You might see a shiny new internal SSD on sale for Black Friday, but if you're thinking about getting it for your equally shiny and new PS5, don't. While there are some amazing Black Friday deals for PS5 going on right now, the console doesn't actually support expanded SSD storage — at least internally. Sony hasn't even clarified which internal SSDs will be compatible with the PS5, so for this reason you should hold off on buying one. Buy one of these external SSDs and HDDs on sale instead to store your backward compatible PS4 games.
Samsung makes some incredible SSDs, and this T7 in particular sports USB 3.2 support for extremely fast speeds, up to 1050MB/s to be exact. It comes with USB Type-C to C and USB Type-C to A cables, and is drop resistant from up to six feet.
WD is another trusted brand when it comes to data storage. Its My Passport Go SSD comes with a 3-year warranty and features read speeds of up to 400GB/s. The back includes a built-in cable so you'll never have to worry about losing your key to connection.
This HDD from Seagate is officially licensed and designed to work perfectly with PlayStation. Since it features 2TB of storage, you can hold plenty of backward compatible PS4 games on it and save up that internal SSD space on your console for PS5 games.
A whopping 5TB of hard drive space may seem like overkill to some people, but I don't know how many games you own. You have hundreds of titles you've accumulated over the years? You'll want to get a beefy HDD to store them all.
PS5 games can only be stored on its internal SSD, so that rules out a lot of great SSD deals. Since the PS5 is backward compatible, though, it is recommended you store your PS4 games on an external drive to save room on the internal for your PS5 games. It's not an ideal scenario, but it's one we need to live with until Sony updates the console to support internal NVMe SSDs.
Considering how quickly its internal 825GB SSD can run out, I'd imagine Sony will update the system to support NMVe drives sooner rather than later. It's been a constant talking point online and one of the most requested features from fans. Not only that, but it's a problem that Microsoft has already solved with the Xbox Series X, offering its own 1TB expansion SSD in partnership with Seagate.
I personally use Western Digital for my HDDs, but there are several reliable brands to choose from and you can't go wrong with any of the above. Just keep in mind what price point you're looking for and how much storage you need. If you don't have too many games, a 1TB drive should suffice.
