Samsung’s brand new SSD might be fast enough for Sony’s PS5

• The fast PS5 storage is limited to 825GB, and gamers will need to upgrade it via compatible M.2 SSD drive solutions that meet Sony's speed requirements.
• Samsung just announced the 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD that appears to be the only fast SSD to meet Sony's needs for expanding the PS5's storage capacity.
• The external storage will have to be at least as fast as the custom PS5 drive to support upcoming PS5 games.

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The PS5 comes with a custom SSD that reaches speeds of up to 5.5GB/s, which is more than double the 2.4GB/s of the Xbox Series X/S. But that's where the good news ends. Because it's a custom SSD, it's also more expensive to make, which forced Sony to have an unusual 825GB drive size for both the PS5 and the Digital Edition.

Comparatively, the new Xbox consoles come with 1GB and 512GB of SSD storage, respectively. Sony also explained on stage during its PS5 hardware event that the storage will be upgradeable via SSD drives. But Mark Cerny said Sony wouldn't recommend any drives until the PS5 launches. It's not just the size of the M.2 SSD drives that you need to pay attention to, but also the overall speed. Sony made it clear that PS5 games running on external drives will need speeds comparable to the internal storage. Comparatively, Microsoft has partnered with Seagate to launch 1TB external drives that will support the same 2.4GB/s speed that Xbox Series X and S games require.

This brings us to Tuesday's SSD announcement, which gives us the only fast external SSD drive option so far that you should consider for upgrading the storage of the PS5.

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