The Amazon Spring Sale is now in full swing, and among the dozens of eye-catching discounts, we’ve spotted a seriously compelling deal on our top pick for the best PS5 internal SSD.
Right now, the WD_Black 2TB SN850 SSD is on sale for £187 at Amazon. That’s a sizeable discount of £102 compared to its full retail price of £289. It’s also the lowest price ever for this particular model of the popular PS5 SSD. Alternatively, if you’re looking to spend a little less, the WD_Black 1TB SN850 SSD is on sale for £124 at Amazon — that’s £55 off its RRP.
The WD_Black SN850 is currently the only PS5 SSD that has been given the officially-licensed seal of approval by Sony. And if you need some extra reassurance, I’ve been using this SSD in my own console for more than 18 months and can report zero issues whatsoever. As you would expect, the speedy drive comfortably meets all of Sony’s specifications for a PS5 SSD.
This on-sale model also comes with a preattached heatsink. This is an essential requirement for any SSD added to the PS5’s Storage Expansion Slot. You could buy a standalone SSD and install a third-party heatsink yourself, but it’s a lot more convenient to purchase this model that is ready to go out of the box. Plus, it saves you the hassle of having to ensure your chosen heatsink actually fits into the PS5’s SSD tray.
Unlike with the PS4, where upgrading your internal hard drive involved removing the console’s stock drive, adding a new PS5 SSD to your console does not replace the pre-existing internal storage. That means if you purchase this 1TB SSD, you’ll get all that additional hard drive space alongside the 667GB storage capacity that comes as standard.
After adding this SSD to your PS5 you will have roughly 1.6TBs of storage. That is plenty of room to install dozens of the best PS5 games — and you’ll even have space left over for upcoming releases such as Dead Island 2 and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
Considering the typically large file sizes of many modern games, and the PS5’s relatively small stock hard drive, a larger PS5 SSD borders on an essential accessory. And that’s why this opportunity to score a highly-rated Western Digital model with a significant discount is one that you definitely shouldn’t pass up.
