Smurf 947 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) So I purchased the Western Digital WD_Black SN850 NVMe SSD, 1Tb 2280. It has a listed read speed of up to 7000 MB/s though the PS5 itself maxed out at 6552 MB/s read speed. After formatting the ssd it said there would be 850+ GB of free storage, but in reality I can use 1.1Tb which is approximately 250Gb more than expected. Also this is very important get one with a built on heatsink, this is recommended by PlayStation to have on the SSD, so don't cheap out and get one that doesn't come with a built on heatsink as it most likely will burn out over time, but if so you can buy an after market one just shop around and install A.S.A.P. I transfered a 66Gb game from the internal SSD to the new SSD, and it took 43 seconds. That's crazy fast as it would take 28+ minutes on a PS4 for reference. Make sure when purchasing a SSD for your PS5 it has between: 1) 5500-7000MB/s Read speed 2) NVMe Gen 4.0 3) 250Gb - 4Tb storage Edited June 26, 2023 by Smurf 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf 947 Posted June 26, 2023 Author Share Posted June 26, 2023 (edited) Sony has updated the PS5 system software so not only will it just store PS4 games, but now you can play them using a cheap external hard drive preferably RPM 7,200, and then store your PS5 games on the internal SSD. Edited June 27, 2023 by Smurf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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