Corsair's New M.2 SSD Makes Upgrading Your PS5 Less Painful

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Sony has taken an interesting approach to storage upgrades on the PlayStation 5. Rather than featuring an external expansion slot, the PS5 has a standard M.2 port for connecting regular NVMe SSDs. This means that the PS5 offers a much wider range of SSD compatibility than the Xbox Series X/S - which uses a proprietary (and more expensive) card - at the cost of requiring a more complicated and risky installation. Corsair’s new M.2 SSD, the MP600 Pro LPX, makes the frustrating process as simple as possible. You’ll still need to partially disassemble your PS5 and manually move your games to the new drive, but the MP600 eliminates enough unnecessary guesswork from the shopping and installation process that it will no doubt be a go-to solution for your PS5 storage needs.

The PS5 is compatible with almost any M.2 SSD with a cooling structure. Sony’s support website provides a complete list of required specs for compatible devices, but stops short of offering an actual list of products that work with the console. It can be daunting to try to figure out which drives are compatible based on thickness and socket type, but fortunately, the MP600 confirms PS5 compatibility right on the box. This is surprisingly uncommon, given the demand for PS5 storage options, so it’s great to know that the MP600 is compatible without having to do any additional research.

Inside the box is a safety manual, a QR code for installation directions, and the drive itself, packed snuggly in thick foam. The MP600 is heavier than it looks thanks to the large aluminum heatspreader. It fits perfectly into the PS5’s M.2 slot without any force required, but the width and thickness does make it a bit difficult to line up correctly with the connectors. It took