PS5-compatible NVMe SSDs on sale at Fnac

The right plan

If the storage of the PS5 surprised everyone with its speed and its reduced loading times, its capacity, of 825 GB, on the other hand, was not unanimous. In working order, there are only 600 GB left to install games, which is not enough when you see that the games are more and more greedy. Fortunately, to overcome this, Sony allows users to add their own SSD in the console. However, it must meet certain criteria.

The WD_Black SN850 is an SSD officially compatible with the console. Indeed, it meets all the requirements of the Japanese brand. It is therefore an M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe Gen 4.0 SSD. In terms of read and write speeds, it far exceeds Sony’s expectations, reaching up to 7,000 MB/s read and 5,300 MB/s write. Obviously, in order not to suffer from the confined space of the PS5, this NVMe SSD is surmounted by a heat sink, allowing better control of the rise of mercury on the components of the SSD.

At the moment, this PS5 compatible SSD is on sale at Fnac. If you need an extra 1TB, it will cost you €179.99 while gamers needing 2TB of storage will have to spend €319.99. This is the lowest price seen on this WD_Black SN850 2 TB Heatsink.

Its strengths, according to Digital

• Very high flow rates.
• Stable flows.
• Thermal management.
• Fairly large SLC cache.
• 5 year warranty.

The reserves of the same Digital

• We find a little faster in writing.