PS5 Compatible SSD Drive

All PS5 Compatible SSD Drives Guide

SSD drives what can you use for PS5? Sony has confirmed that they allow their users to upgrade the storage capacity of the PlayStation 5. With an SSD drive with a capacity of 825GB, of course it's not enough for the fans hardcore gamers.

The recommended SSD Drive is the NVMe SSD series, but it doesn't only have to be the NVMe series, there are specific criteria so that it can be used on your PS5. Continuing from the PS5: Ultimate Guide that we compiled, VCGamers will provide information about this.

All PS5 Compatible SSD Drives Announced

In writing this article, Sony has not yet announced an official SSD Drive specifically designed for the PS5. Possibly, Sony will work with well-known manufacturers/factories such as Western Digital or Seagate to manufacture PS5 SSD Drive official licenses.

Western Digital itself had advertised that one of its products, namely the SN850 PCIe Gen 4 M.2 NVMe SSD, was compatible for installation on the PS5, but soon the information was withdrawn. As a result, we don't recommend this, especially after Sony, the big company from Japan, confirmed that there won't be any unlock access to the SSD slot in the near future.

Sony has not been able to confirm this because the PS5 requires adequate speed and performance levels. With a minimum bandwidth speed of 5.5GB/s bandwidth, it is very far from PCIe 3.0 which is on the market with a speed of 3.5GB/s, but PCIe 4.0 NVMe will enter the market in the near future (2021) where the predicted speed is reaching 7.0GB/s bandwidth.

What About Standard USB External Drives for PS5?

Yep, you can use a USB external drive on PS5, however, you can't play games with files on the external drive. You must first copy the file to the SSD Drive PS5 to play it. If you think you can play PS4 games directly from the HDD on your PS5, you are wrong. For information on how to play PS4 games on your PS5, please read this guide: PS5 Backwards Compatibility


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A game lover and likes to write about experiences in playing.