Takket være ny funktionalitet, der lige nu beta-tests på PlayStation 5, så er det snart muligt at udvide mængden af brugbar plads på din konsol via et M.2 Gen4 SSD-drev. Selvom nogle hurtige, og dyre, drev allerede er begyndt at markedsføre sig selv som værende "PlayStation 5" ready, så er der åbenbart stadig forbrugere der er bekymrede over, om hvorvidt de vil kunne mærke forskel på loading fra den interne SSD, som er skræddersyet af Sony, og en fra en tredjepart.
Via Twitter har Insomniac Games' Director of Core Technology, Mike Fitzgerald, dog manet nogle af bekymringerne til jorden. Han slår fast, at hvis du bruger en Gen4 SSD, så har du ikke noget at bekymre dig om.
"The Gen4 drives we tried that met the recommended specs gave results almost indistinguishable from the internal SSD. The rest of the I/O path still in use (hardware Kraken decompression, etc.) is definitely pulling its weight in delivering the crazy loading moments in Rift Apart. We tried some below-spec Gen4 M.2 drives as well and saw up to 15% slower loading in the most SSD-stressing areas of the game. Not too shabby, but keep a close eye on technical specs if you're making an SSD purchase, as our game does rely on high-quality storage."
Det gør det ikke ligefrem let, men Sony har dog udgivet nogle guidelines, som du finder herunder.
"Interface: PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 NVMe SSD
Capacity: 250GB - 4TB
Cooling structure: Using an M.2 SSD with your PlayStation 5 console requires effective heat dissipation with a cooling structure, such as a heatsink. You can attach one to your M.2 SSD yourself, either in a single-sided format, or double-sided format. There are also M.2 SSDs that have cooling structures (such as heatsinks) built in.
Sequential read speed: 5,500MB/s or faster is recommended
Module width: 22mm width (25mm width is not supported)
Form Factor: M.2 type 2230, 2242, 2260, 2280 and 22110.
These numbers can be found on retail listings for M.2 SSD devices. The first two digits refer to the width, the remaining digits to the length."