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kysrsoze

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1. I think I have a solution for you

Reply to hauckeye (Original post)

Mon Nov 29, 2021, 12:34 PM

Nov 2021

Congrats on actually getting hold of a PS5. The lack of storage right off the bat is pretty annoying. We ended up going with a Samsung 1TB external solid state drive and it’s been working flawlessly for months. It runs about $100 to $120. Eventually we’re going to have to do the same with the internal drive, and we’re planning to do a 2TB SSD for that.

One thing of note… at the time, we were only able to run PS4 games on the external drive, so we moved everything PS4 to the external and saved the internal drive for only PS5 stuff. I don’t know if Sony has changed that limitation. The only thing I know for sure is that Sony did release the update which now allows you to swap the internal HD for a bigger SSD and most should be fine for PS5 games. You may want to skip the external and instead replace the internal drive.

Happy gaming!

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External storage for PS5 [View all] hauckeye Nov 2021 OP

I think I have a solution for you kysrsoze Nov 2021 #1

Thanks! hauckeye Nov 2021 #2

Here is a good resource Ohio Joe Dec 2021 #3

Thank you- that's helpful! hauckeye Dec 2021 #4

I have the same one from my PS4 AZProgressive Dec 2021 #5