[SOLVED] PS5 SSD vs PC M.2

[RagedAPE]

So I have seen the PS5 SSD's and kind of understand they are super rapid fast and the PC currently have nothing to match it according to certain threads that I read online price wise.

Is it a good idea to wait till company's bring out SSD's to match the PS5's SSD, say for example the 980 evo pro or can a "slower" with respect ssd (WD Blue™ SN550 NVMe™ SSD , I like this one and the price ) work just as fine?

And the reason I ask this is because they are talking about making games need no loading times because of the SSD speed, and I would be hate to buy a slower ssd and have lag all the time in future games.

Hopefully someone can answer this question of should I buy now or wait and pay extra.

Kind regards

 

[rgd1101]

what spec did you see?
it load faster because the os is lite.

 

[RagedAPE]

PS5 specs?

CPU	8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz (variable frequency)
GPU	10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency)
GPU Architecture	Custom RDNA 2
Memory/Interface	16GB GDDR6/256-bit
Memory Bandwidth	448GB/s
Internal Storage	Custom 825GB SSD
IO Throughput	5.5GB/s (Raw), Typical 8-9GB/s (Compressed)
Expandable Storage	NVMe SSD Slot
External Storage	USB HDD Support
Optical Drive (optional)	4K UHD Blu-ray Drive

The thing that is scary is the PS5 SSD compressed can reach speeds of 8-9GB/s, I have no idea what that means but it sounds fast.

if I get a slower SSD there is surely a chance It will lag me hard in the new up and coming no loading titles that are sure to come out.

 

[Maxxify]

The Series X is the real gauge as its solution is CPU-based and will be ported to PC (DIrectStorage). In that case, a drive capable of ~4.8 GB/s (reads) would be able to match the Series X with compression. Current Gen4 NVMe drives can surpass that, although newer ones are coming out this year that will be faster yet.

This is a complicated subject, if you want to read more please go here.

 

[rgd1101]

pcie 5 is around the corner too.

 

[USAFRet]

What happens in a playstation has little to do with what happens in a PC. Comparing apples and oranges.
Completely different OS and what happens on startup.

The user facing difference between a Samsung 970 EVO (Gen3 x4)and the propsed 980 EVO (Gen4 x4) will be tiny. Especially when considering "boot up time".

 

[Maxxify]

What happens in a playstation has little to do with what happens in a PC. Comparing apples and oranges.

Best way to put it, to try and build a PC capable of 9 GB/s reads due to Playstation's Kraken compression target is completely bonkers since you're dealing with a unified memory architecture (16 GB GGDR6 total, 13GB for developers) vs. the more flexible PC platform (where a good gaming system will have 16GB for discrete GPU + 32GB system RAM). PC will use DirectStorage so comparing to Series X (4.8 GB/s max, and only for textures with BCPack) is more realistic and easily attainable, but even that is probably ridiculous. The PC lacks compression but there are ways around that...but I digress, talking about it now is too early.

 

[RagedAPE]

I understand what you are all saying I think

Would you be able to suggest a 1tb m.2 SSD for me to buy please that will be just fine to match the ps5 / xbox series x please? I don't mind waiting if I have to for new tech to come, since I am trying to wait for the ampere and maybe zen 4 also.

Or what you say is basically just wait for now and see what happens?

I have a budget of 2200 UK price for a whole system, might go to 2400 if needs be.

 

[USAFRet]

I understand what you are all saying I think

Would you be able to suggest a 1tb m.2 SSD for me to buy please that will be just fine to match the ps5 / xbox series x please? I don't mind waiting if I have to for new tech to come, since I am trying to wait for the ampere and maybe zen 4 also.

Or what you say is basically just wait for now and see what happens?

I have a budget of 2200 UK price for a whole system, might go to 2400 if needs be.

We're suggesting that you do not try to compare what happens in a playstation to what happens in a PC.

If you want a hotrod PC, build that. Don't worry about what goes in a playstation or xbox.

 

[RagedAPE]

Ah I see, thanks a lot I was worried a pc ssd would not load the new games coming fast enough but now you have settled my mind.

If you guys had 2200 Uk pounds to build a PC with an ampere card, would you fancy writing what parts you would pick?

Kind regards

 

[Maxxify]

I would wait for the upcoming Gen4 (PCIe 4.0) SSDs if you're building sooner rather than later and want to hedge your bets, but then with what platform? X570/X670/B550 is of course available but Intel is still held up on it. So you can see why trying to analyze it now is a waste of time. Consider the fact you could stripe/RAID two such drives and exceed the PS5's best performance - but will that happen when games will likely be designed around the Series X and its DirectStorage will be on PC? I'm not concerned as I've had stripes faster than the X's best for two years now but in my estimation one of the upcoming drives will be the best bet, probably SM2264-based like the ADATA Indigo. (again, not out yet)

 

[RagedAPE]

I never knew about those Adata, I will be definitely keeping my eyes on those for sure, if the price is right I would like that for the new build.

I priced this at cyber power below and hoping that if I wait I can get for a similar price a Ampere card / 4.0 SSD / Zen 4 to improve the build, but not sure if they will be more expensive.


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