Poll: *The Official PlayStation 5 (PS5) Thread*

Which PS5 Version will you likely buy?

  • Digital Only Version

    Votes: 171 16.1%
  • UHD Optical Version

    Votes: 660 62.3%
  • Unlikely to buy either

    Votes: 228 21.5%

  • Total voters
    1,059
Soldato
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Basics are any GEN4 drive will actually work.
Sony are recommending 5500 MB/s or faster Read Speed - although some people have plugged 3500 MB/s drives in using the beta, which does slow loading down, but not significantly.
Sony also recommend sing a heatsink (and really, you shouldn't even be considering things at this speed and not have one).

My opinion is if you're spending big anyway, don't drop below the 5500 MB/s and let the console load at the speeds it was intended to.
I'm personally taking the Gigabyte AORUS 7000 2TB route - comes with heatsink pre-attached and is at the very extreme (physical size) on fitting into the bay.
 
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Anyone have any idea when these PS5s from today are shipping? ‘By the 30th’ is so incredibly vague :p - Very seem to have at least updated their shipping info on the order.
 
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My intention was to do the upgrade once - and also remove my external storage drive. So I'm slamming in a 2TB that should give me around 2.6TB, which should really be plenty for all the games I need "on the go" at the same time.
I'm thinking the same 2tb. Expensive but its done once. I did the same with my ps4 pro added a 2tb drive in although for more cheaper

Iv been looking at the Gigabyte AORUS 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0. https://www.gigabyte.com/Solid-State-Drive/AORUS-Gen4-7000s-SSD-1TB#kf
 
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I'm thinking the same 2tb. Expensive but its done once. I did the same with my ps4 pro added a 2tb drive in although for more cheaper

Iv been looking at the Gigabyte AORUS 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0. https://www.gigabyte.com/Solid-State-Drive/AORUS-Gen4-7000s-SSD-1TB#kf

That's the one I've bought - I didn't get into the Beta, but as I could pay it off over 4 months interest free I figured I wouldn't miss the outgoing each month as opposed to the lot in one go. I paid £359 for it (which of course is typically more than you can get it for now)!
 
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That's the one I've bought - I didn't get into the Beta, but as I could pay it off over 4 months interest free I figured I wouldn't miss the outgoing each month as opposed to the lot in one go. I paid £359 for it (which of course is typically more than you can get it for now)!
Yeah I'm looking at the drive now for £321 and 0% interest also. £14 over 24 months if you want to know.
 
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