PS5 fans are angry because SSDs install complicated, annoying and expensive

Sony finally rolls the firmware update for the PS5, which enables the installation of an SSD memory expansion. For the time being only in the beta, but it probably does not take much longer until it is so far in the official version. However, the solution generally causes only little counter-love. Many fans are disappointed, confused, unsettled or simply angry, because the whole procedure is unnecessarily complicated and the SSDs are quite expensive on top of that.

SSD installation in PS5 is awkward and fans react annoyed

That's why: To install an SSD in your PS5, you must first find the right SSD. This is more difficult than expected because the SSD has to fulfill many requirements.

You need a PCIe 4.0 SSD with Heatsink, which still has to fit into the rather tight place of the PS5. How exactly does that matter and what specifications the SSD must have in this SSD article:

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But not enough: so far, there is only one SSD, which was officially confirmed as compatible. But there should also be some other models. However, it looks immediately: The things are pretty expensive.

Only right if you want to expand the PS5 space not only by 500 GB. For 2 TB, around 500 euros are due, which corresponds approximately to the price of a complete PS5.

Fan reactions fall through: With many PS5 owners * inside it is not particularly good. Especially the prices encounter most of the acid.

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But the complicated requirements nerves a whole lot of people. Who first found the right SSD in the right size, must then be around with the question of the right heatsink, which then must fit and should not be too high.

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SSD user Christian9500 writes:

"Sony has not done a favor. If people install too slow SSD's, there will be a lot of swirls. I do not want to know how many consoles and SSD's will break, because the heat sink is missing."

Last but not least is the installation of the SSD also reasonably complex. Who bought the PS5 as a console so as not to screw around, should have been quite disappointed by this solution for memory expansion.

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Above all, the unavoidable comparison with the Xbox Series S / X ** emerges again and again: Microsoft makes the memory expansion much easier. Like, for example, SSD-User Thenewage1990 writes:

"I praise my Series X and the Memory Card, which you just put in back."

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In the meantime, REDDIT is mainly debated violently which SSDs fit into the PS5 and meet the minimum requirements. Currently, it looks that some theoretically wants to fit, among other things, the Samsung 980 PRO as well as the WD Black Sn850. There are currently no official confirmations for both SSDs.

What about your Sony's solution for memory expansion? What did you expect? Sony finally rolls the firmwaree update for the PS5, which enables the installation of an SSD memory expansion. For the time being only in the beta, but it probably does not take much longer until it is so far in the official version. However, the solution generally causes only little counter-love. Many fans are disappointed, confused, unsettled or simply angry, because the whole procedure is unnecessarily complicated and the SSDs are quite expensive on top of that.

SSD installation in PS5 is awkward and fans react annoyed

That's why: To install an SSD in your PS5, you must first find the right SSD. This is more difficult than expected because the SSD has to fulfill many requirements.

You need a PCIe 4.0 SSD with Heatsink, which still has to fit into the rather tight place of the PS5. How exactly does that matter and what specifications the SSD must have in this SSD article:

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more on the subject

Install PS5 SSD: That's how it works, you have to pay attention

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But not enough: so far, there is only one SSD, which was officially confirmed as compatible. But there should also be some other models. However, it looks immediately: The things are pretty expensive.

Only right if you want to expand the PS5 space not only by 500 GB. For 2 TB, around 500 euros are due, which corresponds approximately to the price of a complete PS5.

Fan reactions fall through: With many PS5 owners * inside it is not particularly good. Especially the prices encounter most of the acid.

Link to Twitter content

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But the complicated requirements nerves a whole lot of people. Who first found the right SSD in the right size, must then be around with the question of the right heatsink, which then must fit and should not be too high.

Link to Twitter content

SSD user Christian9500 writes:

"Sony has not done a favor. If people install too slow SSD's, there will be a lot of swirls. I do not want to know how many consoles and SSD's will break, because the heat sink is missing."

Last but not least is the installation of the SSD also reasonably complex. Who bought the PS5 as a console so as not to screw around, should have been quite disappointed by this solution for memory expansion.

Link to Twitter content

Above all, the unavoidable comparison with the Xbox Series S / X ** emerges again and again: Microsoft makes the memory expansion much easier. Like, for example, SSD-User Thenewage1990 writes:

"I praise my Series X and the Memory Card, which you just put in back."

Link to Twitter content

In the meantime, REDDIT is mainly debated violently which SSDs fit into the PS5 and meet the minimum requirements. Currently, it looks that some theoretically wants to fit, among other things, the Samsung 980 PRO as well as the WD Black Sn850. There are currently no official confirmations for both SSDs.

What about your Sony's solution for memory expansion? What did you expect?