PS5 Compatible SSDs
Expand your Playstation 5’s storage space for a bigger games library with a PS5 SSD.
The Playstation 5 game console comes with 825 GB of storage capacity. However, with the operating system eating up a good chunk of that, you are left with about 667 GB of storage. With games frequently clocking in at 50 GB each and some now exceeding 100 GB, the built-in PS5 SSD can quickly fill up. The solution is to install a PS5 SSD expansion.
What does an SSD for your PS5 do?
Your Playstation 5 can use an external USB hard drive or SSD to store a library of PS5 games. However, they can’t be played from that external drive. They need to be copied to the internal PS5 SSD first. When you run out of space on the internal SSD, this means a frustrating exercise of moving games from one drive to another.
Adding a compatible internal M.2 SSD to your console provides much-needed PS5 storage expansion that can actually be used to install and play Playstation 5 games.
What are the benefits of PS5 storage expansion?
When you upgrade your PS5 storage with an internal M.2 SSD, you gain additional storage space. This means you no longer have to worry about your library of Playstation games exceeding the console’s built-in storage capacity. By choosing to install a PS5 SSD expansion, you can easily double your available space or more (the system will accept SSDs up to 4 TB in capacity). Unlike an external drive, the PS5 games you install on an internal SSD are fully playable.
You don’t just gain capacity to build a larger game library. By boosting your PS5 storage capacity, you also have more space for everything else, including game saves, screenshots, video clips, and apps like Netflix and YouTube.
Why you need a PS5 compatible SSD
If you decide to upgrade your PS5 storage, it is critical that you choose a PS5 compatible SSD.
The Playstation 5 is a very advanced console and it requires extremely fast access to game data. This means an approved M.2 PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe SSD, which is installed in the PS5’s internal storage expansion slot. These drives deliver the speed required for gaming on this next gen console, with sequential read/write speeds of 5,500 MB/s or faster. That kind of performance in an ultra-compact form factor generates heat, so a PS5 SSD will be equipped with an integrated heatsink or other cooling mechanism.
If you try to install an incompatible SSD in your Playstation 5, the device won’t be recognized. In a worst case scenario, you could damage your console.
Stick with PS5 storage that is fully compatible and you’ll be able to easily expand your Playstation 5 game library and never worry again about whether you have enough storage space.