As you may know, PlayStation 5 brings a lot of good to the gaming world, including a super-fast storage system that can outperform the vast majority of the fastest and most expensive PCIe 4.0 SSDs in the PC world. advantages, this system has a big problem… It’s very fast, but it’s extremely limited in its storage capacity.
That’s exactly why the PlayStation 5 has a slot for installing a second m.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD. A feature, which for various reasons, remains disabled, but in the next big update to Sony’s next-gen console, it should be made available to all gamers.
In other words, it’s time to increase console storage! But do you know which SSD to choose? Mark Cerny, one of the main responsible for the PS5 project already knows which model will put on the console.
PS5 Chief Architect already knows which SSD to use on his console
So Mark Cerny has already said that he is planning to use an SSD WD_Black SN850 on your console. An excellent choice that will most likely inspire many gamers with a PS5 in their living room.
But let’s get to the interesting thing, in terms of minimum technical specifications, it is necessary to install an SSD NVMe M.2 PCIe 4.0 with read speed above 5GB/s, preferably higher than this. Also, it is a good idea to install an SSD with a heatsink for heat dissipation. However, the maximum capacity accepted is 4TB.
All that said, the WD_Black SN850 meets all the requirements, bringing a heatsink, and managing to reach 7GB/s read speed. However, it is also quite expensive, costing something like €500 for the 2TB version. In other words… The exact same price as the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition. Are you ready to spend this money?
Besides, what do you think about all this? Are you going to put an SSD in your PS5? Have you already chosen it?
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