Been keeping an eye on this one for a while. Seems its dropped back to similar low price as earlier this month!
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No. Only the (soon to be released) Samsung 980 Pro is suspected to be approved - but even that has not yet been officially given the stamp of compatibility by Sony.
You can use slow storage via USB (SSD or HDD) to archive new games on both PS5 and XSX/XSS, or run old (back compat) games directly off them. But if they're PS5/XSX/XSS only games, they'll need to be transferred to internal storage again in order to boot.
Thanks. I kinda hesitated of trading in my PS4 pro as I've upgraded it's internal hard drive to SSD. Guess I can put the original HD back to the pro and use the SSD as external on PS5 for PS4 games.
Yeah i did this. And chucked the ssd back into a pc.
I believe Sony mentioned back in May that there will be selected third party NVMEs that will be compatible with PS5. Then again 980 is the only one that was rumored close to PS5 standards.
NO!
You need pcie4 speed capable drive to begin with and Sony did say wait until they reveal which are capable.
I meant my current SSD in my PS4 pro, take it out, put in a case, and use it on PS5 for old backward compatible games, would that work?
I believe sony mentioned that PS4 games on external drives are fine but can't be used for PS5 Games (though you can transfer back to Main Drive from your External Backup)
Okay could have been more specific. For that question I’m not completely sure.
Even if it works, you'll lose a lot of space to the old PS4 Operating System, so you'll have to format it still. ( I assume you mean, just pull it put and put it straight into the PS5)
Got one of these last time for same price.
Would it be worth trying to copy my OS onto this drive, and keep the the Crucial CT1000P1SSD8 1 TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe
for games, they add up quite quickly and heard the Crucial can slow down when gets full?
Cheers,
Personally I wouldnt put my OS on this SSD - its a budget SSD with a weaker controller. Here's an excellent SSD tier list/buying guide https://ssd.borecraft.com/SSD_Buying_Guide_List.pdf
this might be a good choice for that weird NVME slot on the back some some motherboards that don't have much cooling
Cheers, looked at that. The P1 and WD Blue SN550 are apparently both budget NVME, spec wise thought the SN550 had quicker read/writes over 2000. both M.2 NVME miles better than most SSD at least.
Perhaps could return it and get a smaller EVO/pro for OS. would still want a 500GB and they are a lot more.
Speed wise the P1 did quite well on the tests so more than happy, just once it fills may slow down a bit.
The a2000 seems like a much better choice for the same money
"worth it" is fairly subjective but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say no, just because there isn't a lot of real world difference between "good" and "bad" SSDs in the first place.
I agree with you, and the video.
In my recent experience of going from SanDisk SSD to WD SN550 512 for my OS and working environment (software developer) then my environment feels more "snappy".
This was after a straight clone, no reinstallation of any software or updates
Probably just a placebo effect but very happy with my SN550 👍
Hmm something to consider then, wouldn't mind using either one for os/programs clone then just move all the games onto the other one. Don't have or play heaps but can see it filling up pretty fast.
Still a stuff around moving the m2 slots (does using the second slot limit performance of anything?)
Cheers
You need to tell us your board. On my motherboard, it will limit it a little bit, other boards might not let you put two NVMe in at all. (Ie, one MSATA only, one NVMe only).
Other boards will be just fine.
@jonathonsunshine: I got a B450M mortar max, which has 2x M.2 slots.
I just had a feeling that the second slot isn't full speed, or takes speed from somewhere else? Will have to consult the manual :).
$155 seems good for the WD blue, was also happy with $135 for the crucial during the middle of covid when everything was expensive as (special deal on amazon that sold out quick).
@G-rig: I have same board. Those post times are pretty slow eh? eh?
I believe you can use both, the bottom one will be slower (on paper) and I think you'll lose either a couple of sata ports or the x4 PCIe slot. I haven't checked this, I'm at work rn but I remember that at the time that msata can only go in the top one so if you have one of each, you're forced to use your NVMe in the slower slot.
Double check your manual before purchase though
@jonathonsunshine: Great board and features for the price. Yeah, about 16 sec, not too worried it's more due to the ryzen CPU architecture I heard, my old i5 2500k was about the same boot up time.
Will have to look into that, already have the M.2 (was going to build another pc) could always send it back. Probably no point having 2x M2
Cheers
Just bought the SN550 1TB and cloned my OS (and a bunch of other installed programs) from my old 860 Evo. I used WD Acronis software and it went flawlessly and very quickly. Been a week now and no issues.
Any good for macbook pro 2013?
it produces less heat than SN750/970EVO+/SX8200PRO on laptops
Can I use this as an external drive? Place it in an enclosure?
Yes you can
U can
how is this compared to the AData one?
If u mean sx8200 pro, I will say adata is better.
ya, it's a pretty obvious choice…but can a normal user actually feel the difference between 2400mb/s vs 3000mb/s…
The real diff is not theoretical read/write speed, it is DRAM chip. SN 550 is using HMB tech which means once HMB storage is used up the speed will drop.
Although same result once DRAM used up, DRAM contains much larger SLC cache size. SLC cache is stable, bigger, and faster.
thank you!
Is the Kingston A2000 a better buy over this?
What are the instances u’d go with samsung evo over this?
For boot drive or for gaming. I think if you don't do anything that involving constantly moving large files ( like video rendering and alike), you won't notice any differences between this and the samsung. Just go for the cheaper one.
Secondary drive as game storage. I don’t do video or photo editing.
I will to upgrade to a pci4 primary boot drive when it becomes affordable.
For gaming storage, you wouldn't even notice the differences between ssd and nvme drive. Just get whatever cheaper.
Would fit my MacBook Pro 13” retina 2013 ..? Or any website I can see what it would fit and not.! Thank you in advance
I'd buy the Kingston A2000 over this. It's cheaper too at $149.
From what I've read, the similarly priced A2000 performs slightly better due to it having DRAM.
However, the A2000's BSOD reports really have me leaning towards this. Hard to tell if uninstalling RGB software really is a bulletproof fix, especially for everyone's exact hardware combination. IMO the small performance trade off is worth it for the piece of mind.
Interested to know what everyone thinks!
Just bought this.
Looking to upgrade my HDD.
Can this be used for PS5 external storage?