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Sony’s requirements are finally public.

Update (29/7, 11AM): Sony has finally confirmed the requirements for PS5 SSDs. We’re speaking to drive manufacturers and reading the guidance ourselves to get a list of recommendations, which we’ll add to this page shortly. Stay tuned!

Since the news broke that the PS5 would come with an internal NVMe SSD slot, we’ve often been asked which drive is the best choice to expand your game storage on PS5. As of late July, Sony has finally detailed the requirements for filling that internal SSD slot, so let’s get straight to it.

PS5 SSD requirements

Interface PCIe Gen 4.0 (x4) M.2 NVMe SSD
Capacity 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB or 4TB
Heatsink Required – either built-in or added yourself
Sequential reads 5500MB/s recommended
Form factor 2230, 2242, 2260, 2280 or 22110
Total size w/ heatsink 110 x 25 x 11.25 millimetres
4.33 x 0.984 x 0.442 inches
Heatsink max height (above SSD) 2.45 millimetres
0.096 inches
Heatsink max height (above SSD) 8 millimetres
0.314 inches

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What’s the best external SSD for playing PS4 games on PS5?

If you fancy an external SSD to play PS4 games, whether on PS5 or PS4, then that’s another story – this is possible and we do have some thoughts on the matter.

See our full best portable SSD recommendations here for our pick of the fastest drives – or our best external drives for PS4 article here, if you’d like recommendations for slower but cheaper external hard drives as well.

We’ve also included quick “where to buy” links for the US and UK below if your adblocker is disabled (thanks!). Remember that these drives do work great on PS5, but you’re only able to install, copy or run PS4 games to external drives, even external SSDs like these.

We hope this article was useful!

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