Got this to use in my PS5 to upgrade the storage and works perfectly

You have to buy the better SDD speeds for PS5 and this meets those requirements

Would def buy the next size up soo

Amazon posted this item real quick and was with me within a day. Real fast delivery and also cheaper then original price as it was on offer for black Friday deals.
Really really happy with the item.

If you like to play a variety of games and always struggle to keep them all installed at the same time then you need this.

It’s very easy to install into the PS5, took me a couple of minutes at most. There are multiple installation videos and guides out there if needed.

Overall increased storage capacity is a win and the fast speed of this type of storage device means there are no noticeable performance drops vs games installed on the built in hard drive.

The PlayStation storage system makes it easy to move games from one hard drive to another and you can also choose to install games directly on to this if your main hard drive is full.

A great SSD, built-in heatsink and perfect for my PS5!

After 2 years of owning a PS5 I’ve come to the point where I need the extra SSD space for my growing PS5 game collection, my PS4 games are all stored on an external HDD so I could have as much stock SSD storage as possible without wasting it on PS4 games that don’t benefit from the SSD.

Installing this SSD takes all of 5 minutes, I’ve built PCs and have a bit of experience but even then it’s a very simple task for someone that hasn’t done it before. Once installed turning on the PS5 greets you with the ‘Format new storage’ just like it did with my USB HDD, once that’s done in all of a minute or so the PS5 launched as usual.

Now all that’s left is to organise the new drive with a few games which is very easy as the PS5 allows you to move the PS5 games to the new M.2 without having to delete and reinstall!
As shown in my clip the copying is super quick! I was able to move 130+GB in just over a minute
I can also change the default install location to the new SSD instead of the stock one without too much fuss.

Overall I’m really happy with this upgrade, the SSD works flawlessly and seems to boot games faster than the stock PS5 SSD
Purchased on offer for just under 70 for the 500GB version.

Good quality ssd with a good Heatsink. Easy to install into ps5 and works great storing all your PS5 games and playing them from the WD drive, doesn’t quite have the read and write speeds that other brands have such as the Seagate FireCuda but still more than enough for ps5 and at a great price.

The WD black runs hotter than other brands but still well within safe temps just an observation. Overall you can’t go wrong with this drive it’s reliable and works faultlessly.

I took the plunge to buy additional storage for my PS5 as I was struggling with internal console storage.

It was really easy to install, the hardest part was taking the PS5 cover off.

The MD storage has been great and you can choose where to store and download games.

It is quite a lot of money for a luxury, however it is worth it. Hopefully it will go down in the sales.

Anything under 100 for 1TB and you should grab it!

This NVMe SSD is a very affordable, powerful device for Gaming! I purchased this because of my outdated hard drives. I’ve noticed massive performance increases in intensive games. Windows runs so much faster and the 7GB/s read and write is an amazing feature for the price.
I bought the 1TB one and it’s simply plug and play (and add the screw in to secure it). No drivers needed! Unless you want to change the RGB light on the drive, which I have done and attached to Razer Chroma!

he drive itself is excellent, fast read speeds and easy to install especially in a ps5 console. installed it in minutes and was up and running. the loading of games is lightning fast and the good thing is also you buy a 1TB you actually get the full 1TB no 950GB etc like some other drives. cant fault it so if you need one esp at the low price then at least for console this is a must.

However… just make sure Amazon havent sent you a USED one after buying it brand new, mine arrived with the seal broken, the drive also had data on it as when checked wasnt comepletely empty to which i formatted it and compalained and had a new one sent. also no fixing screw is provided by WD so youll need to obtain one. Amazon did correct the error and sent a new one but this shouldnt happen esp with hard drives…but BUY IT ITS EXCELLENT

I got 2 of the 2TB SN850 to put into a RAID0 Array on my new Asus ROG Zephyrus G15. They have worked perfectly and giving the expected speeds. In RAID0 I am getting 13300+ reads and 9800-10100 writes. Heat so far has not been an issue and they are without the heatsinks. But I might get a 2mm heatsink just to try make sure it does not become one in the future.

Probably to best thing I’ve bought off Amazon with an amazing price that beat all the others I’d seen. Was relatively easy to install and so far has enhanced my experience with my ps5 since I was originally disappointed with the standard internal space but this ssd solved all that. I highly recommend to anyone who wants to download more ps5 games just make sure to get the heating variation.

Admittedly, this drive is currently installed into a Gen3 motherboard, so I can’t make use of its promised speeds, but I knew this going into the purchase; I purchased this to replace an old SATA SSD that died suddenly, with the plan to transfer it to a new PC when I build one in a few months time.

Knowing that my speeds are limited, I didn’t have huge expectations right off the bat, but I was pleasantly surprised. Compared to my old SSD, this thing is lightning fast, in both gaming and programming tasks.

I have used this extensively with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and 7 Days to Die, as well as Hyper-V virtual machines (one of which I use daily as a dev environment). It’s easy to forget I’m in a VM, because the load/read speeds are no different at all to the host machine (at least not visibly, I’m sure benchmarks will show differently).

All in all, definitely worth the money.

I guess my question is.why? Why are we forced to buy these products? For the price tag of the PlayStation 5, coming pre-loaded with 825gb, a quarter of which is taken up by the actual system files, why was it not given at least 1TB+?

The WD Black SN850 is a pricey but necessary bit of kit that has finally opened up my console (both literally and figuratively) and future proofed it for the foreseeable future with the PS4 line gradually coming to a close with the focus on games being made exclusively for PS5. I chose the 2TB option to be safe and it’s absolutely worth every penny. The read speed is beyond anything I’ve ever encountered, easy and lightning fast to transfer big games like Call of Duty, The Last of Us etc.

Cannot recommend this drive enough, absolutely the way to go and the heat sink option is gonna save you having to shop around the market. Western Digital have absolutely outdone themselves and actually put PlayStation themselves to shame.

This 1TB SSD is a great addition to my PS5. I simply followed the instructions on the PlayStation site and it was very straightforward. It comes with the heat sink pre-installed so all you need to do is turn your PS5 upside down, remove white cover, remove expansion cover. Remove screw and nut from top, place nut in next hole down. Slot drive in at an angle, then place it flat and screw it in. Replace expansion cover. Replace white cover.

Connect all leads and power on and you’ll be prompted to format your new SSD and even decide if you want that to be the new default storage device – handy if you’ve already filled up the console storage. And that’s it. Job done. Highly recommend this drive. I’m running Horizon Forbidden West on it and it’s super quick.

Really easy to install just watch some vids on YouTube and away you go. Once formatted (done through on screen prompts after powering the PS5 back up) you select what system you would like this upgrade to be used for. You can’t do both at the same time, you choose either PS4 or PS5 games and the data with be stored on this. So if you have pure PS5 games then allocate this to PS5 if you play both (PS4/PS5 games) then decide which would be more beneficial to you and choose that option. This is not an external drive so doesn’t function as an external drive would, you can’t remove it and give it to your friend and let them play your games whilst you go on holiday, once removed and placed into another ps5 it will need formatting before it can be used again therefore wiping the previously stored data.
On the whole I’m happy with it, it works and does what I wanted it too.

Picked this up to go with QIVYNSRY M2 heatsink nvme 2280. I managed to pick up cheaper without a heat sink and who knows when heat sink version will be in stock. Im not into modding, or technical stuff, but it was pretty simple to attach the heatsink. The sizing of this particular heatsink is a tiny bit off – a little too big, so you need to make sure you position the surplus to the screw in end, so you’re not covering up the connection point. One minor thing to note for anyone installing – when you plug the SSD into the ps5, it sits at an angle. You need to remove the little nut screw from the ps5 and sit the SsD on it before screwing. It’ll make sense when you do it, just saying not to panic. Oh yeah, everything fit, closed, and seems to be working fine, so no issues here. You won’t regret having the extra space on your ps5. This drive is seamless.

If you find that your ps5 is running low on memory which you will, then this m.2 ssd is for you, well your ps5 actually. Takes roughly 5 minutes to install, it’s a bit fiddly trying to remove the template of the ps5 as you can’t help but feel apprehensive at doing this especially as it’s not a cheap gaming unit, so for me that actually took the longest time, but once off it’s quick – just be careful not to drop the black screws in the fan as it’s right next to where you will be removing the metal plate the the inner screw with the little ring, be sure to put on the 2nd hole from the top, then angle the drive in, screw back in place and put the metal cover back also. And as you have the cover off this is a good time to blow out the fluff on the fan, as I had a little gathering up there – just a tip. Not bad for a year to have very little fluff on the outer fan. So once all back together it’s the case screwing the base back on how you had it and powering up, message pops up m.2 ssd format – yes, so you have the storage off the ps5 and this, so theoretically you get 1tb, well just bit less as the ps5 storage has the 512 kept aside. However if like me I have wd 1tb passport connected to us usb which use for the PS4 games and the main ps5 and m.2 ssd solely for ps5 content only. And another point, it’s quick at loading the game up as no lagging.
So I hop this helps you guys. Is issues ask a question and I’ll try to help.