2280 Internal SSD l Up to 7,000MB/S l Compact M.2 SSD Form Factor SK hynix SSD - Internal Solid State Drive with 176-Layer NAND Flash https://a.co/d/gGF39qS
GRAUGEAR PS5 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD Heatsink with Mesh Metal Heat Dissipation Dust Filter Cover for Expansion Slot, Copper Heat Pipe and Aluminum Fin for Playstation 5 SSD NVMe PCIe 4.0 Storage[G-PS5HS03] https://a.co/d/hO6ELoY
I paid $207 for the SK HYNIX PLATINUM P41 2TB which is probably the best drive out there for PC. I'm sure it will do fine in a PS5. It hasn't been on the market long. The freak looking heatsink is a pretty new product too and reduced to $19.
SK Hynix bought Intel's SSD and NAND divisions. They are top notch.
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Can't go wrong with either one! Though there were reports early on that the 980 Pro needed a firmware update to unlock its full speed - you would need to connect this to a pc first to do this but may not be an issue with later batches of the drives….
Whatever you do - don't visit hotukdeals today - must resist urge to buy stuff…. I don't need.
ooh elite controller amazon warehouse £75 + 20% off so £60.. would that work on PC with bluetooth?
Western Digital SN850 2tb for $200 or Adata 2tb for $180. I never heard of Adata before so I kinda want to go with the more established brand. But I could buy a lot of chips for $20.
Really want a 2TB, but this is a little too good to pass up and 1TB should be enough for now for my PS5...
The responsible side of me wants to remind you of the poor build quality on these things. The irresponsible side says 20% off, for £60 it's a no brainer 🤣
I guess I still don't understand... the WD and Adata 2TB seem comparatively cheaper per storage size (though obviously overall price are almost double) is there a reason to pass those up (unless you just don't have the cash on hand)?
Ah, ok, I was just wondering if I missed something that was wrong with these two. It's still not clear to me from reading the reviews on the WD if there's a firmware updated needed, a lot of them say no, some say yes.
Looks like the ADATA one doesn't have a heatsink and it's $20, but Amazon has a $20 coupon you can clip on the actual drive basically making the heatsink free. Also it's a tad slower than the NEXstorage one...
Sorry, I'm new to all this- (as well as no PC building experience). If I buy the drive you did above for the PS5, it also needs a heatsink purchased separately?
This one you linked in the OP you say includes a heatsink? Is there a reason you chose to purchase them separately compared to one being included? Thanks for any help.
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OK so that S70 Blade has essentially a metal sheath that is technically a heatsink/heat spreader. Most of the time heatsinks have fins and look different than that but some manufacturers have different slim solutions for drives going in tight places with little airflow.
But yes, you can buy one with or without and then apply your own custom heatsink solution.
The SK HYNIX PLATINUM P41 definitely needs a heatsink. You can attach one or buy Sabrents solution which essentially replaces your PS5 slot cover with a flat heatsink.
SABRENT M.2 NVMe Heatsink for The PS5 Console (SB-PSHS) https://a.co/d/7RBeWeH
PNY I believe makes a similar one.
I think it depends on your current setup. If you don't have any existing external HDD / SSD connected, maybe 2TB is the better option.
Mine currently has a 4TB HDD connected to store my PS4 games, so I decided to get the 1TB model instead. 1TB + the internal SSD for storing PS5 games only should be sufficient for the near future.
Just pulled the trigger on the blade + SABRENT (sounds like it's better the included one) Thanks! :)
I have a 2TB HDD for my PS4 games. So I think I'll be okay with 1TB...
That's what I thought.. now I'm wishing I had 2tb ssd instead.
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Awesomeness. That's an excellent easy combination that is impossible to mess up. If you read the reviews, it's a great performer.
That's so interesting, so the PS5 always just had an available spot for another SSD? Weird.
So day to day use you arent noticing anything different? I guess kind of like the Switch implementation, where some is on internal memory and some is on SD?
Pretty much like the Switch implementation where they're separate and you can view either one, day to day usage is exactly the same. For example I've transferred the key MP stuff I have like GT7 and BF2042 to the expansion drive, and I've kept some on the internal. I later corrected myself that the m.2 slot does indeed have the Other reserve as well, but it's not nearly as big as the internal Other.
If you want you can set it up that all games automatically install to the expansion drive, or just keep it default to internal installs and manually transfer the stuff over, which is what I do. It's nice and simple
I'm using a SN850 and notice no performance difference whatsoever. You basically pick a drive to be the default download location for all future games. If you want a certain download to go to the other drive instead, you can always choose to do so before downloading begins. Game saves, screenshots, and gameplay recordings can only be saved to the factory SSD though.
That's great, thanks for the information, going to order the 2TB. So I'm guessing its pretty fast transferring between the drives? I'm just tired of deleting games.
looking at this one rn https://www.amazon.com/WD_Black-SN850-Internal-Gaming-Heatsink/dp/B08PMLYV9H
and now this https://www.bestbuy.com/site/adata-...rnal-ssd-pcie-gen-4-x4-with-heatsink-for-ps5/
and now this https://www.bestbuy.com/site/adata-...rnal-ssd-pcie-gen-4-x4-with-heatsink-for-ps5/
OP SSD is $200 atm
wait, wtf, I could've sworn the 980 Pro was like $240 when the sale started this morning, and now it's $195.
Edit: Without the heatsink.
Edit: Without the heatsink.
It's pretty quick. If I'm remembering correctly from when I first installed it I moved 100ishGB from internal to expansion in under a minute.
It's been a while since I transferred anything between the SSDs, but I recall the rate to be roughly 1GB/s. So a typical 80GB game will take 1-2 minutes to transfer. Of course this rate varies depending on the SSD that you have installed.
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Kingston Fury Renegade 1TB PCIe Gen 4.0 NVMe M.2 Internal Gaming SSD | Up to 7300 MB/s | Graphene Heat Spreader | 3D TLC NAND | Works with PS5 | SFYRS/1000G https://a.co/d/azrmywI
$122 for a pretty fast drive without a heatsink.
$122 for a pretty fast drive without a heatsink.
Something I just noticed about my WD drive, are that the write speeds are much faster than Sony's internal one, so even though the download speeds aren't any different, the installs happen much faster.
It was much faster going internal to add-on M2 than copying the other way for me. It was a huge difference, but I have no idea why.
I want to get an good SSD that has a heatsink built in just so I don't need to install it. Are there any good ones on sale?
If you're in US, Nextorage for $110
WD SN850 is $114
The WD Black with Heatsink was sold out for the deal, so I got the one without it and this heatsink separately, any issues you guys can think of with this? https://www.amazon.com/MHQJRH-heatsink-Double-Sided-Thermal-Silicone/dp/B07KDDKDNN/
Yeah I should get that whenever I get a PS5. Heard great things about it.
Either the Nextorage or WD SN850 are solid buys given the money you save not worrying about a separate heatsink.
Amazon has the WD_Black SN850 NVME 500GB, 1TB, 2TB all on sale! WD is my most trusted HDD/SSD devices; never had one fail on my yet.
still pricey but the 2TB is a fucking steal at that price!!!
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That's a bit steep for my liking but holy shit that's a great deal. Thanks for sharing!
Decided to finally bite on the Nextorage for the living room PS5. It doesn't have nearly as much installed to it as it is, so it'll have plenty of room for anything other games, now. Particularly PS4 stuff I've kind of wanted to install in there but just haven't. No more need for house cleaning!
Next step is for a 2TB for the game room, as I am using a 1TB external SSD in an enclosure for PS4 stuff, but would like to have more space overall and ditch using an external for various reasons.
Next step is for a 2TB for the game room, as I am using a 1TB external SSD in an enclosure for PS4 stuff, but would like to have more space overall and ditch using an external for various reasons.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsun...rnal-ssd-pcie-gen-4-x4-nvme-for-ps5/6485009.p
Samsung - 980 PRO Heatsink 2TB is $209.99
Samsung - 980 PRO Heatsink 2TB is $209.99