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PS5 M.2 drives compared: Samsung vs. Seagate vs. Corsair

The PS5 can now expand its internal storage. Dan Ackerman pits some of the bigger brand names against each other to see if there’s much difference between them. Find these M.2 drives here: Seagate FireCuda 530 – shorturl.at/nqyU6 Samsung 980 Pro – shorturl.at/fgmrI Corsair MP600 Pro LPX – shorturl.at/pDN12 *CNET may get a commission from…

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The PS5 can now expand its internal storage. Dan Ackerman pits some of the bigger brand names against each other to see if there’s much difference between them.

Find these M.2 drives here:
Seagate FireCuda 530 – shorturl.at/nqyU6
Samsung 980 Pro – shorturl.at/fgmrI
Corsair MP600 Pro LPX – shorturl.at/pDN12
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42 Comments

  1. ٰ ٰ

    February 5, 2022 at 1:01 pm

    1 minute

  2. Kevin Colvin

    February 5, 2022 at 1:12 pm

    I got the Samsung 980 pro with Heatsink about a week ago for my ps5

  3. Menachem Huri

    February 5, 2022 at 1:13 pm

    The firecuda 530 is the most durable drive out of any ssd on the market for ps5/pc right now.

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    February 5, 2022 at 1:14 pm

    Sir awesome video

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    February 5, 2022 at 1:34 pm

    Zero value here.

  7. xxnike629xx

    February 5, 2022 at 1:46 pm

    Transfer speeds are great and all, but it’s important to also test read & write speeds of it compared to the internal drive. Also, the TBW rating is important since SSDs don’t have an infinite lifespan.

    • OneToGoBeyond

      February 5, 2022 at 3:52 pm

      No drive is infinite, but amount of write cycles on SSD’s are not something commerical use is going to need to worry about really (with proper use).

    • xxnike629xx

      February 5, 2022 at 6:30 pm

      @OneToGoBeyond and why is that? TBW is important.

    • OneToGoBeyond

      February 7, 2022 at 11:11 pm

      @xxnike629xx Well, if you go and check what the manufacturers are claiming for how many write cycles their drive has, most are in the 30-70k write cycles before the integrity of the drive will be compromised. Odds are with normal use, the average user will never approach that level of use. You might get to 5-10k in total on one drive.

  8. tld8102

    February 5, 2022 at 2:03 pm

    If you take off the heat sinc, they’ll all fit

  9. Thomas C.

    February 5, 2022 at 2:05 pm

    The background music is so annoying!

  10. HIMI2003

    February 5, 2022 at 2:22 pm

    Corsair is what I am getting

  11. R S

    February 5, 2022 at 2:35 pm

    I assume they’re all priced close to same?

  12. Mike Lombardo

    February 5, 2022 at 2:37 pm

    Don’t need the ~2min exposition on why you would add a m.2 drive as most the people that click this video already know this. Long story short – all drives perform nearly the same and to the average consumer, you’ll never notice a difference – which hundreds of other YouTubers already found months ago this when the updated firmware come out. This is exactly the reason YouTube needs to bring back (officially) the dislike button counter.

  13. Samus Hunter 00

    February 5, 2022 at 3:05 pm

    Excellent video, will definitely save this video when I finally get a PS5. Good work!

  14. Aizzul

    February 5, 2022 at 3:56 pm

    what about their respective loading time?

  15. GeneAnkleHurtHisFrankel

    February 5, 2022 at 4:05 pm

    FireCuda 530 is it.

    • Samus Hunter 00

      February 5, 2022 at 4:48 pm

      Only two FireCuda available at a Best Buy near me. But a good sale going on this wknd. Haven’t checked Amazon yet

  16. OneToGoBeyond

    February 5, 2022 at 4:07 pm

    I picked up the WD_BLACK 2TB SN850 without heatsink because at the time, they were charging near 100 bucks more for it. In internal tests the actual write speeds were under the 7000mb/s but only just so and not consistent (somewere right at the 7k). What I’ve found is that m.2 is fine for overflow of PS5 games I’m not currently playing but to transfer off to for quick retrival.

    I also own a 4tb ssd with 2k write speeds for ps4 games AND PS5 titles I have no clue when I’m ever going to play again. The price point on that external SSD was a touch expensive, but it’s also an investment for future gen and/or other things I might need it for down the line.

  17. Jorge Mankita

    February 5, 2022 at 4:15 pm

    This test is not useful, since it’s limited by the ps5 internal drive, you should test loading speeds from those drives too to know if any are better

  18. Matthew Datcher

    February 5, 2022 at 4:28 pm

    Informative video. However, someone needed to QC the audio. -19.8 is terribly low.

  19. LIEL73 MD

    February 5, 2022 at 5:16 pm

    SSD magic?

  20. haitianxu

    February 5, 2022 at 5:23 pm

    Skip to 3:09 for the actual test results.

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    February 5, 2022 at 5:24 pm

    The teardown to install a crap 1tb ssd is basically the same crap it already has inside this having to buy another 1tb ssd is so redundant and the risk of someone whose never opened anything electronic to snap or break something off instead of making the drive plug in and out via small access panel like most laptops

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    February 5, 2022 at 6:16 pm

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    February 6, 2022 at 12:56 am

    Transfer times is great and all but where’s the real world experience that a user will typically see, such as with game start up or load time. Also, comparing this to the internal storage (baseline) is useful.

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