Sony PlayStation 4 1TB Console - Black

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It’s slightly pricier than Seagate’s official drive, which offers similar speed, but the P10 has a more gregarious design and an extra year of warranty coverage. You can fit this inside your PS4 as its main storage, then use a cheap external HDD as your games archive. However, if you've got a shiny new PS5, you can only upgrade internally with an SSD, but PS4 games will run off an external HDD.

Samsung is the king of consumer SSDs, so it’s no surprise that the firm’s solid-state products are the best options for slotting inside your PS4. Factor in that it’s also more affordable than Seagate’s and WD’s PS4-specific drives, and the WD_Black P10 is a gaming drive that’s worth the little extra. Simply connect the PS VR headset to your console and immerse yourself in breathtaking virtual-reality games, experiences and entertainment. Games these days can eat up vast amounts of storage space, so unless you’re exclusively planning on playing Fortnite or Minecraft, you’re going to need a large external drive. This guide will show you how to upgrade your PS4 hard drive, including instructions for the PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro and a video to walk you through everything.To back up everything on your console outside of its trophies, head to the system menu and then into the backup option. Crucial is another well-known and trusted storage maker, and their most recent additions - the X6 and X8 primarily - Emake for solid PS4 SSD options - as well as cross-gen ones for when you're ready to move to PS5. It’s good for use on the road and in busy homes thanks to a robust design that’s been tested to withstand vibrations, drops, and extreme temperatures. The lack of USB-C connectivity isn’t a problem thanks to the PS4’s full-size USB ports, and the P10 is a solid performer – better than the Toshiba and able to keep up with the PS4’s internal hard disks. There's one screw we need to unscrew to release the frame that holds the hard drive, using a Phillips screwdriver.

While that might seem like a small eternity with today's Gen 5 SSD speeds, just imagine the time it'd take to download that much raw data.Transferring 46GB worth of 2018's God of War from the hard drive to console storage, meanwhile, took only 5 minutes and 16 seconds. When I’m not testing out every peripheral I can get my hands on, I’m probably either playing tennis or dissecting game design for an upcoming video essay. Discover your next great adventure with access to catalogues of hundreds of current and classic games, limited-time trials, online multiplayer, member-exclusive discounts and more, with a choice of three membership options 2.

This won’t deliver much of a performance boost over the PS4’s normal hard disks, but Seagate’s drives are certainly no slower.As you may have found, if you rummage around the PS4 SSD market a bit more thoroughly, you'll find 'hidden' gems, away from the usual suspects. All content, games titles, trade names and/or trade dress, trademarks, artwork and associated imagery are trademarks and/or copyright material of their respective owners. The Expansion has a subtle exterior that’s admittedly made from plastic, and there’s a little give in the material – but it’s strong enough to be plonked next to your PS4. There's two ways to expand your hard drive capacity on PS4: replace the internal drive or attach one of the best external hard drives. On the inside it offers a similar pace to the FireCuda – so it’s fast enough to saturate the PS4’s USB ports while offering the speed needed to keep up with PCs and next-gen hardware.