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Personally, I'd get it just to be on the safe side. That said, as heatsinks can be found for as little as £5 to £10, getting one is a relatively small extra on top of a relatively expensive high-spec drive. Generally, hot SSDs will just run slower, not die outright, so you shouldn't worry about it too much. We've used SSDs in the PS5 for a few weeks now without a heatsink and didn't notice any issues, so you could always get the drive first and buy a heatsink later if you notice any stutters or slowdowns in your games.
Only long-term testing will reveal the answer for sure, but Sony's recommendation is that you use a heatsink to ensure consistent performance.
All told, it'll probably take most newcomers only a few minutes to complete, so don't be too worried about it! For what it's worth, I installed a couple of drives to check they'd physically fit, and the process is very straightforward - take off the PS5's shell, unscrew the drive cover, remove the drive screw and spacer, put the spacer in the position marked 2280, insert the drive, screw it in through the spacer, then replace the drive cover and shell. That's pretty much everything of note, but you can have a look at Sony's complete requirements here, which also include some guidance on the installation procedure. Required - either built-in or added yourself
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We have a full list of recommended drives and heatsinks above.
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These drives are expensive, normally retailing north of $200/£200 for a 1TB model, but unfortunately that's not unusual for a drive of this calibre- and demand may well see these prices trend higher for a short while as everyone rushes out to upgrade their PS5. That means you'll need to either buy a drive with a short heatsink already installed - like the WD SN850 ( $250/ £218) or Seagate FireCuda 530 ( $255/ £220) - or buy a drive without a heatsink then add one yourself, before installing the newly upgraded drive into the PS5. There are even specific requirements about where that height can be - there's 2.45mm of space below the SSD for the heatsink and 8 millimetres above, so heatsinks with thick bottoms (!) may not work even if their total height is within spec. The combined drive and heatsink need to be 11.25mm (0.442") or shorter, which rules out some drives that come with non-removable heatsinks that are taller than this. The most onerous requirement is that your PS5 SSD needs to have a heatsink or some other cooling apparatus, which needs to fit inside the shallow slot Sony has provided for internal expansion. So far, all pretty straightforward - but the tricky part is yet to come. (Drives this fast have only been available since last autumn.) These drives use a compact M.2 form factor and measure 22mm across, and can be anywhere from 30mm to 110mm long (most consumer drives are 80mm long, a form factor also known as 2280). First of all, only the fastest solid state drives are officially recommended: NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSDs with a sequential read speed of 5500MB/s or faster. Now that we've had a look at our recommendations, let's take a look at the requirements in case you're considering a drive that we haven't listed. Watch on YouTube Watch the latest episode of DF Direct Weekly, where Digital Foundry staff discuss the hottest topics in gaming technology.
We've tested and confirmed the ones below work, but many others should also be fine as long as they are physically small enough! Here are some standalone NVMe SSD heatsinks that meet the height requirements for the PS5.
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We're still testing new drives and heatsinks as they become available, so feel free to leave a comment below or tweet if there's a drive you think should be listed here. With very small differences in terms of real world usage, we'd strongly encourage you to go for one of the cheaper options in your region - as long as it's from a brand you trust. Our top picks are at the top of the table, with drives that offer less performance or are worse value towards the bottom. There are already loads of PS5-compatible SSDs, but these are the ones that we've tested and can recommend.
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