Maybe I have anger issues, but every time I buy a new game that I really want to play, nothing makes me want to go super sayain more than the PS5 telling me I'm out of storage space. “Well, why is your operating system overload taking up some of my internal space? Why don't you delete something?” I say to my TV.
Luckily, I have the joy of testing PS5 SSDs for a living, so that scenario happens less frequently these days, which is probably a good thing so my neighbors won't hear me and think I'm losing my mind. I'm going to make your life easier this Black Friday and tell you about the easy-to-install, no-research, fast, and spacious SSD deals you need for the PS5 this Black Friday. I'll start with my favorite of the year, which is Corsair's MP600 Elite, currently reduced to just $79.99 at Amazon.
This Black Friday PS5 SSD deal is probably the first one I would recommend because it is one of the lowest maintenance drives you may have ever used. Their 1TB format has been at this price for a while, but that's not a bad thing because everyone else has been trying to get prices this low. For a 1TB drive, this is all you need: simply remove the faceplate from your console, insert it, and you're good to go.
For most gamers, 1TB will be more than enough space to start hogging games like a dragon and not run out of space. But, if you play some games that have abnormally large installation demands, like STAL.KER 2, Call of Duty, or even Baldur's Gate 3, you'll use up that 1TB SSD for PS5 pretty quickly.
If you want to take it a step further and pick up a 2TB drive, you're in luck, because these are some of the best Black Friday SSD deals available this year. Again, without complications, I would recommend the WD Black SN850X, because its heatsink version (designed for PS5) is up to $133 on Amazon.
I would never really recommend an 8TB drive to PS5 players, even if the console can now accept such gigantic SSDs. It's highly unlikely that you'll use that much space – last year I checked how many terabytes the entire Game Pass library would consume, and it was around 11TB total. For PS5 players, the entire PS Plus collection would probably add up to less than that, so it wouldn't really be worth spending the money on an 8TB model.
However, 4TB drives are starting to become more viable because during big sales events like Black Friday, they become much more affordable. Take as an example the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB, which does not have the lowest price in its history, but it is in Super reasonable $269 at Amazon. That gives you tons of room to play and will probably last you the rest of the life of the PS5 before you have to think about deleting another game.
This one comes without a heatsink, so it's not as simple as the other options on this list. But competing 4TB models with heatsinks are much more expensive, this is really your best option if you want to go big or go home. All you need to do is grab one of the best PS5 heatsinks to keep it cool, and they're usually under $20.
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