With the arrival of the heyday of the PS5 life cycle, masterpieces emerge in an endless stream, whether it is a disc drive version of the player or a digital version of the player, the original console's own 1T capacity of the hard disk is becoming more and more insufficient, how to expand the PS5? What kind of SSD to choose? What did I choose to scale? That's what I'm sharing with you today.
I believe that there is no perfect product, it has at least 1 dimension that will make some users feel that it is a disadvantage, how to show the real advantages and disadvantages of the product to everyone, to determine whether it is suitable for you, is the purpose of my sharing.
Whether it is advertising or personal experience, it is the basic principle to strive to ensure that the experience is true and objective, and I hope everyone will supervise it together!
Before talking about expansion, first understand the requirements of Sony's official website for expansion.
The three pages of the picture above are the specific contents, and I will refine them for you:
1.Support m2-interface SSD, capacity range from 250G-8TB, common length specifications are supported;
2.SSDs with heatsinks of 5500MB S and above are recommended;
Therefore, as long as you purchase products with common specifications on the market that meet the above two requirements, you can do it!
But also pay attention to what is said on page 3Even SSDs with speeds of 5500MB S and above may not be as fast as PS5 originalsas well as possible compatibility issues,Be careful, everyone.
From the previous chapter, it is known that mSSDs with 2 ports and speeds greater than 550MB S and heatsinks can be bought, but the official also mentions that they may be incompatible or have weak performance.
Therefore, I would like to make a few suggestions here:
1.Purchase Sony's officially certified PS5 dedicated SSD;
2.Procurement of SSDs with thermal vests;
3.Procurement is currently PCIe40 top-rate products;
For example, Western Digital's SN850P, which was specially created for PS5 game expansion.
The PS5 logo on the packaging box has made it clear that the product positioning is the current PCIe40 of the top of the SSD.
The official promotional page indicates that this product has obtained Sony's official PS5 certification, so there is no need to worry about compatibility and speed.
Although I have seen a lot of SSD hard drives with vests, the SN850P is the strongest official vest I have ever seen, and there is no one.
Looking at the side in the past, in addition to the basic heat dissipation slot, it also made an umbrella-shaped second layer of heat dissipation structure, which has achieved the ultimate in passive heat dissipation, and there is no need to worry about insufficient heat dissipation in the PS5 console, so you can play with confidence!
Moreover, this radiator is specially designed for PS5 expansion and installation, and will not be too high to install.
Western Digital, as the head hard disk manufacturer, is already very trustworthy in hard disk products, plus it has obtained Sony's official certification, the product is more suitable for PS5 use, and the official also provides it with a 5-year warranty.
Take the optical drive version as an example, put it in this position, hold the black host part on the right with one hand, put the white border on the left with the other hand, lift it up with 3 into the force, push it up with 7 into the force, like an arrow, 3 into the small arrow into the force, 7 into the power of the big arrow, and you can open it!
When you open it, you can see a huge round fan, a blue light drive in silver metal on the right, and a rectangular SSD lid underneath.
Unscrew the cover with screws, you can see the green mounting slot, note that there are installation screws and a section of steel pipe on the far left, don't lose it.
The steel pipe is used to limit the height to ensure that the SSD will not be bent.
Load the SSD, put the steel pipe in the circular groove below, screw the screws and then close the SSD cover
It's relatively simple to install the lid, aim at the hole position and push it to the left, click! It's just packed
When you open the host, the system will pop up a request for formatting, just select Format.
At the end of formatting, the system will give you the speed that the SSD can achieve
The Western Digital SN850P is 6297MB S.
I tried plugging in another SSD, and the read speed was only 3970MB s after formatting, and it seems that the certified SN850P is still very strong!
Pay attention to the important reminder after formatting, if you need to install the game on a new SSD, you need to go to the settings - storage - installation location to modify it.
The change page looks like this, you have to remember
If it's an installed game, press the Option button on the controller to move the game to the newly installed SSD, or you can move it in bulk in the storage settings.
At this point, the practical operation on expanding the capacity of PS5 is complete
The purpose of the expansion is to fit more games without having to swap them out. Therefore, the minimum requirement is that the speed should be the same as the original! But if it could be faster, so much the better!
I did some comparison tests with the Western Digital SN850P on the original hard drive of the PS to see the difference in speed.
The first is the remake of "Doomsday of America 1", in terms of the reading time to enter the game, the PS5 original hard drive needs about 12It takes 5 seconds to complete, and SN850P only needs 10It was done in 7 seconds, about 2 seconds faster.
Wolong. Skyfall was tested with two map switches, the first of which was a smaller map, and the original took 85 seconds, Western Digital takes 65 seconds, 2 seconds faster.
Slightly larger maps, PS5 original took 154 seconds, Western Digital takes 114 seconds, 4 seconds faster.
In other game tests, most of the different game reads in the range of 3-20 seconds, Western Digital's SN850P can be 10% faster than the original disk 25% of the time, for expansion users, the capacity has increased and the speed has been accelerated, which is a very happy thing, if you are a deep game lover, the change brought by this speed can even be said to reduce the waste of life!
It can also be seen that the Western Digital SN850P's support for PS5 is top-notch, and it is well worth buying.
Regarding the requirements for PS5 expansion, how to choose a hard disk, and how to install a hard disk, I have given you a detailed introduction, I hope it can help you.
If I'm not mistaken, the Western Digital SN850P is the only PS5 dedicated SSD certified by Sony, and it is perfectly compatible with PS5 and can get extremely high speeds, it can increase the read time by 10% and 25% compared to the PS5's built-in 1T hard drive, and the heat dissipation performance is also extremely outstanding, making it the best choice for PS5 gamers to expand.
In addition, on the computer, it is also a top-of-the-line hard disk with first-class performance and heat dissipation, and it is also extremely suitable for the computer.
So today, that's it, I hope this article can help everyone