New WD_Black Game Drive Is An Essential PS5 Upgrade
PlayStation 5 storage is not a luxury, it’s a necessity. Imagine living in a house without any closets, or driving a car without a trunk. Technically, you could do it, but you’ll be making life so much harder. A PS5 with an empty expansion slot has recently become a massive inconvenience. A year ago, you could get away with just 660GB of usable space as long as you were willing to uninstall games as soon as you were done playing them. With Horizon Forbidden West, Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, Elden Ring, and plenty more on the way, now is the time to upgrade your PS5’s storage.
Unfortunately, finding the right storage solution isn’t as simple as buying a PlayStation branded memory card and plugging it in. The PS5 is compatible with a wide-range of NVMe SSDs that meet certain qualifications. It can be difficult to determine which drives will work, especially if you’re not familiar with the NVMe format. Lucky for you, I’ve tested the performance and compatibility of several SSDs in the PS5, including the new WD Black SN850 - a NVMe game drive with heatsink that works great in the console.
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The SN850 NVMe SSD is a M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD with a built-in heatsink that meets the exact specifications for the PlayStation 5, but can also work with compatible motherboards as well. In fact, its features may be better geared towards PC builds than the PS5. Western Digital quotes read speeds of up to 7000MB/s, which is a bit of overkill for the PS5 which seems to cap out at 5555MB/s. Additionally, the SN850 has a customizable RGB light that you’ll never see once it's installed in the PlayStation. It may seem like slight overkill, but those
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