The PS4 Pro has a better processor and a newer, faster SATA III storage interface that has a theoretical peak bandwidth of 600MB/s. If you’ve got a spare SSD lying around, that’s obviously a huge money saver – but this won’t apply to most people.īoth the PS4 and PS4 Pro will benefit from an SSD upgrade, but internal differences mean that the PS4 Pro has the most to gain. Hard disks and SSDs both have the space to handle a solid library of games, but hard disks offer better value when it comes to pure size. These prices don’t compare favorably to traditional 2.5in hard disks: if you want a 1TB or 2TB drive, expect to pay under $50 and $100. If you want a mammoth 4TB or 8TB drive you’ll be paying at least $500. SSDs have improved in price and capacity, and the PS4 and PS4 Pro’s ageing storage infrastructure means you don’t have to buy a newer, pricier drive to give your console a boost – but there’s no doubt that they can still be expensive.Ī decent, mainstream 1TB SATA SSD costs between $100 and $140 and doubling the capacity increases those prices to $200 and $300. Even if you choose an SSD that’s the same size as your console’s hard disk, you’re still going to get a solid speed boost. Realistically, most consoles will still be using a 500GB or 1TB hard disk, so fitting a decent SSD will deliver a speed boost and a capacity improvement in most machines. The original console is sold with a 500GB drive and the Pro has a 1TB hard disk – its 2TB variant was only a special edition. With games getting bigger, having more space is important, and larger capacities compare well to the PS4 and PS4 Pro’s default storage. Those capacities match many of the 2.5in hard disk options currently available. Years ago you’d have to pay through the nose just to get a 256GB SSD, but now it’s easy to find SSDs with 1TB and 2TB capacities or higher.
It used to be the case that SSDs were fast but tiny – happily, times have changed. You’ll get improvements in-game, with less pop-up and faster texture loading – and you may even see framerate improvements because games aren’t stalling due to sluggish loading. An SSD will improve your system’s boot and game loading times, and the console’s menus will be smoother.
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