Silicon Power 2TB XS70 Nvme PCIe Gen4 M.2 2280 SSD R/W Up to 7,300/6,800 MB/s, DRAM Cache, with Built-in PS5 Heatsink, Compatible with PlayStation 5 (SP02KGBP44XS7005)

Okay, if anyone is wondering if this brand is legit? Rest assured they are. They offer all sorts of storage solutions at a very affordable price tag. I've been using Silicon Power MicroSD cards for years, ever since I got my first 128GB card from them over 10 years ago. I have since given that card to my best friend for his Nintendo Switch and it still runs amazing. So yes, I can attest to the quality of Silicon Power products.When I saw they were making NVMe drives? I had to pull the trigger, considering this is a 4TB model that I bought and usually those cost over 300 bucks to get even without a proper hest sink installed, so you're getting a good deal with this one.Set up was easy once I opened the bottom of my PS5, however, good luck trying to get the screw and lifter that came with to come loose. It ain't happening and trust me, I tried everything. I ended up getting an alternative screw and the compatible washers, said screw will be M3-0.50 x 10 which you can find at most hardware stores.Anyway, once I got it all set up, the drive tested itself and got a 5GB/second speed. Very impressive. It formatted as quick as Sonic the Hedgehog runs and I was off to the races. I immediately transferred all my PS5 installs to the drive and found out I had over 2.5TB worth of installs. Took a few hours to transfer but once I did? That's when the real test began.I have been using this pretty much as a daily driver since then and performance wise? This thing is slick. I have not noticed any additional lag when compared to the PS5's internal storage at all and along with that? Load times are just as fast as well.Overall, I'm pleased as punch with this product. I have a good feeling I'm going to be using this for a long time coming and if their MicroSD cards are anything to go on? I have nothing to worry about when it comes to this NVMe drive's durability and performance.

Any consoles manufacutred with under a tb of space should be criminal. This came thorugh for a great price and awesom performance when I needed it. Defintley saved me from making a few tough decisions juggling games from the library to the console. Really fast and fits snug in the expansion bay.

Finding myself frustrated at the lack of native storage space for PS5 specific games for the same console, I looked into getting an NVME SSD for the available expansion slot. Unlike the ridiculously expensive to expand XBOX X (which I also own), PS5 storage prices are really good right now as there’s a glut of NVME on the market. Was able to get this 2TB NVME SSD for $140 or so, and prices have dropped even further in just a few weeks! This is my first Playstation, which means I don’t already have a PS4 with many of the games that also run on the PS5 - so every time there’s a Sony Playstation store deal on an older AAA title that I haven’t played before, I get it (like $10 for both of the Middle Earth games, and $10 for the 3 x Batman titles together). While these games have since been moved to my new USB 3.0 storage drive (as they’re PS4 games and can be launched from USB 3.0 drives), I was still running out of space on the built-in console storage with some of the PS5 specific titles I bought on sale.Now is definitely a good time to buy! Be sure to look up the minimum specs for PS5 NVME expansion - IIRC it needs to be PCI 4.0 and meet minimum read/write speeds, which this unit did. It was easy to install (figuring out how to remove the PS5 case plastic for the first time was the hardest step and that was not hard either!) and only took maybe 10 minutes including powering the system off, unplugging everything, installing the NVME, and then reconnecting things (like my external USB 3.0 drive for PS4 game content).If I had waited a couple more weeks the 4TB NVME drive would have been $320 or so, and I might have gotten that instead (was $400 at the time I bought my 2TB NVME), but happy with 2TB.While this is not a PS5 vs XBOX X review, right now based on the cost of internal storage expansion (needed to launch current gen games on either console), and the lack of any sort of good exclusives on XBOX, and that PS5 also has a very good PS VR2 headset (Resident Evil: The Village with the headset is AMAZING!) if I were looking to buy only one console right now, it would be a PS5.

Pros:- Affordable- Available in flavors up to 8Tb- MBTF: 1600K Hours- TBW: (1Tb: 700TBW, 2Tb: 1400TBW, 4Tb: 3000TBW, 8Tb: Unknown - Likely 6000TBW)- Up to 7300Mb/s Sequential Reads and 6800Mb/s Sequential Writes- Backwards Compatibility with older systems- 5 Year Warranty ensures you are never down a drive for too long- Amazing Price/GB- Great Performance rivaling the best drives on the market while retaining longer sequential reads/writes- Aesthetics are a plus with an attractive heatsink design- Removing the heatsink and putting the drive under a sustained load does not cause thermal throttling- Sequential Writes do not cause huge dips in performance when the DRAM Cache runs out.- TLC NANDCons:- In testing the heatsink is more about flair, rather than assisting in heat dissipation- Unlikely to fit in most laptops with an M.2 SSD Slot due to the large heatsink- Sub-Par 4K ReadsSynopsis:- Buy if looking for a fast PCIe Gen4 drive and not willing to pay top dollar for Samsung, etc and looking for a drive with DRAM.

Excellent M.2 drives. I've must have purchased at least eight of them by now. They work great in my PC and in my PS5 and PS5 Pro. Excellent speeds for the cost. (4tb version)