SSD Or Hard Drive? Upgrading Your PlayStation 4's Storage

[RedJaron]

SSDs don't make much of a difference for most games (titles like Skyrim which load maps almost every time you open a door might be exceptions). This isn't news.

Making this statement, I have to question whether you've actually used a SSD. It's been said time and again, that actual performance while playing is non-existent. However, decreasing long load times is one of those things that don't make it into benchmarks but greatly improves the playing experience.

 

[wurkfur]

Games like Skyrim and GTA 5 were constantly loading new data and texture pop was always prevalent. Upgrading my PS3 to an SSD solved this almost instantly. It was never an issue of throughput but latency. All the required textures and map data need for an area may not be right next to each other on the hard drive. The SSD has no practical penalty for where the data is saved relative to other data.Everyone complaining about Sata I vs Sata II vs Sata III just need to shut up. It is not about throughput. It never has been. Many games show excellent changes just because of the seek time alone.

 

[Shadowarez]

Does the. ssd slow down or is trim supported in the Debian version of ps4?

 

[Stram]

Just a heads up, i have a SSD/HDD hybrid drive and my ps4 will not go into standby mode. Upon researching online, others are reporting the same problem with hybrid drives.

 

[tuanies]

Does the. ssd slow down or is trim supported in the Debian version of ps4?

We are unsure of this.

Just a heads up, i have a SSD/HDD hybrid drive and my ps4 will not go into standby mode. Upon researching online, others are reporting the same problem with hybrid drives.

I haven't had any issues with standby on mine yet.

 

[hockeyplayer]

I have actually considered that. My main selling angle is clothing and shoes. Although I do venture in to sporting goods and games as well.

I will most likely buy all my steam games off eBay, I have only just got into PC gaming but I heard Crysis is a good series, I got Crysis 1 Maximum edition on eBay for $8, it's currently $30 on steam. Also got Dead Space 1 for $4. idk how some people make a profit off that, I mean it can't be much. I don't buy something unless I can at least double my $. Now if I could only get my PC to work and play those games on high settings :/

And as for selling steam accounts, during the debate with my neighbor I defended consoles (my ps3 actually) he stated you can sell them by selling your acct or something, I just gave up, didn't feel like arguing, but I can't see you getting much for selling your steam acct game, I mean maybe a little bit but as for console games if you got the case and instructions your pretty much golden when it comes to reselling.

 

[HorusDeathtouch]

I replaced the HDD in my PS3 with a WD 1TB 7200 RPM 6 GB/s 64 MB Cache Hybrid Drive a couple of years ago. I actually wish that PlayStation's would accommodate 3.5" drives for more storage, or that technology would advance to 2.5" drives not capping at 1TB. Regarding your post, putting a SSD into a PlayStation is lmost completely pintless. If you actually want storage that is anywhere near decent, you will be getting a 960GB SSD for almost $500. It also is not going to give you significant enough load speed gains to be anywhere near worth it. If it is enthusiasts that you are catering to, then the $300 drive you mentioned would run out way too quickly and even that is pushing the envelope on cost. Take me for example. I have 30 GB left on my 1TB Hybrid and there is no music or video on it, just games. Thank you, PS Plus. Also, the storage option for a console shouldn't cost so much more than the console itself, that is just silly. In conclusion, if you folks would like to upgrade your current console, simply pick up a 1TB hybrid drive for reasonably great storage and massive load gains over a standard HDD, for the price of less than $150.

 

[soldier44]

Interesting concept and nice try Toms. I enjoyed this little read over lunch. I'm not a console fan but I admit that there are times when i wish I could just sit on my couch and play on my TV instead of a piddly little 24". The funny bit is, I only feel this way when I'm actually ON the couch, never when I'm sitting enjoying the beast that blows PS4 away.

Never limit yourself to whats at Best Buy and such with displays. Go for the gusto if you have the $$. 2560 x 1600 at 30 inches is to die for and shames those cheap little 1080 tn displays all day long.

 

[hoofhearted]

I am curious about sticking in a cable and externalizing the HD. I've seen this around the internet. I wonder if 4TB is a possibility.

 

[g00ey]

Whether those hybrid SSD/HD drives are crap or not depends on the usage scenario. A properly balanced configuration combining SSD and HDD will be just about as fast as a pure SSD configuration.The thing is that at sequential reads and writes, an "ordinary" modern hard drive is not that much slower than an SSD. A good hard drive today provides about 200MB/s in read and write performance whereas a good SSD provides about 400-500MB/s. That is quite a bit faster for the SSD but in practice this difference may mean only a few seconds faster loading times for PS4 games.It is when the reading and writing gets non-sequential that a hard drive gets slow which is why SSDs give quite a speed bump in memory hogging environments such as Windows. But if the SSD portion of a hybrid drive is large enough to contain all the data that is randomly accessed then it will not be so bad. I suspect that it is a lot easier to make a proper hybrid drive for the PS4 than it is for a Windows PC.

 

[jimmysmitty]

I really don't get all the PC lovers that feel the need to hate on consoles. Stating it will be outdated in 2 years blah blah blah, and my computer owns any console out there blah blah. I love my PC games and I love building them, but as far as overall PlayStation is where its at for me as of right now (but hey, just an opinion) I have spent far more money replacing Graphics cards alone in a few years compared to the $325 i've spent on a PS4? Of course you cannot upgrade a playstation gpu after a few years but even at the end of the ps3's life the last of use and even gta v still looked amazing. Anytime I see a forum disputing PC vs Consoles debate it's like 14 yr olds fighting over Battlefield and Call of Duty.

The new consoles are already outdated. They are using hardware that has been available to PC for a few years and lower end at that.

As for looks and such, The PS3 still doesn't hold a candle to the PC. Look at Max Payne 3 maxed out on PC vs PS3. The quality difference is just insane. Same with Batman Arkham City for example.

PC will always be superior for gaming. Plus this is a PC hardware enthusiast website so you can expect for consoles to be hated on. I would expect the same on a console enthusiast website.

Interesting concept and nice try Toms. I enjoyed this little read over lunch. I'm not a console fan but I admit that there are times when i wish I could just sit on my couch and play on my TV instead of a piddly little 24". The funny bit is, I only feel this way when I'm actually ON the couch, never when I'm sitting enjoying the beast that blows PS4 away.

Never limit yourself to whats at Best Buy and such with displays. Go for the gusto if you have the $$. 2560 x 1600 at 30 inches is to die for and shames those cheap little 1080 tn displays all day long.

You mean just like how a 24" 1080p screen put to shame those 720p and 1600x900 screens back in the day?

I love this. It sucks because I wont be able to afford them but that's the name of the game. New screens and hardware with better specs. Soon we will have such high resolutions we wont even be able to see the pixels.

 

[hockeyplayer]

I will give you that the PC is superior in performance if you constantly fork out the $ for it. For the price though I am very happy with the ps4. I've spent 3 times that building my gaming PC so it better perform better. But any day I would take the PS4 I got through work for $325 than have a PC I only had $325 to put into it. Plus there always seems to be a great title that only comes out for Playstation, such as the Uncharted series or even better the last of us. It all comes down to opinion, as much as I love some of the pc games I still prefer ps. I am sure it has a lot to do with running my business from a computer all day so once I am done working I dont wanna be near a keyboard/mouse for a while.