{"id":1184850,"date":"2023-09-22T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1184850"},"modified":"2023-09-22T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T21:30:00","slug":"sabrent-ships-8tb-ssd-for-playstation-5-high-capacity-for-a-high-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1184850","title":{"rendered":"Sabrent Ships 8TB SSD for PlayStation 5: High Capacity for a High Price"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Although Sony’s PlayStation 5 game console fully supports off-the-shelf PCIe 4.0 solid-state drives, Sony initially limited the maximum capacity to 4 TB. Recently the company removed that cap as part of the PS5 8.00 firmware update, and now the system can support drives with up to 8 TB. Sabrent, in turn, is among the first SSD makers to offer an 8 TB drive specifically marketed for the PS5.<\/p>\n


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“PC and PS5 enthusiasts have long anticipated the expansion of internal storage capacity, and now, this dream has become a reality with the introduction of the Sabrent 8TB Rocket 4 Plus SSD,” a\u00a0statement by Sabrent reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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Sabrent’s Rocket 4 Plus 8 TB is based on a Phison platform and is actually a bit faster than the rest of the drives in the series. The manufacturer says that the SSD offers an up to 7,100 MB\/s sequential write and up to 6,000 MB\/s sequential write speeds. In order to keep the drive properly cooled under high loads, the drive comes equipped with a PS5-compatible aluminum heatsink that also doubles as a replacement for the drive bay’s metal cover plate.<\/p>\n


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Sabrent’s 8 TB Rocket 4 Plus drive (SB-RKT4P-PSHS-8TB) can now be purchased from Amazon for\u00a0$1,009.99<\/a>, which is twice the price of Sony’s PlayStation 5 console, and a $10 premium over a bare 8TB Rocket 4 Plus.<\/p>\n


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This is of course a huge investment, but PS5’s 825 GB of capacity available to end users is a fraction of what modern SSDs can provide 3 years later\u00a0\u2013 and whose small capacity is quickly being consumed by modern, high-end games. For example, Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War takes up over 300 GB and Gran Turismo 7 nears 200 GB.<\/p>\n


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Now that Sony’s PlayStation 5 supports 8 TB SSDs, the console gets a yet another advantage over Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S consoles, which only support proprietary drives with an up to 2 TB capacity. Since these drives are essentially M.2-2230 SSDs encapsulated into a plastic case, it remains to be seen when an 8 TB drive will come to the latest generation of Xbox consoles.<\/p>\n


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\nSource: AnandTech – Sabrent Ships 8TB SSD for PlayStation 5: High Capacity for a High Price<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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