Poll: *The Official PlayStation (PS5/PS5 Pro) Thread*

[Raymond Lin]

Yes it will fit without the metal plate.

Ta, all ordered.

Samsung 980Pro 1TB and the heatsink together for pretty much the price of a WD SN850. Glad i waited. It was like £180 only a month ago just for the 980 Pro. So much for silicon shortage huh?

 

[Spikey]

Which heat sink is best for the 980 pro?

 

[mikeym]

Went for Firecuda 530 (non-heatsink due to availability and price) and Be Quiet MC1 heatsink (MC1 pro is too tall). All working nicely.

Airflow is designed to work with the metal plate in place. I would imagine Sabrent NVME will be fine with that big heatsink but not sure how much it would affect cooling generally by not having the metal plate in place...

 

[Raymond Lin]

Which heat sink is best for the 980 pro?

Most will do the same job, it depends what price you want, whether you want the cover on or not really.

But I would get one with a screw to hold it down as opposed to just a rubber band.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

After a couple of hours of Ratchet the heatsink on mine is just warm. Tbh as most of what the SSD is doing is reading I don’t think it gets that hot.

 

[Spikey]

Good to know, mine has a manufacture date of 31/7/21 so I'm guessing will be up to date.

Which heat sink did you Buy for your 980?

 

[peahead]

Which heat sink is best for the 980 pro?

I am using this one for £10
Xclio M.2 Black PRO Heat Sink Cooling Kit

GOOGLE IT

 

[TallPaul_S]

Which heat sink did you Buy for your 980?

QIVYNSRY M.2 heatsink 2280 SSD Double-Sided Heat Sink

£18

Looking at the above one, they're the same Chinese made heatsink just with different branding.

 

[nantucket66]

I used a WD SN850 with a heatsink I fitted myself. It seems to work perfect so far. People have used Samsung and Seagate drives with good results too.

Thanks for that WD SN850 with heatsink on order, should be here Tuesday

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Thanks for that WD SN850 with heatsink on order, should be here Tuesday

Good stuff I’m sure you will be more than happy.

 

[Jony27]

Just found out about the PS+ Collection. I did have God of War, Monster Hunter World, Last of Us on disk but getting them digitally for free means I can recoup some money back which is great.

Just setup a 1TB WD Passport to install/run the PS4 games on. Hopefully it's not too much of a bottleneck.

 

[old gamer]

Which heat sink is best for the 980 pro?

I'm using the jeyi warship pro, about a tenner and fits and working ok

 

[Broken Hope]

SN850 and MC1 heatsink working great here.

Best thing about the PS5 is you can play stuff like HZD and Last of Us 2 without the system sounding like jet engine, my PS4 pro was horrendous, could easily hear it over the game sound.

I can only hear my PS5 if I mute the sound and really listen for it.

 

[Scort]

Just setup a 1TB WD Passport to install/run the PS4 games on. Hopefully it's not too much of a bottleneck.

Got a 2TB attached to mine for PS4 games - there's no bottleneck whatsoever, so you'll be grand.

 

[theone8181]

Do they patch ps4 games to make use of the speed or are they still running at ps4 speeds?

 

[Mobius 1]

Do they patch ps4 games to make use of the speed or are they still running at ps4 speeds?

It’s on a per game basis. Some do and some don’t.

 

[biron_w]

I've been looking at black covers (not vinyl). Might get a set to make it stealth.

I bought some black face plates. It looks much better all in black.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

It’s been dispatched

Still not sure which game to play first. God of War I think and subscribe for a year to PSplus.

Edit: darn, with Royal Mail. Strange shipping choice.

 

[theone8181]

I bought some black face plates. It looks much better all in black.

We were discussing it last night. I've got some rosewood speakers that were thinking of spraying.

 

[Raymond Lin]

It’s been dispatched

Still not sure which game to play first. God of War I think and subscribe for a year to PSplus.

Edit: darn, with Royal Mail. Strange shipping choice.

Depends what you want, straight away you will have like 20 games from the PSN Collection.

p.s. I have a 4TB HDD attached to mine for PS4 games, works really well, have it set up so if you are installing a PS4 game, it goes straight into it and not the internal SSD.