hello everyone it's spawnpoint and
welcome back to another video so
playstation released beta 2.0 last week
for the ps5 and with this update came
support for unlocking the internal ssd
bay now this is awesome for those
wanting to expand on that internal
storage from the available 675 gigabytes
so in today's video i will cover the
specs required the drives that i've used
with and without a heatsink how much
they cost and the very easy installation
process
now depending on the drive that you go
for it will take between 5 and 15
minutes to do from start to finish
yes this is not as easy as plugging an
external usb drive in but it's very easy
and really straightforward
let me start by saying that this is a
betas this is beta 2.0
and although the drives i've tested work
fine please remember that there's no
guarantees which will work in the future
so here's the version that i'm on and
this is the current storage that i've
got
there's the internal drive and i've got
an external ssd plugged in and that's
for my ps4 games
in terms of the specs required well sony
have actually provided a list on their
website that the ssd needs to meet it
needs to be a gen
4 m.2 nvme ssd with a capacity between
250 gigabytes and 4 terabytes plus the
read speed needs to be 5
500 megabytes per second or faster in
terms of the dimensions of the ssd well
i've put those on screen now these are
the maximum that will
fit in that bay and remember these
dimensions on screen that needs to
include the heatsink so if you're buying
an ssd without it and you're going to
add a third party
it needs to include both so looking
around online there are at least five or
six
options available that will fit
according to their dimensions these
include the samsung 980 pro
the seagate fire cuda 530 and the
western digital black sn850
most of these drives are available with
and without the heatsink
i'll show you the two options i bought
now and how i installed them then you
can decide for yourself whether it's
worth buying with or without a heatsink
and then buying it separately
ultimately it comes down to saving money
versus spending a little bit of time
so to get to that ssd slot that's inside
the console all we need to do is remove
the rear plate
so that's the side that does not have
the ps logo on it's also the same side
as the disc drive if you've got one
we just need to hold the top part of the
plate and we need to pull and lift it at
the same time and it will just slide
down
then under it there's this very small
plate and there's just one single screw
holding that in place you just need to
remove that
and that's it we're now ready to take a
look at the drives that we're going to
install
okay so first up is the western digital
black sn850 this is with a heatsink
built in
for testing i've gone for a 500 gigabyte
storage but you can get either a 500 gig
one terabyte or two terabyte drive i've
put the prices on screen now which are
likely to change
over the coming months as the demand
increases so it meets all of the
requirements set out by sony and it
should fit into the bay
but within the last couple of days
western digital themselves have actually
confirmed it will work
although i'd already installed and used
it by the time they announced it
so as it's got the heatsink built in
it's just a case of removing the tiny
screw and the spacer from the ps5
and then just slotting the drive in once
it's in just add that original screw and
spacer back on
and refit that bay cover now this fits
perfectly as expected with no issues so
far
but before i run through what it looks
like on the ps5 and the different
settings that we're going to get
let me show you the other ssd that i've
tried so this is
also the western digital black sn850 but
this one does not come with a heatsink
now technically this will fit into the
ps5 bay and it will work
however sony does recommend using a
heatsink to prevent overheating
so with that in mind let me show you
which heatsink i've added and how easy
it is to install
so these are the prices of the different
sizes available with and without a
heatsink
so i've gone for the two terabyte drive
without a heatsink now obviously these
prices are going to fluctuate a lot over
the coming months as more people wish to
buy it
and obviously the manufacturers can sell
more and probably bring those prices
down
but the price difference here between
having a heatsink or not especially on
the two terabyte drive that i've gone
for
was about 100 pounds at the time of
ordering and then for 10 pounds i can
get myself a heat sink
so all in all about 90 pounds saving for
about five minutes of work
so this is the heatsink that i've gone
for i've put the name of it on screen
now
now you can either attach it via screws
or you can use elastic bands
now i've opted to use screws as i'm
hoping that will last a little bit
longer
and this is all you need to do so you
need to add the pink thermal pad to the
bottom plate
then put the ssd drive on then the blue
thermal pad
followed by the top plate now once done
you just need to screw the plates
together using the tiny little screws it
comes with
making sure that the ssd lines up you
can still screw it to the board later
and that's it now we've got the same ssd
setup as before
and i've saved myself 90 pounds fitting
it is exactly the same as before so we
need to line the driver plug it in
and then use that provided screw and
spacer to pop it into place
then we need to replace the metal cover
over the bay which again fits perfectly
and once done we just need to replace
the ps5 rear plate plug everything back
in and we can turn it on
i'll show you all the messages that we
get on screen now and the new settings
that we will see
everything else i show you from this
point on applies to both drives it's
exactly the same
it's just the storage size that's
different the first time you turn it on
we will get this message on screen which
obviously recognizes that the new drive
has been installed then we obviously
need to reformat it and once it's been
reformatted it will actually do a write
test just to check that it's compatible
now under the storage options available
you can see we've got the new drive this
is the m.2 ssd
and as you can see it shows the full
capacity available the first thing that
i did was actually copied a few games
over to that new ssd and this was pretty
quick overall i tested on three
different games and it took about 30
seconds each
now any games that you do copy over they
don't show up any differently on the
home screen or any differently in the
game library
so if you have an external drive plugged
in with games on it shows that
separately
but as expected with the new ssd is
still classed as an internal console
storage
so it shows up in the same place as
before any games on the new drive
are playable from it so you don't need
to copy or move and back and forth
between the two drives
now in the settings under storage
another new option is also available and
that allows you to download and store
future ps4 and ps5 games straight to
that new drive
this option was there originally for the
playstation 4 games if you had a usb
drive plugged in but you can now set it
for the new drive and ps5
games so the next thing i did was i
wanted to test out the load times on a
couple of games
just to make sure that there was no
issues with the loading so i jumped on
ratchet and clank rift apart and i did a
test of loading both games up from the
menu
from the save menu on the console
storage and on that new internal ssd
and as you can see here it made no
difference at all both games loaded up
exactly the same
i then played some other games including
cold war wrc 9 and spider-man again
everything that i played works as you
expect is as good as being on the
internal drive
well one of the questions you might be
wondering is did it get any hotter does
the console or the ssd feel hot
well obviously the ssd slot is now on
the bottom of the console so it's quite
difficult to fill that
but from my experience so far it's had
no impact at all on the heat of the
console
the ultimate question is which one would
i recommend buying well if you want a
quick plug and play drive
i would go for the one with a heatsink
built in it will cost you more overall
but if you're worried about a
third-party heat sink not fit in
or you're worried you might mess it up
just get that one instead but if you're
happy to spend
five minutes putting the cheaper option
together it will cost you less for
exactly the same result
so i spent 360 pounds on the two
terabyte drive and that's with a
third-party heatsink but it would have
cost me 450 pounds for the one built in
so final verdict go for the cheapest
option whatever the best deals you can
get
then spend the savings on upgrading the
storage or buy a few extra games
for me i'm really pleased i've got an
extra two terabytes of storage now
it means i don't have to keep deleting
games when i'm running out of space and
it now means i can also store my
playstation 5 games on it
i'll still be keeping the external ssd
drive for my playstation 4 games so all
in all i've got about three and a half
to four terabytes of space to use
well you've made it to the end so thank
you for watching let me know in the
comments if you will be upgrading your
storage or if you're happy with the
current storage size
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