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Sony is Quietly Suggesting PS4 Players Upgrade to PS5 Consoles (insider-gaming.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 5 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Actually swapping out the HDD for an SSD on the PS4 will do next to nothing performance wise, because in Sony's "infinite wisdom", the drive is connected using an internal SATA to USB 2 adapter. The only benefit you'll get is instant seek times, but not better data transfer speeds.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Huh. Damn, I always heard you could connect an SSD to improve performance. Maybe good thing I never tried it? I mean I never had one.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Yeah, it cropped up after people managed to install Linux distros on the hardware, but essentially there's not much reason to so so if you plan on playing games and software that were designed for the base OS (Orbus) unless for noise or seek time latency (super niche).

    Honestly unless the PS4 is in a "pirate everything and throw it under the TV as an entertainment center" situation, you have much better options for budget gaming.

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