The right plan
For owners of PS5Sony has allowed the addition of a SSD extra to expand storage and keep the latest, increasingly demanding games. However, to ensure compatibility with the console and ensure optimal performance, the SSD must meet several criteria.
the Seagate FireCuda 530 SSD has been designed to meet the requirements of the Sony console. This NVMe PCIe-SSD In the format M.2 2280 is equipped with a heatsink, which allows the electronic components to remain at the right temperature in the restricted and unventilated space of the console. In terms of performance, it is capable of reaching speeds of 7300 MB/s in reading and until 6000 MB/s in writing. This is much more than the minimum recommendations of sony of 5500 MB/s read. Loading times will be linked at the speed of light with such performance!
The PCIe NVMe Gen 4 SSD are not legion and are still expensive, the fault of new technology. Fortunately, Amazon think of gamers budget-conscious and presents a nice promo on this SSD with heatsink in its versions 1TB and 500 GB. The first thus passes from a price displayed at 295.99 € to only €181.99 while the 500 GB version upgrades to €120.99 instead of €179.99.
Its strengths according to Les Numériques
- Very high read and write speeds.
- Fairly large SLC cache.
- 5 year warranty.
- 2550 TB write endurance.
Some reservations of the same Numerics
- Significant thermal heating (but the Heatsink of this version corrects the shot).
What alternative?
In the PS5 compatible SSD segment, WD_Black has a SN850 equipped with a sink which is resolutely turned towards gaming use. If it sports the same form factor as the FireCuda 530 (M.2 2280), it is a little slower in reading and writing with claimed speeds of 7000 MB/s and 5300 MB/s.