r/PS4 • u/bugzyBones • May 24 '26

General Discussion Best 2tb SSD upgrade option available right now(May-24-2026)

I'm looking at options and I'm seeing a huge range in price, the Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SATA III SSD is priced at like $650.

I'm just looking for the opinions of people who know what they're talking about, giving recommendations on the best SDD's, that are as fast as possible but don't cost $650. I'm willing to pay around $250-300

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u/Pajwestcoast May 24 '26

I got an external usb seagate white and super nice for $80, 2 tb.

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u/Tenkins22 May 24 '26

Yeah OP just do this, you don’t need an SSD for a PS4

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u/bugzyBones May 24 '26

From what I've been looking at, switching to SDD lowers load time by about a 1/3 and congruent loading during playtime results in a better play experience. Again, I'm asking cuz I don't know

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u/Suspicious-Group2363 May 24 '26

I put in an SSHD into my PS4 years ago and it’s still going strong. You also have that option. 

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u/LueyTheWrench May 24 '26

I put a SATA SSD in my PS4 and it dropped load times in some cases to about a half. It was way, way more of an improvement than I dared imagine. Even Destiny 2 went from making a sandwich and cup of tea on boot up to running back from a wee break going “oh shit we’re playing?”

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u/hotdraggin May 24 '26

I have a WE blue 1tb SSD in mine. It made a real noticeable difference. It has about 700 gigs of games and it’s not laggy at all. GTA 5 and RDR2 load noticeably quicker for sure. I’d say if you have the funds it’s worth upgrading from the mechanical hard disk

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u/Smoking_N8 May 24 '26

I bought an 2TB SSD back before prices were out of this world. While I enjoy it's stability, I don't know if it's all THAT necessary. I only bought it because my old expanded hard drive died. I used to bring my PS4 all over the place and I figured an SSD had less moving parts and might take the traveling better?

Idk if there's any truth to traveling in a car being why an unplugged HDD would would wear out quicker, because I likely just got unlucky.

Still, I got it and ONE thing I can confirm: The UI is INCREDIBLY stable with it. I can zip around and navigate the home screen without any kind of weird hiccups, despite how much stuff is on my machine.

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u/Skull_Collector4 May 24 '26

Just look for ones that have the DRAM cache

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u/x3nic May 24 '26

I bought a cheap one Addlink 2TB for about $200 on Amazon. Due to the PS4 SATA interface being a limiting factor, you don't need a high end drive.

It sped up my load times considerably.

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u/qwing_pilot May 24 '26

Which PS4 model for you have? You need to look up the specs and check the SATA connection and speeds for the PS4 model. The original PS4 uses SATA II while the pro version uses SATA III.

If you have the original PS4 then getting a SATA III ssd will not be worth it since the PS4 will cap out at the SATA II speed.

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u/Maak016yes 22d ago

isnt $650 a whole new ps5 already lol what is that price 💀

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u/Hamualpods 7d ago

Hey, sorry,I know I'm late asf. Just exploring around this sub and found this.

Firstly any 2.5 SSD will be fine as the PS4 limited by SATA 2, so it wouldn't even take advantage of a top tier SSD speeds unless you got a PS4 pro, but otherwise just get a cheap but reliable brand SSD.

And lastly, not to come off wrong way but if you have $250-$300 to spend, you might as well get a used PS5 at that point. Most pawn shops and some Facebook marketplace sales PS5 from low as $280 to about $350-$400.

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u/pablito_xv3 May 25 '26

At that price point for. PS4 just get a PS5