Before you start, you’ll need to purchase a compatible drive, preferably with a heatsink attached to it. Sony requires that the drive be PCIe Gen4 and have read ...

The PS5 recently added the ability to upgrade your SSD if you're in the beta program. The SSD for PS5 can be upgraded with a Heatsink included on the SSD drive, or without. We'll show you how to ...

PlayStation 5’s second major firmware update is coming this week and it will finally let you add extra storage to your console. The update also includes several UI improvements, new features for PS ...

One of the most exciting features of the now-current generation consoles like the Xbox Series X|S and PS5 is their inclusion of SSDs. With Firmware 2.0 for the PS5, we now have the ability to install ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Sabrent’s Rocket 4 is the most affordable way to add 1 TB of solid-state storage to ...

The Seagate Firecuda 530 has been incredibly hard to find in stock, especially the model with the pre-installed heatsink. This is actually the first time we've seen this SSD actually orderable on ...

Yes, you can finally upgrade your SSD storage on the PS5 — a console that already demands pretty huge game file sizes. It’s a whole lot more complicated than plugging in a USB drive, however. First up ...

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The latest major update for the PS5 finally enabled the use of its NVMe SSD expansion slot, giving owners the world over the chance to upgrade their PS5 storage with a fast SSD for a much bigger game ...

Cameron Faulkner (he/him) is Polygon’s commerce editor. He’s a product expert who began writing about tech and gaming in 2013, and migrated from The Verge in 2023. Sony launched a new PS5 software ...

With the new PS5 system software update going live tomorrow that enables the SSD expansion, PlayStation has released a video clearly showing how to install a PS5 SSD expansion in the console’s SSD ...