PS4 PRO HDD replacement

Perm1 · 13 Mar 2022 at 13:12

Hi guys I hope you are all as well as can be at the moment. My sons PS4 pro harddrive has been on way out for last few weeks. I told him it was happening but because it keeps working he just ignore me. Anyway now it cant access the storage so I am allowed to buy him a new drive.

Do you guys have any recommendations was going to get a 1TB 2.5 SSD or I can buy a HDD at about £40.00 or I think I am looking at 80plus for a 1TB SSD. Just asking if you guys have any drive suggestions and is around £80 bucks the going price for 1tb SSD.

In addition does anyone know what mm the thermal pads are on the chips on the PS4 pro so I can order as one is missing and I do not have time today to open it and measure. At least this is keeping my mind of my desire for a 3070ti : )

Cheers guys

Sparx · 16 Mar 2022 at 08:26

I'd go for something like the 1TB Crucial MX500 - they're £74.99 if you have a quick shop around (not the BX500, which has no DRAM cache).

I put one in a family member's PS4 Pro over a year ago and has worked great, much better improvement with the SSD over his old HDD too in terms of map load times etc.

Also the thermal pads needed are 1mm.

Armageus · 16 Mar 2022 at 08:44

Crucial MX500 is a decent choice, and 1TB is still the sweet spot in terms of price/capacity for SSDs (if you later need more space, you can always pick up another and stick it in a USB3.0 2.5" caddy - external drives work pretty well on PS4/PS5).

Thermal pads should be 1mm - EK's RAM pads should be suitable, and probably also worth replacing the thermal paste whilst it's apart if you haven't already

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Crucial MX500 1.0TB 2.5" 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-06G-CR) = £79.99
1 x EK Water Blocks Thermal PAD E 1,0mm - (RAM 8X) (SKU: WC-916-EK) = £1.99
1 x Arctic MX-4 2019 Edition Thermal Compound (2g) (SKU: TH-01A-AR) = £3.95

Total: £96.43 (includes delivery: £10.50)

Emlyn_Dewar · 16 Mar 2022 at 11:15

I put an MX500 1TB in my PS4 Pro the other month and it's been a great change. I'm using the console way more now, as the loading times aren't quite so obscene.

TheVoice · 18 Mar 2022 at 16:21

I had a 1TB MX500 in mine too before I got a PS5, it worked great and really helped with load times in most games. RDR2 was the most noticeable at the time, it really cut down those load times. Didn't make much difference to Metro Exodus though unfortunately.

Kainz · 19 Mar 2022 at 06:40

TheVoice said:
I had a 1TB MX500 in mine too before I got a PS5, it worked great and really helped with load times in most games. RDR2 was the most noticeable at the time, it really cut down those load times. Didn't make much difference to Metro Exodus though unfortunately.

Exact same. I added an MX500 that I ripped out of my NAS to my PS4 Pro so I could play Horizon Dawn 2 quicker until my PS5 arrived.

It made a major difference to mostly everything. Games like Last of Us, Uncharted 4 however still take a while to load - they were dreadful on a hdd load time wise.

I had no idea the stock PS4 Pro HDD was a slow 5400rpm unit though. Bad decision imo.