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With the official specs for compatible SSDs Digital Foundry made tests with some SSDs in the market and listed the best ones.
Of course these are a small list with what they could test... more and cheaper options will eventually show up.
Best PS5 SSDs
As you can see from the table above, there are quite a few requirements, particularly around the heatsink size, but there should be a good selection of compatible drives available very soon. We're still contacting drive makers to confirm which drives will 100% be compatible and we're looking forward to testing out the new functionality ourselves, but for now here are drives that meet Sony's listed requirements:
Here are some standalone NVMe SSD heatsinks that should meet the height requirements - confirmation incoming!
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Of course these are a small list with what they could test... more and cheaper options will eventually show up.
Best PS5 SSDs
As you can see from the table above, there are quite a few requirements, particularly around the heatsink size, but there should be a good selection of compatible drives available very soon. We're still contacting drive makers to confirm which drives will 100% be compatible and we're looking forward to testing out the new functionality ourselves, but for now here are drives that meet Sony's listed requirements:
- Seagate FireCuda 530 (heatsink version available) - $255/£235 for 1TB
- Western Digital Black SN850 (heatsink version available) - $250/£218 for 1TB
- Gigabyte Aorus NVMe Gen 4 7000S - $199/£188 for 1TB
- Patriot Viper VP4300 - $225/£210 for 1TB
- Samsung 980 Pro (requires additional heatsink) - $199/£178 for 1TB
- Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus (requires additional heatsink) - $199/£199 for 1TB
Here are some standalone NVMe SSD heatsinks that should meet the height requirements - confirmation incoming!
- Eluteng M.2 heatsink (Amazon UK)
- Glotrends M.2 heatsink (Amazon UK)
- IcePC M.2 copper heatsink (Amazon US)
- Corsair MP600 Pro (15mm tall)
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Best SSD for PS5 2024: our recommended drives and heatsinks
Digital Foundry's latest recommendations for filling the PS5's SSD expansion slot with a compatible NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD.
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