PS5 Firmware Update Live Tomorrow, SSD expansion, UI & Remote Play Updates & More

[Morose Polymath]

They finally changed the way you view trophies back to the old vertical format.

 

[beenz]

$339 before tax.

can u drop the link to the one u bought?

 

[old pig]

nvm if you saw that link…that was w/o heatsink

 

[beenz]

nvm if you saw that link…that was w/o heatsink

yeah, I want the link to the one with the heat sink.

 

[old pig]

yeah, I want the link to the one with the heat sink.

w/ heatsink is $20 more ($359.99) https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-black-sn850-nvme-ssd#WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0 —sold out

w/o heatsink ($339.99) https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-black-sn850-nvme-ssd#WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0 —available

with some reading around tho you can buy a heatsink separately for like $10-15 on amazon

*edit*

make sure the heatsink is compatible with this specific drive

 

[Hood Critic]

can u drop the link to the one u bought?

I bought the same $339 drive @papa surf posted with the following double sided heat sink that you see in the "How to install..." video - NVMe Heatsinks for M.2 2280mm SSD Double-Sided Cooling Design - Newegg.com

 

[beenz]

I bought the same $339 drive @papa surf posted with the following double sided heat sink that you see in the "How to install..." video - NVMe Heatsinks for M.2 2280mm SSD Double-Sided Cooling Design - Newegg.com

I'm showing it sold out, and at best buy, they charging $500 and have it available today, so I'm good on that for now til they get back in stock.

 

[Hood Critic]

I'm showing it sold out, and at best buy, they charging $500 and have it available today, so I'm good on that for now til they get back in stock.

Not surprised, I think everyone is rushing to get the same drive since they were one of the first to update the description of the drive to be PS5 compatible.

I did see some at a local Office Depot a couple weeks ago, you might be able to find one in stock at a local odd ball store.

 

[old pig]

Not surprised, I think everyone is rushing to get the same drive since they were one of the first to update the description of the drive to be PS5 compatible.

I did see some at a local Office Depot a couple weeks ago, you might be able to find one in stock at a local odd ball store.

the one w/o heatsink is still in stock for the price you paid if he clicks the link…and he can get the same heatsink you suggested for $15.99 at amazon…I’d post the amazon link but them shyts don’t show up on here

 

[Hood Critic]

the one w/o heatsink is still in stock for the price you paid if he clicks the link…and he can get the same heatsink you suggested for $15.99 at amazon…I’d post the amazon link but them shyts don’t show up on here

Wish I had of saw that Amazon link prior to ordering from New Egg, could have saved myself $15 for the heatsink - that could have been a Chipotle lunch delivery.

 

[old pig]

Wish I had of saw that Amazon link prior to ordering from New Egg, could have saved myself $15 for the heatsink - that could have been a Chipotle lunch delivery.

ya that looks like it’s from a 3rd party vendor…price looked kinda high… still saved mad money tho…as bruh said, bestbuy charging $500 for that drive w/ heatsink smh

 

[old pig]

Just gonna drop this in here…

I recommend that everyone who seriously games to get an M.2 SSD.

All SSDs have limited writes before they die. The write life is based on the size and quality of the SSD.

We don’t know the write life on the internal PS5 drive, we can assume that its a lot since its a good size and they would want some longevity. But we can’t say for sure.

So, to alleviate the stress on the internal drive, I’m installing everything to the M.2 (aside from 1st party games). If the M.2 dies, who cares. If the internal drive dies, the whole console goes with it. So, I’m playing it super safe.

Plus, due to the faster write speeds of M.2 over the internal drive, the ‘copying/install’ process should be a lot faster.

took your advice and moved everything to the new drive…and still have 450GBs left on the new drive…I feel like storage wouldn’t have been an issue if sony had just given us closer to a full TB

 

[old pig]

…also game saves automatically download/save to the console storage…putting them on the new drive doesn’t appear to be an option

 

[Hood Critic]

Anybody getting their full 7,000 MBs read/write on their M.2 - mine only clocked in at around 6,600 MBs.

Well above the 5,500 MBs requirement but just curious.

 

[winb83]

Installed a 1TB WD Black SN850 in my PS5. Removing the side plate damaged the plastic inside the PS5 leaving white marks on it.

I've moved all my PS4 games to it. The system gave me the full 1TB of storage. I intend in the beginning to keep my PS5 games on the internal storage and PS4 games on the drive. As time goes on that will probably change as I play less PS4 games.