I really wish people would stop saying this. "Benchmark" has been done, albeit a single situation where an Xbox One game was copied from internal to expansion, it was averaging 500MB/s
I assume this was for writing?
I really wish people would stop saying this. "Benchmark" has been done, albeit a single situation where an Xbox One game was copied from internal to expansion, it was averaging 500MB/s
I would imagine so. Writing is the more bandwidth intensive task.
I would imagine so. Writing is the more bandwidth intensive task.
It's a good price for that speed for now. These are new, they will only get faster. Also it can be used in way more than PS5, the utility (PS5 not the main customer for this, they just mention it fits). It has it's own memory controller on it already.
I wonder if there's anyway to benchmark read speeds given the whole "can't be used on anything other than the Xbox" thing.
Devs would know. Whether they are allowed to say or not,...???
The * might mean that only the version without the heatsink fits, perhaps?
I don't see people pulling and unplugging their machines, opening up their expansion bays removing their cards and reattaching everything every time they want to use thier cards in this scenario, there's no comparison to ease and effort of plug n play process.Why not? The only difference is that you need to remove the plate to remove/insert the SSD.
There's no "kind of" proprietary. There is only one form of expandable storage that functions as storage and an expanded drive for playing S/X games--and that's this solution. You cannot use this solution outside of the S/X consoles, and it's hardware specifically developed for a single use--expanding the storage of the S/X console lineup.
Just because other manufacturers make it does not mean it's not proprietary; many, many manufacturers make Apple lightning cables. That does not affect the proprietary nature of the lightning cable itself, as it can only be used on Apple products.
Generally, the heatsinks are either not pre-installed anyway or easy to remove, so I doubt they'll sell a different version without the heatsink.
Generally, the heatsinks are either not pre-installed anyway or easy to remove, so I doubt they'll sell a different version without the heatsink.
The nand chips aren't proprietary and will benefit from scale like any, just not the plastic form factor. That's not as big a deal.
if there's more than one manufacturer pitted against each other, it could play out as little to no proprietary tax, but we'll see. i assume microsoft will slap a tax fee on there too, hopefully a smaller one.
Anything would work as as sn external, why would they even bring this up?
When you go to the WD site they have two different skus with different prices for each size, one with the heat sink, one without.Generally, the heatsinks are either not pre-installed anyway or easy to remove, so I doubt they'll sell a different version without the heatsink.
Yup and its 195 for 1 TB with the discount. I might bite Once its clear its good to go.2TB came out to right at $400 with the Student/Teacher discount.
Anything would work as as sn external, why would they even bring this up?
I was referring to the 2 TB one. Would be pretty pointless to upgrade to 1 TB imo
Why not? The plates are designed to be easy to remove. You also don't need to remove both. Is not a hard task for the minority who will actually do this.I don't see people pulling and unplugging their machines, opening up their expansion bays removing their cards and reattaching everything every time they want to use thier cards in this scenario, there's no comparison to ease and effort of plug n play process.
I was referring to the 2 TB one. Would be pretty pointless to upgrade to 1 TB imo
Oh okay I thought segate had exclusivity on xb drives?That's a great price, on par with Samsung. I'll probably go for a 1 TB next year when they go down in price a bit.
Look closer at the image.
you're not upgrading to 1TB. these expand the internal storage, they don't replace it. a 1TB drive for PS5 gives you 1.825 TBI was referring to the 2 TB one. Would be pretty pointless to upgrade to 1 TB imo
I was referring to the 2 TB one. Would be pretty pointless to upgrade to 1 TB imo
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I was referring to the 2 TB one. Would be pretty pointless to upgrade to 1 TB imo
Economies of scaleThe nand chips aren't proprietary and will benefit from scale like any, just not the plastic form factor. That's not as big a deal.
if there's more than one manufacturer pitted against each other, it could play out as little to no proprietary tax, but we'll see. i assume microsoft will slap a tax fee on there too, hopefully a smaller one.
That's like saying wire are not proprietary so the lightning cable will benefit from scale like any. The form factor is not really the reason for the price, exclusive branding and licensing carries with it a certain "certified" tax. If you look at an Xbox Official WD SSD 1TB it is $185 but a Samsung 1TB SSD which is twice the speed is $150.The nand chips aren't proprietary and will benefit from scale like any, just not the plastic form factor. That's not as big a deal.
if there's more than one manufacturer pitted against each other, it could play out as little to no proprietary tax, but we'll see. i assume microsoft will slap a tax fee on there too, hopefully a smaller one.
you're not upgrading to 1TB. these expand the internal storage, they don't replace it. a 1TB drive for PS5 gives you 1.825 TB
This replaces the drive that's in it right? So 1TB is useless since that's basically what's there, need the 2TB to actually get more storage.
This replaces the drive that's in it right? So 1TB is useless since that's basically what's there, need the 2TB to actually get more storage.
This replaces the drive that's in it right? So 1TB is useless since that's basically what's there, need the 2TB to actually get more storage.
Shit @ those prices. Personally 2TB seems like the absolutely minimum sensible option to get, I put 2TB drive in my PS4 and I'm out of space even without next gens even bigger game sizes. That internal ~600GB on PS5 will fill up super fast and that will most certainly have an effect on my purchase habits/impulse buying stuff on the PS Store.
Hopefully the prices halve very fast as competition heats up or Sony has some other solution to the storage problem, as ain't no hell I'm paying these prices for measly drives.