ADATA - XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 with Heatsink for PS5

Initially I was looking at either the Samsung 980 Pro or the Western Digital SN850 as my expansion storage for ps5, but then I stumbled across this drive. I’ve used ADATA SSDs in the past with mixed results, but after seeing the specs and the fact it came with a heat sink that fit within Sony’s dimensions, for the price ($145 at the time of purchase) I had to give it a chance. Well long story short is that this is the best value ps5 expansion option. Period. Unlike many drives out there, including some of ADATA’s own drives, you get access to the full 1TB drive space. Compare this to Ps5’s internal 825GB drive that only affords you 667GB of usable storage (even less after reserved space for essential system files). Or the 2TB SX8200 Pro I’m using in my own pc at the moment which is in reality only 1.82TB. This means more storage for your money. After a very quick 2 minute installation, I booted my ps5 up and formatted the SSD. Rated speed was about 6200MB/s which isn’t maxing out PCIe gen 4, but exceeds the 5500MB/s Sony requirement. No issues with temperatures thanks to the included heat sink, which makes this thing an even better value than it’s competition. I was worried 1TB wouldn’t be enough for my needs but thanks to Sony’s proprietary file compression, I was able to install my entire PS Plus library with half the drive to spare still. 2TB would’ve been absolutely overkill for my needs. All in all, if you find this drive for $150 or less you should definitely pick it up.

I was worried that I’m not the biggest tech person and it would be hard to install. It took me about four minutes to take apart the PlayStation five covers and in screw this in. It took about two minutes to establish on the PlayStation five and I was able to move all of my files onto it very quickly

Working as intended 6100 speed at this price really no reason to spend 80-100 extra for a WD or 980 especially for the PS5.

So far so good no complaints comes with heat sink pad it’s not the best but a good heat sink would recommend buying a heatsink just in case for long term use get the most out of your buck but for the price of this M2 is excellent I got it on sale for 89.99

Installs in minutes, speeds as advertised. Not sure why people would spend more money on a different one. Very happy with this purchase.