Edit: That last bit about storage size might be a PS5 vs PC thing and not an SSD vs HDD thing but either way 1TB of extra space was nice to see, those extra 70GB is another game. Don’t get to comment on many 3 year old articles that haven’t had a new comment in over 11 months but as I just installed a new Corsair 1TB into my PS5 two days ago I’ll say th the guide was very helpful. TooBarFoo yes as I said above to another fellow wanting to upgrade. The cost to do so will be prohibitively expensive for some time and not just any old nvme will be usable.

Worst part was getting off the plastic PS5 bottom which feels like it will just break apart in your hands. There are no discernible markings on the PS5 anywhere telling you which part to lift and what direction to slide. Also of note, when you move the internal screw also move the internal little “collar” piece under it.You'll need to get used to "parking" and "unparking" games quite often. But if you used a decent sized (say 2tb) external ssd with another even larger external hdd for "cold storage" it would be too terrible.

So that is the physical design of the Addlink A95 SSD. But what about the hardware components themselves? Does the Addlink A95 cut the mustard in terms of current generation hardware and protocols? Let’s find out. Addlink A95 SSD Review – PS5 Benchmark Taking the time to clean a little of the silica gel away, you can see that the A95’s controller is much lower on the board than many other SSDs (where it will more often be located directly beneath the m.2 key connector.

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You absolutely cannot just buy one of the best SSDs on the market, for example, and bang it in the console. While that drive may be very good, it may not be fast enough to be PS5 compatible. If you choose the latter, you'll have to add your own. However, they are reasonable inexpensive and easy to fit. Looking at the A95 heatsink directly, it is a sweet looking design. Comprised of 3 main elements, a pre-cute metal plate with air channel grooves, a secondary metal clip that surrounds it and finally the thermal silica gel pad that connected the Heatsink to the SSD.