Over a yr after it first went on sale, the PS5 bought a function that was revealed earlier than it got here out – the flexibility to tackle an extra inner M.2 SSD for extra fast storage.

With about 825GB of SSD house out of the field, and solely round 667GB of that truly accessible to players due to the OS taking on room, getting more room is one thing that loads of folks will probably be actually eager on. It is not the best course of however we’re right here to stroll you thru methods to get it carried out.

Easy methods to set up an inner SSD in your PS5

1. Select a appropriate SSD

First up, you must know that solely sure SSDs are literally going to work with the PS5 internally – they have to be an M2 drive, and much more crucially they should match into the slot they’re allotted to, with a heatsink hooked up.

For now, we now have two prime suggestions to go together with. First, there’s the Seagate FireCuda 530. It is a lightning-fast drive that shoots previous all of Sony’s necessities on the pace entrance, and fortunately additionally has a sufficiently small heatsink that it will match.

Secondly, you possibly can additionally go together with the SN850 from WD_Black, which equally is greater than quick sufficient to work with Sony’s necessities, and likewise has a diminutive heatsink – both is a good selection, though Sony has clarified that even the quickest drives may not carry out precisely just like the PS5’s personal customary SSD.

2. Be sure you’re on the fitting system software program

SSD enlargement is out there to all customers now, after having been restricted to these enrolled in Sony’s beta testing system. So, all you must do is just be sure you’re on the newest system software program potential.

You’ll be able to inform whether or not you have got a software program replace ready for you by visiting this a part of the settings menu in your console:

3. Flip off your PS5 and unplug it

Subsequent up, you may need to absolutely energy down your PS5 by holding its energy button for 3 seconds. Go away it to chill down for a few minutes, then unplug it fully. This’ll have you ever prepared to put in your SSD.

4. Open your PS5’s cowl

You may need the PS5 laying on a delicate floor with the disc drive facet dealing with upward (so upside-down in comparison with the way it usually rests). Then, with a little bit of drive, you may lever the white cowl off the PS5 by gripping it on the prime nook and lifting it up whereas sliding it towards the bottom.

It is just a little finicky so do not exert an excessive amount of drive – when you pull it outward a bit and slide it down towards the bottom screw gap of the PS5, you must be capable of click on it off. It will present you the slot for the SSD, though it’s going to be coated by a metallic plate, as you may see under.

5. Take away the slot’s cowl and click on in your SSD

You’ll be able to simply unscrew this cowl utilizing a cross-head screwdriver, letting you see the slot for the SSD.

Then it is a pretty easy matter of clicking the SSD into place and securing it utilizing the screw and spacer that you’re going to discover inside (they’re on the finish of the slot marked with 110).

The dimensions of your SSD will decide the place the screw and spacer safe it, and it needs to be pretty apparent when you click on the SSD into its slot. You may discover it best when you click on it into its housing on the base, as within the picture above, then safe it from the opposite finish.

You may need the spacer beneath the SSD, and the screw to undergo the semi-circular housing on the SSD’s finish, to safe it in place.

6. Shut your PS5 up and format your drive

From right here, it is about going again in reverse. As soon as your SSD is safe, you may screw the duvet for its slot again into place. Then you may reattach the white plastic facet of the PS5, sliding it into place till it clicks solidly, then hook all of it again as much as energy and your TV.

In case you’ve carried out every little thing proper, powering on the PS5 ought to ship you to a formatting display to set your drive up. As soon as that course of is full, in below a minute from our expertise, you may be free to take pleasure in your expanded storage and overlook concerning the days of deleting video games on a regular basis.

If any of those steps are unclear, in the meantime, you may try Sony’s extraordinarily detailed data web page right here, which additionally comprises actually granular breakdowns of precisely what sort of SSD you may need to purchase, in case our two suggestions aren’t to your tastes.

Easy methods to set up your personal heatsink on an SSD

You may rightly conclude that the most cost effective solution to get your self an M.2 SSD for the PS5 could be to purchase a mannequin with out a heatsink, then connect a third-party heatsink your self earlier than becoming it utilizing the steps above, and you would be proper.

It is not as tough because it sounds, both. We’ll stroll you thru it under, utilizing XPG’s Gammix S70 Blade for instance, because it ships with the heatsink not but hooked up, and greater than exceeds Sony’s pace necessities.

Crucial issue right here is dimension – just be sure you get a heatsink and SSD mixture that will not exceed Sony’s dimension necessities, as specified by that detailed information on its web site.

1. Unpack your SSD and get your heatsink prepared

Test which facet of your SSD you may be attaching your heatsink to – it is the facet with the storage on, though in case your SSD is double-sided you must simply go together with whichever has extra storage areas. Within the case of the Gammix S70 Blade, a sticker is hooked up to 1 facet to cease you from unintentionally putting in the heatsink on there, which is helpful (though it additionally must be peeled off earlier than it goes in your console).

2. Peel off the adhesive sticker out of your heatsink

Peeling again the sticker in your heatsink will expose the adhesive that may stick the part onto your SSD.

3. Connect the heatsink fastidiously to your SSD

From there it is a easy however exact matter of sticking the heatsink down onto the SSD gently however firmly. You’ll be able to line up the notch in a single finish with the notch in your SSD to make sure that you’ll repair it in place in your PS5 while you come to put in it.

Just be sure you align it straight, and you will be all completed – the drive is now able to be put in in your PS5, following the steps we outlined additional up. As long as your heatsink is sized appropriately to suit into the enlargement slot in your console, you may be having fun with expanded storage very quickly.