PlayStation announced that the latest PS5 software finally has the ability to install an internal M.2 SSD. They did throw a bit of a spanner in the works by saying that you need to use a heatsink with the M.2 SSD, so we’ve put together a guide on the ones that should be compatible by the specs that Sony has given. The update is set to drop sometime today or tomorrow (14th or 15th of September).
CURRENT PS5 SSD OPTIONS WITH HEAT SINK
We’ve had confirmation from those in the beta that these below drives all work relatively well.
- Seagate 530 W/ Heatsink 500GB – $223 (Mwave)
- Seagate 530 W/ Heatsink 1TB – $379 (Mwave)
- Seagate 530 W/ Heatsink 2TB – $789 (Mwave)
- Seagate 530 W/ Heatsink 4TB – $1,469 (Mwave)
- Gigabyte AORUS Gen 4 7000s – 1TB – $299 (Mwave) / $299 (Amazon)
- Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7000s – 2TB – $599 (Mwave) / $569 (Amazon)
- WD Black SN850 W/ Heatsink – 500GB – $215 (Mwave) / $202 (Amazon)
- WD Black SN850 W/ Heatsink – 1TB – $418 (Mwave) / $392 (Amazon)
- WD Black SN850 W/ Heatsink – 2TB – $779 (Mwave) / $757 (Amazon)
CURRENT PS5 SSD OPTIONS WITHOUT HEAT SINK
These are SSDs that are compatible based on speed once you put them into a heat sink. As far as we can tell, this $20 heat sink off Amazon should work with all of the below SSDs.
- PCIe NVMe m.2 2280 SSD Cooler Heatsink – $20.99 (Amazon)
- Samsung 980 Pro (heatsink required) – 500GB – $189 (Mwave) / $161 (Amazon)
- Samsung 980 Pro (heatsink required) – 1TB – $299 (Mwave) / $289 (Amazon)
- Samsung 980 Pro (heatsink required) – 2TB – $695 (Mwave) / $660 (Amazon)
THE BEST EXTERNAL SSD/HDDS FOR PS5
You won’t be able to play PS5 games off these, but you’ll be able to play PS4 games as well as store your PS5 games.
- Samsung T7 SSD – 500GB – $148.99 (Mwave) / $149 (Amazon)
- Samsung T7 SSD – 1TB – $273.99 (Mwave) / $235 (Amazon)
- Samsung T7 SSD – 2TB – $536 (Mwave) / $462 (Amazon)