I agree. I very much like the video, but in terms of keeping all controls as equal as possible, I'd have done the same machine, with the same cool down time between trials, and check the internet speed before each download as needed. That said, by the time I would have finished, Kylie Jenner would have become president lol.
@@Jasonsadventures I was completely confused on this too lmao 🤣 it all comes down to internet connection and will be throttled. Most people don't even have 1Gb internet connections
@@ValentinoB No, the ps5 does have wifi 6 ,but if you don't have more than 1Gb internet connection. An SSD with 5000MB or more speeds won't even matter. Where it does come into play is when copying or moving files from one SSD to the next. Any m.2 these days is overkill TBH. What's a few seconds when moving a game or 2 . 🤣
I bought myself the 2 TB Corsair MP600 PRO during the prime day sale on Amazon for 122 Euros. The read speed is 7100 Mbps and the write is 6800 Mbps. I couldn't be happier with its performance. I formatted the drive 3 times to test its consistency. With each format, the speed just increased in its read speed. Started with 630 Mbps on the first format and 6500 Mpbs on the third format. Even if the write speed is UPTO 7100 Mbps, I think the PS5 reads it in a different way. No matter which drive you buy, with read speed over 6500 Mbps, the PS5 will read them between 6000 Mbps - 6500 Mbps. I moved all my games to the nvme drive and so far I haven't had any issues with downloading the games or running them off the nvme drive whatsoever. In my opinion, corsair is the best option to go for. It is cheaper than the others and offers comparatively better Read/Write speeds.
@@bobbydazzle4113 I mean... if you can understand what the person is trying to say then that's enough and maybe it's just auto-correct but the text was typed too fast to notice🙇♂️
I recommend buying a 2tb internal SSD and a 2tb external SSD for all your ps4 games and extra backup for ps5 games. Moving games back and forth is so quick and convenient.
Here's a few things that would help your testing. First of all, ignore the download speeds. That can vary significantly due to your ISP's and Sony's CDN traffic. Second, ignore the disc install speed. Blu-ray read speeds are significantly slower than what these NVME drives are capable of doing. For the actual testing, you should use larger games for the transfer test, run it multiple times for each drive, and then show the results for both transferring to and from the drive. Doing it this way should help prevent any background system processes from throwing off the results too much.
your results have likely been skewed by caching. your playstation has already cached the data and your first tested drives will be significantly slower than your last tested drives, because as you repeat the transfer more the console will cache more.
I bought the FireCuda 530 1TB last March for $190. Now it is $140. I love it. I have it set up so any PS5 games download to the internal storage and PS4 games download to the 530. Your video was done very well. My only suggestion would be to do each test 3 times per drive, throw out the longest time and average the other 2. Good video, well done.
I got the firecuda 530 4tb and I love it. Just like you all my ps4 games are on it and the main ps5 games I am playing on console storage with all the rest being on the SSD. I almost have the entire 4 TB SSD full to 70% which I will not go past due to recommendations. It works so fast and so good. Worth every cent.
@@SamsHamlet Don't worry firecuda is a very dependable ssd. 4TB is enough for more than 100 games. If you are that extreme take it. I just play every once in a while and the 2TB is really not enough. Some games takes huge space over 120 GB and much more. Not to mention the special edition games.
Same I just bought it for 130 the one terabyte one and seeing as I don’t have one and that’s my first one it does pretty well and I can definitely save an extra amount of games and I don’t have to keep re-deleting games to download another one
I order the same on Friday. Arriving today Monday. Just saw this video and wondered if I should just return it unopened. Seeemd must others are having a good experience, but for the cheap price there may be an occasional dud and he got one. Reading the comments I think I'll try it still.
I just use the internal space, it’s good enough. Holds about 10 games or so, then I delete and add games as I beat them or no longer want to play them.
I have the firecuda HD in my ps4 and it's the only one that has never crashed and burned. Love Seagate. I use the Iron wolf HDs in my home nas. Nothing but the best.
Thanks for putting in the effort to make this video. For future videos, I would like to see more visual representation (e.g., results, drive names) on screen. It is extra work, but I think it would make the video more coherent. Max Tech (a Macbook youtube channel) have good examples how to do performance comparison vids, imo.
Download testing depends on more than only your internet speed. One game can go faster than another. GTA V (90GB) was done in 15 minutes, it went just over 100 MB/S while the CoD update went at about 80. I have a 1 gb/s internet speed. I've got it wired. If you really want to test a download on different consoles, do it wired, same game and not at the same time. Transfer GTA to the SSD was Fast af, i have the WD Black SN850X 2TB.
I have the Corsair MP600 PRO LPX 2TB and transferring over my 400GB worth of games from console to the NVMe took less than 20 minutes. I encountered no issues. You probably had a lemon unit to test with on video.
I have the corsair for the last 2 months, no issues, read speed of 6538 mb/s. The box was a different than the one you have and it's ps5 compatible. Must have a defective one.
Thanks for the video!! I literally just found the 2TB Firecuda for $240 on sale! and I just got a PS5 too! SUPER excited to check out Sony's next-gen gaming!!!
IGN and Tom's Hardware reviewed most of these drives, the Corsair MP600 LPX is one or the best drives you can get for your cash, down speed at 5.5 or 5.8 really doesn't matter you won't feel it.
I currently have a Seagate Game Drive M.2, 1tb that i bought for my PS5 ($157 w/ tax). 7300 MBPS read and 6000 MBPS write speed. Ive had it in my PS5 for a few weeks (PS5 is only about 3-4 weeks old anyways) and so far I'm happy with it. I dont plan on buying many games for my PS5 currently, maybe 10 max, but i dont want to be having to delete files like i did on the PS4 to do updates or play new games. If i need more space, then I'll probably just get a 2 or even a 4 TB ssd for it. I dont think that will happen, but being the PS5 has had many things to slow its sales like the microchip shortage as well as just Covid in general, game development probably hasnt gone into full swing yet. Personally the peak gaming for me was during PS3 as i have probably over 100 games for it while ps4 has something like 25 tops. So far i have 2 games for my PS5 and one on the way.
I've had my PS5 since a month after launch, and in all that time, I never once had an issue with storage. I have an extremely fast Internet connection, so, when I do download a game, it takes less than 15 minutes to download 95% of all games.
I'm kinda in the same park. I mean I do understand people who want to install a 1TB SSD because they have big games and play many back to back or if they share the console. But then some guys come and install 2 or even 4 terabytes and I'm like WTF dude, I live in a country where internet service is not specially amazing and almost any game take less than half an hour to download, most under 20 minutes.
@@AlejandroLZuvic yea sweet. And when the PS5 store goes down and you can’t download your games anymore like soon on ps3 or the 3ds maybe you’ll figure it out.
@@HuhWhatHuhwhatHuh It's pretty obvious every PS game from the PS4 onwards will be backwards compatible with future PS consoles. So you will be able to download PS5 games. The time of exotic architecture in consoles is over.
I came up on one of your videos by total accident while looking for something I think it was unrelated to the actual topic that you end up talking about but anyway my point is I enjoyed that video so much that I am giving you all the thumbs up I'm subscribing and you just make really good content man even though I wasn't 100% sure what the content was about at first I think I get the hang of it now and I'm also obsessed with you PlayStation and I just got a PS5 so I'm all in good job keep doing what you doing it's always work
So you recommend the Samsung 980 Pro 2TB? This is what I bought. I haven’t installed it into PS5 yet and I paid $280 CDN but Firecuda was sold out. Should I keep this one or exchange ?
After viewing your video this morning, I got stressed up because I ordered an MP600 Pro LPX 2 days ago. Then looked again at other reviews, and they were all positives. It arrived about 20 minutes ago, installed it, and it took about 4 minutes to move 290GB of games on it. I’m guessing you have a defective unit, or you dumped static electricity in it while installing it, or something like that.
He used different PS5s to do these tests...very unscientific. I'd like to know if he tried the MP600 in a different PS5, or if he tried a different SSD in the PS5 he used the MP600 in. Some trouble shooting steps need to be done. Buy another MP600 and try that. Otherwise his recommendations are worthless.
Yeah I got the 4TB in my Ps5 andI moved 10 games from the Ps5 SSD to the MP600 PRO LPX in around 15 min. This test was not really scientifically correct though, you can safely buy the Corsair version it has the best result when stress tested online.
WD drive is designed to use the cooling of the PS5 so an honest test would put temp sensor while doing testing over time. I think you will find WD probably performs better. Just saying. I put a 4TB WD 850 in my PS5. I didn't notice any game speed issues.
I just use extended storage still USB-C SSD). I only play 4 or 5 games regularly and they fit in standard console storage just fine. When I can upgrade to 2 or more TB m.2 expanded for $100 USD or less I'll do it. Until then it just doesn't make any sense to me.
Yes, not a bad price,@@pheapkim978, but 1TB expanded isn't quite worth the trouble cost to me personally. Probably be another year until 2 TB falls that low.
The last part where you state lightning or a surge of power thru your system. You could unplug when not in use or invest in a surge protector. The more surges you get in your power supply the more chance of burning it out. Now the usb part being burnt out idk. But the ps6 should be coming out with wireless charging like the cellphones. Just place it on top of the console self charging..
I bought the 2 TB Western Digital Black sn850 SSD because one of the main engineers of the PS5 recommended it. I have had a Seagate HDD corrupt itself on my first PS4 and gaming laptop that I'm actively avoiding them forever.
What’s your opinion on the Corsair LPX now. This is the only place on the internet I. O hills find that this issue appears. Was it a dud? Thanks for your time!
Couldn't you have took an external drive to archive games then transfer them back to the internal sdd to do this rather than download off the internet?
Would think there might be a defect with the Corsair drive … I would RMA it and see if the replacement still has the same issue … The Firecuda can actually do up to 7000 write when used in a PC however most of the time the PS5 seems to indicate different speeds from what is advertised Also there is no mention of the firmware on the drives… was this updated to the latest version ? Since that also makes a difference I am currently also wondering if the 4TB max limit for m.2 NVMe drives and 8TB max limit for USB Drives has been removed since higher capacity drives are available (Especially for external USB Drives)
Sabrent Rocket Q 8TB NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD High Performance Solid State Drive R/W 3300/2900MB/s (SB-RKTQ-8TB) google this that will answer your question
@@TAMPATLBLACK you can use any m.2 for PS5 games as you can only install PS5 games on internal storage or any m.2 ssd that goes in the slot. Don't think you can use external SSD tho
@@Ryan8573A yeah that one is not going to work since it is PCI-e gen 3 However there PCI-e gen 4 version in 8TB does not work ether (Sabrent has actually tested this themself) It might seem silly at the time but as time goes by these drives will become more affordable just like the 2TB m.2 drives that used to be a bit more expensive that the Xbox Series expansion card of the same size (around 400) and are now available for 25 up to 50% less than that As for the USB drives … here the limit is 8TB (and not a byte more) and unfortunately this makes some 8TB drives not compatible as they have a slightly higher capacity But the worst thing is that some higher capacity drives are around the same price and sometimes even a little cheaper So I don’t understand why Sony has made this seemingly stupid choice to limit there Consoles this way
These corsair mp600 ssd's are known to have the phison e-16 memory controllers on them. If you buy an ssd for any internal drive either for ps5 or PC make sure it has a phison e-18 controller and check what the iops are on the drive as well.
so i just bought that damn corsair mp600 and now i am scared that i bought the wrong ssd 🤦🏽♂️ how would i check if it had phison e-16 controller ? also what is that 😆
@@Krazywizard301 and the controller is what handles the transfer of files from the memory on the m.2 to the PS5 in simple terms the E-16 is slower than the E-18 which could be why this model suffered as the controller was being pushed to hard or it could be a bad m.2 that he got.
Cause it's the ps5 thats writing to the drive the ssd can handle something that writes up to 7000mbs so no matter what drive u use it's guna be basically the same
The best test is the time transfer from internal to second (external) nvme and to check temperatures also. The download (from internet) and installation from blue ray drive are not trustworthy (pointless) Also the read-write life duration must know too. (Sorry if my English are not so good. I am Greek)
I would only trust western digital and Samsung ssd’s. I don’t have experience with seagates SSD, but their HDDs have reliability issues in my experience
These drives have dropped significantly recently. 2tb WD 850x is 179, and the one in video is 199 for 2tb. Samsung 950 is 179. The WDX claims to have 6600 write speed and the one on the video is 5000 so idk why the X is 20 cheaper. But now you can get 2tb for less than 200 which is awesome.
just purchased the nexstorage ssd and it read over 6100 read and write 1tb for $55 not bad tbh but it was less than advertised but honestly I can't complain
I think you're corsair had an issue. I've got the MP600 PRO LPX 2 TB version, and it seems to work great & for $139.91 out the door, I'm more than happy .
Depends what kind of Internet you have most companies are still going through coax cable where I am in Wisconsin we have fiber optic my friend that i game with is in San Antonio Texas he's going through coax cable and he legs all the time
Untill recently the speeds listed are for gen 4 pcs. They run lil slower on ps5 but aslong as ur getting 5k plus ur fine. The 980 pro and 850x is the best bang but fire is good now that the price has dropped. It used to be way to much.
I think the problem you are having is access rate speeds. Any external drive is going to be limited by the bus speed of the USB port. USB access rate on the PS5 is SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps. But this does not apply to the front USB A port on the PS5. The USB C port on the front and both USB ports on the back are the SuperSpeed USB ports. The Front USB A port is only 1.5 MBps. The internet download rates are always the problem when attempting to test time trials. Using the same equipment, your time can vary. Why? Net storms, line quality degradation, different download locations, too many to list. With Sony, you have servers scattered around the country so the distance from you is as short as possible. But, if a node has high traffic, you might be shifted to the next location which throws a bunch of extra dynamics into the ball. Added distance along with the possible problems for all the connection points along that distance can turn a 15 minute download into a 3 hour affair.
@@tomburnham6640 i dunno what you are on about. He is using a usb cable plugging into the usb port on a ps5. There are only 6 types of connections on the ps5. 2 high speed usb A ports on the back. 1 USB C port on the front. 1 USB A port (not the high speed variant) on the front. 1 HDMI port. 1 ethernet port. 1 power port. high speed and usb c are rated at 5 gb transfer rates. Standard usb is rated at 1.5mb transfer rates. His tests showed this. The drive is rated for higher transfer rates but was being limited to 5gb.
@@OGSomeOne You are wrong, there are 7 connections. There is also an M.2 Gen 4 PCIe expansion slot that is required to play PS5 games not stored on the built-in (soldered on) storage. This is located under the bottom or right hand (when the console is vertical) side plate. If you look at 5:49 above where it says 1.541GB you'll see a cylindrical icon and 'M.2' on top of it, meaning it's in the PCIe slot. Also, the USB A ports on the back are 10GB/s not 5GB/s. However this does not actually mean they transfer 10GB of data per second, the effective speed is actually around 1000MB/s or 1200MB/s depending on if they are Gen 1x2 or Gen 2. Maybe research stuff before commenting...
@@tomburnham6640 sony claims they are 10gb. the standard is 5gb. imo, they might be 10gb but standard is 5gb so the limitation is on the box where they external drive is stored. I am looking at my PS5 with disc right now an I do not see an access port to put internal ssd storage on the machine. the specs don't list one either, per the sony site.
good video, the only issue I saw is that some of the drives were 2tb and some were 1tb. lower capacity ssd's have lower amount of dram cache percentages. also the overall speeds are slower aswell. it would have been better if you used only 1tb drives.
A cheaper M.2 gen 4 NVME drive that I used that worked very well was a Inland Performance 2 TB just make sure you get the Gen 4 version, it is almost as fast as a Sabrant rocket 2 TB drive I have. I got both during an Amazon sale.
@@Jason75913 It is still working. It's just no longer my PlayStation. I upgraded 124 TB, because they had. Uh, the silicon power accessed the lead on sale 41 hundred ninety or a prime day special and I got that, ah so I put it on my laptop as a secondary drive still working to this day
I have the Seagate Fire Cuda... I heard back when I bought it that it was the best, I spent 235$ on the 1tb but this was back when Sony launched the feature of the internal drive. I want to go to a 2tb, but I wish I could put my 1tb towards the price.
the 7000+ speeds are not false advertising, it's just the PS5, plug it into any gen 4 PC and you'll get the full speed. Also this test is pretty useless considering there's nothing about actual gameplay just transfering files.
How is that useless? That's a better test than games generally. For the most part games will typically not saturate the full bandwidth of these drives which would make the tests all have way more similar results than transferring files which tests their actual capability in a more meaningful way.
lol, I remember when I was told I would never use 1TB of storage. It is so funny thinking about what people thought they knew what was happening with electronics to what the reality is.
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Testing on different ps5s isn't good testing. You should test all of them in one machine.
I agree. I very much like the video, but in terms of keeping all controls as equal as possible, I'd have done the same machine, with the same cool down time between trials, and check the internet speed before each download as needed. That said, by the time I would have finished, Kylie Jenner would have become president lol.
Downloading from the internet to test a SSD is the dumbest thing I've seen on youtube in years anyway
@@Jasonsadventures but doesn't it reflect real world situations, you buy a game and want to DL it?
@@Jasonsadventures I was completely confused on this too lmao 🤣 it all comes down to internet connection and will be throttled. Most people don't even have 1Gb internet connections
@@ValentinoB No, the ps5 does have wifi 6 ,but if you don't have more than 1Gb internet connection. An SSD with 5000MB or more speeds won't even matter.
Where it does come into play is when copying or moving files from one SSD to the next. Any m.2 these days is overkill TBH. What's a few seconds when moving a game or 2 . 🤣
I bought myself the 2 TB Corsair MP600 PRO during the prime day sale on Amazon for 122 Euros. The read speed is 7100 Mbps and the write is 6800 Mbps. I couldn't be happier with its performance.
I formatted the drive 3 times to test its consistency. With each format, the speed just increased in its read speed. Started with 630 Mbps on the first format and 6500 Mpbs on the third format.
Even if the write speed is UPTO 7100 Mbps, I think the PS5 reads it in a different way. No matter which drive you buy, with read speed over 6500 Mbps, the PS5 will read them between 6000 Mbps - 6500 Mbps.
I moved all my games to the nvme drive and so far I haven't had any issues with downloading the games or running them off the nvme drive whatsoever.
In my opinion, corsair is the best option to go for. It is cheaper than the others and offers comparatively better Read/Write speeds.
I have the Corsair MP600 Pro too. It works fine.
Would it of killed you to make a super simple excel spreadsheet with all of the respective drives/speeds/prices?🤦♂
It is "would it have**..." not 'of'
@@Ronjuz I have to be honest. I can't stand people correcting Grammar and spelling. Why!?!
@@Ronjuz yes we R all lolling @ U.
@@bobbydazzle4113 I mean... if you can understand what the person is trying to say then that's enough and maybe it's just auto-correct but the text was typed too fast to notice🙇♂️
Dude drops a vid and your are complaining smh
I recommend buying a 2tb internal SSD and a 2tb external SSD for all your ps4 games and extra backup for ps5 games. Moving games back and forth is so quick and convenient.
Here's a few things that would help your testing. First of all, ignore the download speeds. That can vary significantly due to your ISP's and Sony's CDN traffic. Second, ignore the disc install speed. Blu-ray read speeds are significantly slower than what these NVME drives are capable of doing. For the actual testing, you should use larger games for the transfer test, run it multiple times for each drive, and then show the results for both transferring to and from the drive. Doing it this way should help prevent any background system processes from throwing off the results too much.
Another thing if a drive is Fuller it writes slower that's why when he wrote it back to the internal storage it went so much slower
Comparing download speed is just silly. No ISP is going to download anywhere near what any of these drives can write.
your results have likely been skewed by caching. your playstation has already cached the data and your first tested drives will be significantly slower than your last tested drives, because as you repeat the transfer more the console will cache more.
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Could you explain?
@@MoodyDudey pretty sure you don’t need a better explanation than that. It’s a no brainer
@@trilliedon8728 yeah my bad, I didn’t even watch the video yet 😂
@@MoodyDudey there are steps to clearing your consoles cache
I used the Wd black sn850 since the day the sd drive was unlocked and I’ve had zero problems so far
I bought the FireCuda 530 1TB last March for $190. Now it is $140. I love it. I have it set up so any PS5 games download to the internal storage and PS4 games download to the 530. Your video was done very well. My only suggestion would be to do each test 3 times per drive, throw out the longest time and average the other 2. Good video, well done.
I got the firecuda 530 4tb and I love it. Just like you all my ps4 games are on it and the main ps5 games I am playing on console storage with all the rest being on the SSD. I almost have the entire 4 TB SSD full to 70% which I will not go past due to recommendations. It works so fast and so good. Worth every cent.
Hey is it still running well? I’m thinking about getting the 4tb version
@@SamsHamlet I have had mine in for almost a year and have not had any drama.
@@SamsHamlet
Don't worry firecuda is a very dependable ssd. 4TB is enough for more than 100 games. If you are that extreme take it. I just play every once in a while and the 2TB is really not enough. Some games takes huge space over 120 GB and much more. Not to mention the special edition games.
Same I just bought it for 130 the one terabyte one and seeing as I don’t have one and that’s my first one it does pretty well and I can definitely save an extra amount of games and I don’t have to keep re-deleting games to download another one
Crucial P3 Plus is going to give you the most space for the money. P5 Plus is great too, and faster, for a little more money.
Whats the speed on it I seen ppl saying only 5000 mb
I have the Corsair MP600 Pro Gen4 and it's fast and works perfect in my PS5 with no issues
same and i did a lot of researched before i got it..
Same here. No issues at all with the Corsair.
I order the same on Friday. Arriving today Monday. Just saw this video and wondered if I should just return it unopened.
Seeemd must others are having a good experience, but for the cheap price there may be an occasional dud and he got one.
Reading the comments I think I'll try it still.
@@jonmobrien use it ~ it's great!
I just use the internal space, it’s good enough. Holds about 10 games or so, then I delete and add games as I beat them or no longer want to play them.
This video is 1 year too late. Everyone know the Firecuda is king. The 980 is best bang per bucks.
I have the firecuda HD in my ps4 and it's the only one that has never crashed and burned. Love Seagate. I use the Iron wolf HDs in my home nas. Nothing but the best.
Wdblack
Agreed.
I purchased a 4TB Barracuda 530 for my gaming laptop. And 2TB Barracuda 530 for my PS5. These SSD drives are beasts!
Right now the Corsair is best bang for buck. Cheaper than the Samsung.
Thanks for putting in the effort to make this video.
For future videos, I would like to see more visual representation (e.g., results, drive names) on screen. It is extra work, but I think it would make the video more coherent. Max Tech (a Macbook youtube channel) have good examples how to do performance comparison vids, imo.
I have the Samsung 980 Pro 2tb and it's great. Highly recommend. I liked it so much on my PS5 I bought another one for my PC.
Nothing beats the 4TB Firecuda!
Very true.
It even beats your wallet! $600 more for that 1 second faster gamer speed 🔥
I won't even look up the cost
Just got a 2tb Samsung Evo 980 Pro. It's incredible. It's full already, but it's incredible.
I buy too many games.
Download testing depends on more than only your internet speed.
One game can go faster than another. GTA V (90GB) was done in 15 minutes, it went just over 100 MB/S while the CoD update went at about 80. I have a 1 gb/s internet speed. I've got it wired.
If you really want to test a download on different consoles, do it wired, same game and not at the same time.
Transfer GTA to the SSD was Fast af, i have the WD Black SN850X 2TB.
I've been using the Firecuda for about 6 months and have had 0 issues 😀
Speed good?
@@VWayyyyyyyy the speed is really good
Glad I waited to buy my Firecuda. The prices are very reasonable now.
I have the Corsair MP600 PRO LPX 2TB and transferring over my 400GB worth of games from console to the NVMe took less than 20 minutes. I encountered no issues. You probably had a lemon unit to test with on video.
I have the corsair for the last 2 months, no issues, read speed of 6538 mb/s. The box was a different than the one you have and it's ps5 compatible. Must have a defective one.
No issues for me either, the box for mine was black and yellow.
I have corsair 4TB no problem so far. Got it from egg website and 5 year warranty from corsair website with proof of receipt ..
Yup! Works absolutely great for me as well 💯👍❗
I just installed the 1tb one in mine, same speed, works fine.
Firecuda 530 2TB not only faster but has vastly better durability stats
Thanks for the video!! I literally just found the 2TB Firecuda for $240 on sale! and I just got a PS5 too! SUPER excited to check out Sony's next-gen gaming!!!
Ugh. Seagates are the only drives I've had that fail. Like, no worky, stop loading everything, break my PC level failures.
Yes I did go with the 2TB Fire Cuda & it did not disappoint!!!
Nothing beat 0.1 second that faster there is
IGN and Tom's Hardware reviewed most of these drives, the Corsair MP600 LPX is one or the best drives you can get for your cash, down speed at 5.5 or 5.8 really doesn't matter you won't feel it.
I currently have a Seagate Game Drive M.2, 1tb that i bought for my PS5 ($157 w/ tax). 7300 MBPS read and 6000 MBPS write speed. Ive had it in my PS5 for a few weeks (PS5 is only about 3-4 weeks old anyways) and so far I'm happy with it. I dont plan on buying many games for my PS5 currently, maybe 10 max, but i dont want to be having to delete files like i did on the PS4 to do updates or play new games. If i need more space, then I'll probably just get a 2 or even a 4 TB ssd for it. I dont think that will happen, but being the PS5 has had many things to slow its sales like the microchip shortage as well as just Covid in general, game development probably hasnt gone into full swing yet. Personally the peak gaming for me was during PS3 as i have probably over 100 games for it while ps4 has something like 25 tops. So far i have 2 games for my PS5 and one on the way.
I bought the corsair 2tb for $130 and works great for me even found a vented ssd cover
I have the WD Black 2T. Works great.
Same here no issues
WD black 4tb and I have practically forgotten about it.
It's the external HD though
It's a great drive.
Me too. only did a little bit of research when making my decision to go with it. I could care less about saving "a minute" on installs.
@@John_M_B You would have to do at least 3 downloads to get an accurate average. every download is different. Depends on internet traffic at the time.
Are u related to Steve Kerr the warriors head coach🤣
I've had my PS5 since a month after launch, and in all that time, I never once had an issue with storage. I have an extremely fast Internet connection, so, when I do download a game, it takes less than 15 minutes to download 95% of all games.
I'm kinda in the same park. I mean I do understand people who want to install a 1TB SSD because they have big games and play many back to back or if they share the console.
But then some guys come and install 2 or even 4 terabytes and I'm like WTF dude, I live in a country where internet service is not specially amazing and almost any game take less than half an hour to download, most under 20 minutes.
@@AlejandroLZuvic yea sweet. And when the PS5 store goes down and you can’t download your games anymore like soon on ps3 or the 3ds maybe you’ll figure it out.
@@HuhWhatHuhwhatHuh It's pretty obvious every PS game from the PS4 onwards will be backwards compatible with future PS consoles. So you will be able to download PS5 games. The time of exotic architecture in consoles is over.
I use a 4tb wd_black external for all my PS4 games since they play from external and plan on a 2tb WD_black internal SSD for PS5 stuff.
I came up on one of your videos by total accident while looking for something I think it was unrelated to the actual topic that you end up talking about but anyway my point is I enjoyed that video so much that I am giving you all the thumbs up I'm subscribing and you just make really good content man even though I wasn't 100% sure what the content was about at first I think I get the hang of it now and I'm also obsessed with you PlayStation and I just got a PS5 so I'm all in good job keep doing what you doing it's always work
So you recommend the Samsung 980 Pro 2TB? This is what I bought. I haven’t installed it into PS5 yet and I paid $280 CDN but Firecuda was sold out. Should I keep this one or exchange ?
I am trying to upgrade my external drive to another. How can I keep my games and data on the original external drive?
After viewing your video this morning, I got stressed up because I ordered an MP600 Pro LPX 2 days ago. Then looked again at other reviews, and they were all positives. It arrived about 20 minutes ago, installed it, and it took about 4 minutes to move 290GB of games on it. I’m guessing you have a defective unit, or you dumped static electricity in it while installing it, or something like that.
He used different PS5s to do these tests...very unscientific. I'd like to know if he tried the MP600 in a different PS5, or if he tried a different SSD in the PS5 he used the MP600 in. Some trouble shooting steps need to be done. Buy another MP600 and try that. Otherwise his recommendations are worthless.
Yeah not a very good experiment video. The mp600 is the most highly recommended ssd for the PS5 in peer reviews. I absolutely love mine
Yeah I got the 4TB in my Ps5 andI moved 10 games from the Ps5 SSD to the MP600 PRO LPX in around 15 min. This test was not really scientifically correct though, you can safely buy the Corsair version it has the best result when stress tested online.
Either way you win because any one of these ssd's are going to be better then just the console. 🤷♂️
WD drive is designed to use the cooling of the PS5 so an honest test would put temp sensor while doing testing over time. I think you will find WD probably performs better. Just saying. I put a 4TB WD 850 in my PS5. I didn't notice any game speed issues.
Got the 2 TB Corsair mp600 and have had no issues I couldn't even tell anything was different
I bought the 980 pro as soon as Sony made it possible to upgrade storage. Good to know I have a decent drive.
Same here
Just upgraded my 1tb to 2tb
Same! 980 pro works great,I even got mine on sale for $180 at best buy.
@@JkChaotic are you using it updated?
@@JkChaotic me2
I just use extended storage still USB-C SSD). I only play 4 or 5 games regularly and they fit in standard console storage just fine. When I can upgrade to 2 or more TB m.2 expanded for $100 USD or less I'll do it. Until then it just doesn't make any sense to me.
I paid 115$ for 1tb xblade on sale best buy n it all speed specs compatible
Yes, not a bad price,@@pheapkim978, but 1TB expanded isn't quite worth the trouble cost to me personally. Probably be another year until 2 TB falls that low.
The brand is xpg sry for the mistake
@@therealchickentender it’s not enough for me also I’m already maxed out I need 4tb on sale for 500$ right now it’s usually 700$
@@pheapkim978 Yeh I just rather uninstall and reinstall than spend 500 on storage. :) Thats the cost of the PS5. But again - i'm cheap.
My Nextorage 1Tb for $90 is killing it. Haven't had any problems in the four months since I installed it
The last part where you state lightning or a surge of power thru your system. You could unplug when not in use or invest in a surge protector. The more surges you get in your power supply the more chance of burning it out. Now the usb part being burnt out idk. But the ps6 should be coming out with wireless charging like the cellphones. Just place it on top of the console self charging..
I bought the 2 TB Western Digital Black sn850 SSD because one of the main engineers of the PS5 recommended it. I have had a Seagate HDD corrupt itself on my first PS4 and gaming laptop that I'm actively avoiding them forever.
What’s your opinion on the Corsair LPX now. This is the only place on the internet I. O hills find that this issue appears. Was it a dud? Thanks for your time!
It literally just took me 15 seconds to transfer Ghost Wire Tokyo to my Corsair MP600.
Corsair MP600 Pro LPX is the best bang for the buck.
Couldn't you have took an external drive to archive games then transfer them back to the internal sdd to do this rather than download off the internet?
Just pulled the trigger on the 4TB FireCuda for my PS5 👍
_The ads edited into that data transfer speed countdown caught me by surprise, the anxiety almost made me skip 🙄_
Would think there might be a defect with the Corsair drive … I would RMA it and see if the replacement still has the same issue …
The Firecuda can actually do up to 7000 write when used in a PC however most of the time the PS5 seems to indicate different speeds from what is advertised
Also there is no mention of the firmware on the drives… was this updated to the latest version ?
Since that also makes a difference
I am currently also wondering if the 4TB max limit for m.2 NVMe drives and 8TB max limit for USB Drives has been removed since higher capacity drives are available (Especially for external USB Drives)
Sabrent Rocket Q 8TB NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD High Performance Solid State Drive R/W 3300/2900MB/s (SB-RKTQ-8TB) google this that will answer your question
@@Ryan8573A can you use that to play PS5 games or only the Sabrent 4TB max?
@@TAMPATLBLACK you can use any m.2 for PS5 games as you can only install PS5 games on internal storage or any m.2 ssd that goes in the slot. Don't think you can use external SSD tho
@@mycelium1456 jeez how much is 8GB M.2 over a grand?
@@Ryan8573A yeah that one is not going to work since it is PCI-e gen 3
However there PCI-e gen 4 version in 8TB does not work ether (Sabrent has actually tested this themself)
It might seem silly at the time but as time goes by these drives will become more affordable just like the 2TB m.2 drives that used to be a bit more expensive that the Xbox Series expansion card of the same size (around 400) and are now available for 25 up to 50% less than that
As for the USB drives … here the limit is 8TB (and not a byte more) and unfortunately this makes some 8TB drives not compatible as they have a slightly higher capacity
But the worst thing is that some higher capacity drives are around the same price and sometimes even a little cheaper
So I don’t understand why Sony has made this seemingly stupid choice to limit there Consoles this way
These corsair mp600 ssd's are known to have the phison e-16 memory controllers on them. If you buy an ssd for any internal drive either for ps5 or PC make sure it has a phison e-18 controller and check what the iops are on the drive as well.
so i just bought that damn corsair mp600 and now i am scared that i bought the wrong ssd 🤦🏽♂️ how would i check if it had phison e-16 controller ? also what is that 😆
@@Krazywizard301 and the controller is what handles the transfer of files from the memory on the m.2 to the PS5 in simple terms the E-16 is slower than the E-18 which could be why this model suffered as the controller was being pushed to hard or it could be a bad m.2 that he got.
I think if it’s the LPX version that means it’s the E-18 controller.
@@Krazywizard301 you should be. You might have to wait 4 seconds longer to move a game.
Internet is a factor also need to consider that . Just by switching to cable instead of wifi conection it incresed by alot download speed.
Cause it's the ps5 thats writing to the drive the ssd can handle something that writes up to 7000mbs so no matter what drive u use it's guna be basically the same
The best test is the time transfer from internal to second (external) nvme and to check temperatures also. The download (from internet) and installation from blue ray drive are not trustworthy (pointless) Also the read-write life duration must know too. (Sorry if my English are not so good. I am Greek)
I would only trust western digital and Samsung ssd’s. I don’t have experience with seagates SSD, but their HDDs have reliability issues in my experience
Bought a brand new seagate 5tb usb hdd for it to make ticking noises from first use
I actually have the opposite experience with WD HDDs constantly failing and Seagate HDDs being rock solid.
Do you have to turn off or turn on the ssd that is installed inside your PS5 and do you have to turn them off before you shut your PS5 off
I love my fircuda got a 4tb and still have plenty of space left. Worth the extra cash
Aclimator brand m.2 drive I have writes at 7,200 gigs. When moving games back and forth it's significantly faster than the built in ps5 storage
Great video sir. From someone who didnt understand how these things work you thoroughly explained it well.
Now's the time to get the Samsung 980, I just bought it at Best buy for $89. Definitely worth the investment.
These drives have dropped significantly recently. 2tb WD 850x is 179, and the one in video is 199 for 2tb. Samsung 950 is 179. The WDX claims to have 6600 write speed and the one on the video is 5000 so idk why the X is 20 cheaper. But now you can get 2tb for less than 200 which is awesome.
Now It really has dropped. At least the Samsung has, I just bought the 1tb for $89 at Best buy.
The wd 1tb is $59 now and the 2tb is ibelieve $129
I have the PNY XLR8 CS3140 2TB and it’s awesome 7,500 Read & 6,850 Write
just purchased the nexstorage ssd and it read over 6100 read and write 1tb for $55 not bad tbh but it was less than advertised but honestly I can't complain
What kind of internet do you have though?
I didn't even know what an ssd was before this video, now I can teach a class.
You can get wd black sn850 1tb for s total of $120 with tax at best buy now. Just picked up the 850.
I have that Corsair in my Amazon cart... I'm glad I watched this.
A real test between drives would be how hot and the life span.......
I have the 980 Pro in my PS5 and have had no download or transfer issues.
Are you using it updated?
@@youtuberculosis6510 Yeah I have everything updated. No issues
I think you're corsair had an issue. I've got the MP600 PRO LPX 2 TB version, and it seems to work great & for $139.91 out the door, I'm more than happy .
Don’t prefer any over other. I’m happy with the WD black for my ps5 but this was fun to watch and resourceful
I got my fire cuda at Walmart for $130. It’s been awesome
Hey buddy, where did you get your TV stand?
I run the Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7000s SSD 2TB in both of my PS5's its super quick and bulletproof.
Depends what kind of Internet you have most companies are still going through coax cable where I am in Wisconsin we have fiber optic my friend that i game with is in San Antonio Texas he's going through coax cable and he legs all the time
I have a Sabrent Rocket 4tb ssd in mine. A fantastic wee drive
FireCuda 530 1TB is $119.00 on Amazon right now
I got the WD Black SN 850 on Amazon for $124 and it’s 1 TB!
Untill recently the speeds listed are for gen 4 pcs. They run lil slower on ps5 but aslong as ur getting 5k plus ur fine. The 980 pro and 850x is the best bang but fire is good now that the price has dropped. It used to be way to much.
Of course I watch this AFTER I bought the mp600
3 PS5s in 1 room is mind blowing!
I think the problem you are having is access rate speeds. Any external drive is going to be limited by the bus speed of the USB port. USB access rate on the PS5 is SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps. But this does not apply to the front USB A port on the PS5. The USB C port on the front and both USB ports on the back are the SuperSpeed USB ports. The Front USB A port is only 1.5 MBps. The internet download rates are always the problem when attempting to test time trials. Using the same equipment, your time can vary. Why? Net storms, line quality degradation, different download locations, too many to list. With Sony, you have servers scattered around the country so the distance from you is as short as possible. But, if a node has high traffic, you might be shifted to the next location which throws a bunch of extra dynamics into the ball. Added distance along with the possible problems for all the connection points along that distance can turn a 15 minute download into a 3 hour affair.
He is not using USB ports. He is using the M.2 PCIe expansion slot.
@@tomburnham6640 i dunno what you are on about. He is using a usb cable plugging into the usb port on a ps5. There are only 6 types of connections on the ps5. 2 high speed usb A ports on the back. 1 USB C port on the front. 1 USB A port (not the high speed variant) on the front. 1 HDMI port. 1 ethernet port. 1 power port. high speed and usb c are rated at 5 gb transfer rates. Standard usb is rated at 1.5mb transfer rates. His tests showed this. The drive is rated for higher transfer rates but was being limited to 5gb.
@@OGSomeOne You are wrong, there are 7 connections. There is also an M.2 Gen 4 PCIe expansion slot that is required to play PS5 games not stored on the built-in (soldered on) storage. This is located under the bottom or right hand (when the console is vertical) side plate. If you look at 5:49 above where it says 1.541GB you'll see a cylindrical icon and 'M.2' on top of it, meaning it's in the PCIe slot.
Also, the USB A ports on the back are 10GB/s not 5GB/s. However this does not actually mean they transfer 10GB of data per second, the effective speed is actually around 1000MB/s or 1200MB/s depending on if they are Gen 1x2 or Gen 2.
Maybe research stuff before commenting...
@@tomburnham6640 sony claims they are 10gb. the standard is 5gb. imo, they might be 10gb but standard is 5gb so the limitation is on the box where they external drive is stored. I am looking at my PS5 with disc right now an I do not see an access port to put internal ssd storage on the machine. the specs don't list one either, per the sony site.
@Some One have to remove the white plastic side panel to access the m.2 slot.
Would the firecuda 530 one tb just as good as your recommendation? Or is the size of tb make a different besides that it has more space?
Did I miss the speed test of moving to external HDD ? I'm just curious because for me that takes about 12seconds a GB, e.g. a 50GB takes 10 minutes
Oh I found it at 12:34
the one test that i would have wanted to see the most was game booting
good video, the only issue I saw is that some of the drives were 2tb and some were 1tb. lower capacity ssd's have lower amount of dram cache percentages. also the overall speeds are slower aswell. it would have been better if you used only 1tb drives.
it doesn't matter which of these SSD M.2 you go with at the end of the day what really matters when gaming is LOADING TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A cheaper M.2 gen 4 NVME drive that I used that worked very well was a Inland Performance 2 TB just make sure you get the Gen 4 version, it is almost as fast as a Sabrant rocket 2 TB drive I have. I got both during an Amazon sale.
Inland has poor reputation. I wouldn't recommend their drives ever.
If yours continues working for you, lucky you.
@@Jason75913 It is still working. It's just no longer my PlayStation. I upgraded 124 TB, because they had. Uh, the silicon power accessed the lead on sale 41 hundred ninety or a prime day special and I got that, ah so I put it on my laptop as a secondary drive still working to this day
I have the Seagate Fire Cuda... I heard back when I bought it that it was the best, I spent 235$ on the 1tb but this was back when Sony launched the feature of the internal drive. I want to go to a 2tb, but I wish I could put my 1tb towards the price.
Sell it and pay the difference or wait for black friday
@@rondalltaylor6771 you wanna buy it? Sell it to who lol and at what cost?
I’ll buy it for $60
Sell it.
@@steelcity4123Amazon , eBay , wish , let go . There probably hundreds of people who want one u just to lazy to look
Did you try the NEXTORAGE SSD, 2TB?
Can you watch movies directly from the external drive?
Oddly my ps5 seems to load faster than all my friends but none of us run the extra storage. Any idea why?
I've got the Seagate fireCuba is just perfect 0 problems and super fast
Just ordered my Firecuda Monday
the 7000+ speeds are not false advertising, it's just the PS5, plug it into any gen 4 PC and you'll get the full speed. Also this test is pretty useless considering there's nothing about actual gameplay just transfering files.
How is that useless? That's a better test than games generally. For the most part games will typically not saturate the full bandwidth of these drives which would make the tests all have way more similar results than transferring files which tests their actual capability in a more meaningful way.
lol, I remember when I was told I would never use 1TB of storage. It is so funny thinking about what people thought they knew what was happening with electronics to what the reality is.
read speeds may not be fully utilized by a ps5 versus on a pc
I do have a Faye Cuda 530 4 TB paid 827 pounds FOR PS5
I got the firecuda as soon as I got my ps5 and it's definitely worth the money
this video would have been perfect if you did some sort of spec overlay showing the time comparisons.