Hi, I'm planning to replace my PS4 pro's HDD with an SSD. I've done some preliminary testing by temporarily using my laptop's Goodram CX400 and I see that games load around 50% faster (at least RDR2, Psychonauts 2 and Doom Eternal).
I've looked into recommendations for SSD's and Samsung EVOs seem to be the choice. However, from what I see, they also speed up load time by the factor similar to my cheaper drive.
Also I've found an old but worrying video comparing SSD on base PS4 and PS4 pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs7RNzEqOe4 and it seems that even though the pro has SATA III, it isn't that much faster than SATA II on the base model. It's also possible that it was improved in some system update.
Taking the above into account, is it really worth to buy an expensive SSD for PS4 pro?
Posted by axe521
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I don’t have the knowledge you seem to have, but I use a 50 pound Seagate Portable SSD with a 1tb memory, playing most games directly from it on the PS4. It runs just the same as if it was on the HDD, not sure if a top of the range SSD would improve speeds, but the cheap one I have doesn’t slow it down 🙂