Best PS5 M.2 SSD in 2023

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We recommend the best SSDs for the Sony PS5 for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.

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[AloofBrit]

I went with the XS70 over the KC3000 - cheaper and has a heatsink

Edit to add: PS5 read benchmark was 6435 MB/s

 

[tallman9]

I went with the XS70 over the KC3000 - cheaper and has a heatsink

I went for KC3000. It's €40 cheaper here in 2TB size and my motherboard comes with SSD heatsink bundled.

 

[AloofBrit]

I went for KC3000. It's €40 cheaper here in 2TB size and my motherboard comes with SSD heatsink bundled.

This is in the context of the PS5

 

[qwertymac93]

Best cheap SSD for PS5:KC3000
Reasons to avoid: costly

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Did someone forget what "cheap" means?

 

[Hresna]

Samsung’s 990 Pros seem to have fallen from grace owing to firmware issues causing the drives to outwear themselves really fast, at least in pc applications. Supposedly there’s a firmware mitigation but not clear how that impacts their use in a ps5.

 

[Mpablo87]

First place in rating must be another one

 

[Avro Arrow]

Ok, I don't know if this is was intentional but I need to point something out:

Crucial T500: Best cheap SSD for PS5
Reasons to avoid: no 4TB version & HIGH MSRPs?????

There are only two places in which items with high MSRPs can be referred to as "cheap". One is Tom's Hardware and the other is....

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[bit_user]

Samsung’s 990 Pros seem to have fallen from grace owing to firmware issues causing the drives to outwear themselves really fast, at least in pc applications. Supposedly there’s a firmware mitigation but not clear how that impacts their use in a ps5.

That's old news, BTW. It was fixed within a month or so of the 990 Pro's launch.

The 4 TB version of the 990 Pro launched about a year later and so all of its reviews would've included the fix. There didn't seem to be any performance deficit relative to the launch reviews of the 2 TB model. So, I think the premature wear was simply due to a bug that I think it was far more likely to be hurting performance or efficiency than helping it.

 

[magbarn]

As long as SK Hynix/Solidgm refuses to patch/fix the P41/P44 SLC cache issues means these 2 drives should never be making anyone's list. They've already replaced 2 of my 4 P41's and the replacements degraded within a few TB of writes. Now they're actually much slower in writes than my P31's. Trash drives and trash company.

 

[Gpz1100]

As long as SK Hynix/Solidgm refuses to patch/fix the P41/P44 SLC cache issues means these 2 drives should never be making anyone's list. They've already replaced 2 of my 4 P41's and the replacements degraded within a few TB of writes. Now they're actually much slower in writes than my P31's. Trash drives and trash company.

Rather than wasting time with exchange rma's, request a refund. They have been honoring these requests in a rather timely manner. Got mine a few days after they received it.