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Easily installed and added so much needed space for all my gaming needs. Also bought two more for family as gifts. Gamers loved it.
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I love how much more space I have on my PS5. It took me barely 5 minutes to install this and have my system back together and connected to my TV. The speed is amazing and you see no dropoff from built in memory.
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Fast SSD, easy to install once you figure out how the side plastic on the PS5 works. Feels like it's made out of quality material, and it has a built in heat sink!
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The easiest upgrade and it made accessing games so much less of a hassle! I should have done this sooner, but I did not realize how simple it was to add storage. Sony made accessing the port a breeze with a tooless removal for the outer shell. After that, one screw holds on the cover where the drive goes, plug the drive in, put it back together, turn on the PS5 and follow the on-screen instructions. You can then use the storage settings menu to quickly transfer your data from the small drive that it came with, to your much larger secondary drive! No more having to constantly delete games to sdd a new one!!
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There's nothing really too complicated about this M.2 SSD. It's not just PlayStation branding on a SSD. It takes away a lot of the guesswork with compatibility for the PS5 because it's made for the PS5. It's designed with a heatsink and fits inside the PS5 with no issues.
What's impressive is the speed! Everything loads up so quickly! Unfortunately, if you're transferring games from an external drive to the SSD, it will only go as fast as the external drive, so it'll be MUCH slower and not indicative of the speed performance the SN850P delivers, so keep that in mind.
Installing games after downloading them was noticeably quicker than the stock SSD the PS5 comes with. And playing them immediately after, I didn't experience any slowdown, not even after 2 hours of continuous gameplay of Spider-Man Remastered in 4K, 120Hz VRR.
To get a better idea of the SSD's capabilities, I temporarily installed the SN850P on my desktop PC to run a CrystalDiskMark benchmark test on it. The results were surprising.
Sequential Read:
SEQ1M Q8T1: 7377.19 MB/s
SEQ128K Q32T1: 7376.76 MB/s
Sequential Write:
SEQ1M Q8T1: 6693.06 MB/s
SEQ128K Q32T1: 6695.91 MB/s
Random Read:
SEQ1M Q8T1: 4816.91 MB/s
SEQ128K Q32T1: 88.99 MB/s
Random Write:
SEQ1M Q8T1: 4718.49 MB/s
SEQ128K Q32T1: 300.34 MB/s
The random write speeds are fantastic! So, not just for the PS5, it makes a great M.2 SSD for a PC as well. Be aware that the heatsink is just under 0.5" so you'll need the clearance. It's also slightly wider than the average M.2 SSD because of its heatsink design. I'd say about 1mm wider.
Price competitively, will absolutely fit the PS5, and just incredibly fast, I can definitely recommend getting this SSD. I'd even go as far as recommending it for PC. The fantastic random write speeds make transferring a large size of a numerous amount of small files more speedy and less of a chore.
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Setup took minimal time and required 1 small screwdriver. Simple instillation and, after a quick update, my storage increased. Download speeds have been fast and I’ve yet to notice any input or output delay from video games stored on it. I honestly wish I bought it sooner.
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With games getting bigger & bigger, you'll definitely need a storage upgrade. I've noticed a lot of games generally load slightly faster sense I've installed them on this. Easy to install & use.