Best
Replacement SSD for PlayStation 4
Android Central
2020
So you’ve decided that you have got to throw a new SSD in your PlayStation 4. It’s one of those upgrades that may, or may not visibly improve things, but if you can do it, why not? Most of the read and write speeds are comparable to each other, but we have put them in case it’s a deciding factor for you. Here are some of the best options available to you.
Where do you even start?
If you need an SSD and you want to have a good amount of storage space, then a 1TB drive may be the place to start. 1TB drives are of course going to be more expensive than their 500GB counterparts, but the increase in price is going to give you space for a lot more games.
No matter how you get the job done, expanding the storage in your PlayStation is a really nice quality of life upgrade. We like the Western Digital Blue because it’s a name you can trust, but the SanDisk is a name you’ll know as well and offers a great product and a good price.
Finally, you can always go with the Seagate hybrid drive if you need to save some money, but a full SSD is going to work better for you.
The compromise
If you’re looking at all these SSD prices and getting overwhelmed, I don’t blame you. Solid-state storage is still pretty expensive. If you still want to see an increase in speed on your PS4, but you want to save some bucks, there is another option.
Seagate 1TB FireCuda SSHD
($75 at Amazon)
SSHD stands for Solid State Hybrid Drive. The elevator pitch for drives like this is that you will see SSD speeds with traditional drive prices. This claim is somewhat dubious, and I probably wouldn’t put one in my PC and expect the same performance as an SSD. That being said, I would totally put one in my PlayStation. Upgrading from the stock PS4 drive to a hybrid drive like this one should show a marked increase in speed at a reasonable price point.
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