Seagate FireCuda 530, 500 GB, Internal Solid State Drive
Seagate FireCuda 530, 500 GB, Internal Solid State Drive – M.2 PCIe Gen4 ×4 NVMe 1.4, transfer speeds up to 7,000 MB/s, 3D TLC NAND, 640 TBW, Heatsink, 3 year Rescue Services (ZP500GM3A023)
What’s Included
FireCuda 530 Gen4 PCIe SSD with heatsink, Rescue Data Recovery Services, Quick start guide
| Weight: | 10.6 g |
| Dimensions: | 2.21 x 0.23 x 8.03 cm; 10.6 Grams |
| Brand: | Seagate |
| Model: | ZP500GM3A023 |
| Colour: | FireCuda530 Heatsink |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | SEAGATE |
| Dimensions: | 2.21 x 0.23 x 8.03 cm; 10.6 Grams |
I installed this into my PS5 and it worked without any issue. Installation is very easy also
Exactly what it says it is, easy to install and works without issue.
Install really quick and simple, transferring game data took a matter of minutes and now have lots of space.
Bought this for my PS5, which loves it. Shame the Bescar armour finish is lost in the PS5 , but would look great on your motherboard.
Great SSD for Playstation 5 and finally I can store more games instead of deleting and re downloading games as I want to play them, it took 5 minutes to install after watching a YouTube video on how to do it, I’d definitely recommend for anyone struggling with storage space.
Use in ps5 and games saved to it work perfectly
Nothing to dislike. Easy and gast to install. Solved my storage issues on my PS5.Good bit of kit.
I got this on amazon for 38.00 amazing discount an bargin couldn’t believe my good fortune when I checked my save for later basket list, 500gb extra is more then enough to add to my ps5 especially when budgeting.
I got this for my ps5. Great storage upgrade and very very easy to install. The youtube videos are all accurate in how they show how easy it is to remove the cover and slide it back on. When inside and installing the ssd its as simple as removing 2 screws, slotting it in, and replacing the 2 screws.
When installed you simply turn you ps5 back on, click yes to the format question it automatically comes up with and its done. It showed me it has a read speed of 6800 mb/s.
Can not recommend enough.
Very good price, playing PS5 games from SSD no issues and transfers games very quick
I bought the Star Wars themed version as it was cheaper at the time than the standard, it a solid built ssd, comes with stickers and a postcard, see my pics, install was easy, just slide of the ps5 cover, unscrew the ssd cover, unscrew the spacer and slot in the ssd, put it back together, switch on the ps5 and it formats for you, simple
Easy to install, needs a heatsink but great speed and can now add many more games to my ps5.
The PS5 storage, as most people know, isn’t great. Before I got the SSD, I found myself having to delete games constantly to make way for new ones. With the new SSD, that problem is gone. I now have more games on my PS5 than ever before (around 25 games) and I still have room for more.
In terms of speed, I still feel the PS5’s own internal SSD is faster. I believe this is only due to the fact it has been made to work specifically with the PS5 system. That’s not to say that this SSD isn’t fast, it is. In fact it’s very close to a point where you won’t notice.
The biggest issue of course is the installation, but as long as follow the correct steps you should be fine and takes no longer than 5 minutes to install.
Overall, I’d highly recommend this. Especially if you like having or want to have lots of games installed that can be played with the high loading speeds. If you are new to PS5, I would recommend holding off for a few months just to see if the SSD is really necessary for you. You may find you don’t need the extra space.
Easy to install just remember the cover over the ps5 , Does not need anther heat sink etc as this is already on and you get fre stickers
Excellent ssd for ps5, fast read and write speed, easy installation, highly recommended, the star wars edition is a nice touch and a few stickers included in the box. Who doesn’t like a sticke
Can’t get much better than this and at the price it was a no brainer.
Installation into the PS5 was done in minutes and when booting up the console it recognised it straight away and formatted it with ease.
Highly recommend it…..and it looks great as well (not that you can see it tucked away)
I had to fit this in a different slot because the heat sink interferes with sound card slot. My Corsair NVme was even worse but I have ordered from Amazon a lower profile heat sink that I hope will solve the problems. ASUS need to redesign their motherboards to allow more space to accommodate the heat sinks but that is little comfort to you if it won’t fit into your board so be aware. YouTube will show you how to remove the heat sink if you do have problems.
This at the time I am righting this jan 2023 is the fastest high rewrite cycles drive out there for home PC’S. It is beaten for outright top place for some speed test by Samsung 980 pro I believe, but this drive is as fast and faster on other tests. THE BIG DIFFERENCE , This drive can be rewritten to every day for five years to 70 percent rewrites of its size, and this is guaranteed. This will outlast al the other drives and is safer for data and long term use. It is really fast.
– Intended for desktop PCs.
– FireCuda 530 SSD’s heatsink is pre-installed and should not be removed as it can damage the SSD.
– With the heatsink, the product exceeds standard M.2 dimensions. Dimensions of the FireCuda 530 SSD are 80.15 mm (L) x 22.9 mm (W) x 18.25 mm (H).
– M.2 connectors H3.2 and above are recommended for an SSD with a heatsink.
– For optimal performance, provide sufficient airflow and cooling.
Blazing fast but also lava hot. For laptops — do not buy. For consoles and desktop PCs you probably can’t go any better.
Was easy to install, following the video guide from Sony on YouTube.
Got a read speed of 6538 MB/s during formatting on the PS5. Worth noting, however, that PS5s have some caps on read and write speeds so in practice you’ll not get 6.5GB/s when copying data from the PS5 storage to the SSD; you’ll likely get around 1.4GB/s, but this is sufficiently fast from experience.
Additionally, the storage size of 1 TB is great. I currently have around 25 games across both the PS5 storage and the Firecuda with around 500Gb of remaining storage. Games load just as fast from the SSD and it doesn’t have any heating problems.
Altogether, it’s a great SSD which doesn’t overheat and offers additional storage for the PS5 that will be fine for most people.
Test System: X570/5900X/RTX 3090/64GB
The temp peaked to 55*C in the Crystal Disk bench. Office is fairly cool and the drive is idling at 38*C, but I figured this would be the case since it sits in the first M.2 slot on my X570 motherboard. Air needs to channel between the RAM and GPU to reach it, honestly – it’s a terrible placement for these Gen4 NVMe since they can generate so much heat. My second M.2 slot is covered by the GPU and I already have a slower NVMe in it for extra storage.
Only purchased since my previous NVMe, Aorus Gen4 (the all copper launch one), died due to overheating. That drive was idling at 55*C and those first gen Phison controllers haven’t earned a great reputation for reliability.
The biggest reason for buying this drive is the endurance rating for the drive and that it could possibly generate less heat since the memory is limited to 1,200 MTps vs. 1,600 MTps. Definitely on the pricier side of similar 1TB NVMe drives (980 Pro, KC3000, SN850, Rocket 4 Plus, and Platinum P41), but it’s also has the highest endurance rating out of all of them and free data recovery for 3-years.
Turned off and unplugged ps5. slide the lid/casing off the bottom of the ps5. Unscrew the ssd casing. position the screw and washer they provide down 1 notch to the 80mm mark and gently inserted the drive, hearing the click as the ssd drive slots in.
Then proceeded to turn on the ps5, which prompted me to format the usb drive taking a few seconds to format and eventually giving a read speed of 6538.91MB/s as shown in the image – which is to be expected as i think ps5 bottlenecks this read speed around this value. Having a look at reviews of other ssd brands other customers have bought and reviewed.. they all seem to cap out at this 6500MB/s speed so i am very happy the SSD arrived on time (1 day delivery cos gamer), and is performing as expected.
Transferred Destiny 2 and Godfall ~103GB of data from the console storage to this m.2 SSD drive (go to an app, and press options -> move game data) – this took about 1 minute.. to transfer 100GB of data!! incredibly fast.
One thing i did not expect however was that my LAN cable was Disconnected during this data transfer – i did have to switch my ps5 off an on again as this seemed to bug out my lan connection entirely. So I deleted the current Wired Lan profile, restarted my PS5, and then set up my network connection again which fixed the issue – but this i suspect was possibly an intended software feature on Sony’s end. I would advise maybe disconnecting any LAN cables during data transfers to mitigate this
I didn’t test any Thermal production of the ssd drive however, as i didn’t have the tools to do so but from reading around this ssd drive with heatsink is the way to go, custom heatsinks offer ~15-20C reduction in cooling, however the drive with heatsink can get anywhere from ~20-30C reliably.
Loaded up Destiny 2 and everything was loading noticeabley faster than game storage – from title screen to loading into a game environment was very quick. Would recommend.