Seagate has confirmed its first PS5-compatible internal SSD, but says it only fits because of its slim design. The Seagate FireCuda 530 NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen 4 SSD offers read speeds of up to 7300MB/s, meaning it easily meets Sony’s 5500MB/s requirements.
Its slim design also means it fits within Sony’s dimensional limits for internal SSDs, even with a heatsink that is also required.
The FireCuda 530 with attached heatsink will cost $169.99 for 500GB, $274.99 for 1TB, $569.99 for 2TB, and $1049.99 for 4TB.
Sony said on Thursday that it will soon release the ability to beta users expanding PS5 storage with an M.2 SSD ready to use. However, the Sony emphasized on its recently posted support page that anyone installing an internal SSD will need to connect their own cooling frame, such as a heat sink, and that the entire frame will still need to fit in a 110 x 25 x 11.25 mm space.
“We did some tests with Sony on the PlayStation 5 and today we can confirm that the FireCuda 530 with heatsink met all the PS5 requirements,” says Jeff Park of Seagate Australia and New Zealand.
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