The Best SSD for Sony PS5 (Beta Users)

The new Sony PS5 is an incredible gaming system. With so many high quality games out now, storage is as crucial as ever. That’s why Sony has confirmed that it will allow you to expand your PlayStation 5’s 825GB storage. That’s right, you can input your own internal m.2 SSD into your PS5 system. Now, the PS5 has 825GB of storage space, but you can only use 667.2GB of it — unless you use internal storage. So, which SSD should you put in? Let’s check out the best internal SSD to put in your NVMe storage slot.

Important: This feature is only available to beta users at this time. If you have installed your M.2 SSD in a console that does not have beta system software installed, you need to remove your M.2 SSD before you can update the system software.

How to signup for the Beta program: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps5/ps5-beta-program-sign-up/
PS5 support page: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5-install-m2-ssd/

System Requirements

Format:  PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD

Capacity:  250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, or 4TB

Read Speed:  5,500MB/s or faster

Size:  110 x 25 x 11.25 millimetres (with heatsink)

Heatsink:  Required

Our Pick 

1TB Samsung 980 PRO M.2 Solid State Drive

Interface Type: PCI Express 4.0

Form Factor: M.2

Next-level SSD performance
Unleash the power of the Samsung PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD 980 PRO for your next-level computing. Leveraging the PCIe 4.0 interface, the 980 PRO delivers double the data transfer rate of PCIe 3.0 while being backward-compatible for PCIe 3.0 for added versatility.

Efficient M.2 SSD
The 980 PRO comes in a compact M.2 2280 form factor, which can be easily plugged into desktops and laptops for maximum board design flexibility. The drive is suitable for building high-performance computing systems due to its optimised power efficiency.

Maximum speed
Powered by Samsung custom Elpis Controller for PCIe 4.0 SSD, the 980 PRO is optimized for speed. It delivers read speeds up to 7,000 MB/s, making it 2 times faster than PCIe 3.0 SSDs and 12.7 times faster than SATA SSDs. The 980 PRO achieves maximum speeds on PCIe 4.0 and may vary in other environments.

Conclusion

Now don’t forget, you must have the beta user to test inputting your SSD. Check the link above to see how to get started. Once applied, you can add some way more storage yo your ever growing gaming system. Put the 980 pro to good use. 7,000 read/ write speeds will have your system at peak performance.

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