UPDATE: I've been playing my PS4 Pro for a few days since upgrading, and there are noticeable differences everywhere. From in-game menu loading/speed and world loading, to hitching and frame drops, and finally to the home screen responsiveness, this drive completely eliminates all of it. Very worth the $200. Plus, an extra 1TB of storage helps as well. I reccomend this upgrade!👍🤘😎 Just got my Samsung 870 QVO 2TB in the mail. Gonna upgrade my console since finding a PS5 is pretty much impossible right now.
cold war zombies been unplayable for me in the ps4 because frames are always an issue, you think this would help? Even war zone while dropping the world is still loading and the landscape looks blurry-ish maybe they meant for pc
I can now get the same ssd that you did for $150. Months later would you say it’s worth it? My biggest peeve with my PS4 Pro hdd is my pc friends always load into S&D cod matches before I do.
@@cristopherlopez4933is it a USB 3.0 ?, I am doing this and one thing I found out is that the PS4 Pro has 2 USB 3.0's in the front and a 2.0 in the back. Same goes for an external hard drive. Just make sure that if you're plugging in to the front, whatever it is; it needs to be 3.0 if its in the front, and it needs to be 2.0 or higher in the back. I had the same issue BTW
@@joshuarkristof80 tbh i was getting annoyed by starwars fallen order, because of the load times, i don't think it was even 20 seconds i gained when i got my ssd, but it definitely made the game feel smoother every damn time i die. Lol
Keep in mind that it needs to be ps4 pro. A regular ps4 users goes from sata, to USB bus, then back to sata. That USB bus is so slow that there will be 0 improvement in an ssd upgrade. It MUST be a ps4 PRO.
Idk if I should throw that kind of money on a console that’s on its last year of relevance. I need a 2TB and its around $330. Considering the PS5 will already use SSD and will be backwards compatible with PS4 games, I’m not sure if it makes sense to do that.
I feel at this time (PS5 release upcoming) It does not make sense to buy a huge 2TB one for the sole purpose of putting it in to a PS4. Here is what I did: I had a 250GB 850 EVO SSD laying around. Thats what i put into my PS4 Pro and were I installed the Playstation Firmware + a few games. The boost in perfomance IS indeed significant and really impressed me. Playstation menu e.g. is much smoother. The 1TB Playstation HDD i then used as an external drive.
Thank you for helping me realize I was making the right move! I just bought a Samsung Evo SSD 2TB to upgrade the drive that's in my pro. You just confirmed my thoughts with exactly all the same games I'll be playing haha. You rock buddy!
@@gabrieldallasta2545 Using a PS4 Pro with boost mode on an external 1TB Barracuda 7200rpm I got a time of 1min 39 from pressing X to launch the game to me seeing franklyn in story mode and being able to run around. Moved GTA V back to my internal drive and got a load time of 2min. So even with a faster external hard drive it speeds up a bit! Going to get this 860 EVO soon
I was suddenly thinking, did you do a rebuild of your database before measuring the load times? I did that with my ps4 and it also saved me some loading times.
Better off buying Samsung T Range external drive. Because you know you will be getting a PS5 one day won’t you? It comes with a SSD so the internal one won’t be much use later on could be wasting your money long term.
is there also a noticable difference between hdd and ssd when scrolling through the ps4 menu, going into the ps store, library etc? for me, the worst issue is insanely slow menu on ps4.
We just revived a PS4 Slim from its slow ass HDD. Let’s just say, the SSD shocked both me and my buddy on how fast it ate through a completely new OS from the USB.
I have never heard of Micron how are their products? I got the 2TB version of what he installed and it was $189.99 during a December sale (MSRP $229.99 I believe)
how does it work for you? I almost bought that one instead except some of the reviews said it gave out anywhere from 2 weeks to 4 months, went with the Samsung instead
Quick/good reminder: DO NOT WORRY IF YOU DIDNT BACK IT UP RIGHT JUST LOOK AFTER THE OLD HDD DRIVE AND YOU WILL BE FINE. LIKE HE SAID THAT IS STILL THERE!! :) have a good day/night
I need you to know something. Because of you I made this decision🤔. I know not what I do but because of what I do it's all because of you🤫. I got the same solid-state drive that you suggested for my PS4 Pro.... But here is the problem... I don't know exactly how to say this but... Okay fine I think I'll just come out with it and tell you exactly what I need to tell you... My PS4 Pro is much faster now. much quicker graphical rendering thanks to you,... My load times are super fast!! Woooohoooooo ☺️
I used this exact same SSD in a base model Xbox One, and it ran faster than my brother's One X, trust me, the 860 (now replaced by Samsung with the 870, which I just put in an Xbox one so my buddy could have an xbox) is a beast of an ssd.
I play Warzone online with a guy on a pc and a guy on a ps5. Both of them load up a lot faster than my ps4 Pro and I have played there pc and ps5 and there in game graphics load up faster and are clearer and the game play is generally smoother. Without going out and buying a new gaming pc or ps5, What up grades should I consider to help with this?
Just got my 1st paystation4 pro, got the Crucial ssd to load, I am 70 yo, I can use all the help I can get. I want to just slip it in and use a ubs to finish it up, but having hard time using usb. I would think it would much simpler to do this operation then the new sss is empty, the hhd has the info, why cant they just transfer one to the other.
When you format the USB (Make sure it has nothing important on it, because it will be erased) make sure to format it with FAT32. Also You need to create two folders in all caps. Then you need to place the update file that you download into the correct folder. It's not too bad to do. If you want to backup and restore your saved games and data then you need an additional external USB drive with enough storage. You can do the backup under settings, then restore when you have the new hard drive installed with the new operating system.
My ps4 pro actually broke when it couldn't finish an update and I always got an error message. Took it to a pc repair shop they suggested I switch to a samsung ssd. I don't have it back yet but can't wait to play and see the difference.
Crappy video dude. Many people got into problems with their PS4 and contact me, referring to your video and their PS4 don't work anymore by following your steps. I build computers for 20 years from when I was a child, but you don't mention a thing. You could mention more detailed stuff. Do you need to format the SSD you gonna place inside the PS4Pro, activate the SSD first, that google don't work to download the latest PS4Pro drivers, you need to do this with Microsoft EDGE. Do not install them on a partly used or a clear formatted FAT32 USB but only on a clear formatted exFAT USB. Your lack to give detailed information by doing this bring hundreds of PS4 users that wanna give it a try by themself in problems.
3:43 if you hear that you screwed up the thread of the screw. Never use force to screw it in, just screw it out and realign the screw. A very beginners fault.
Bro because of You i did it and didn’t regret lol but i put Pro version of 860 1TB on my death stranding limited edition ps4 pro, and its sooo fast bro lol almost the same as ps5 for real, just a second difference
So I just was experiencing problems with the stock hard drive so I bought an SSD and my PS4 is back to normal but way better , your video helped alot Thank You
Any idea if you can backup and restore ps4 OS AND put operating system from online all onto an external hard drive or does OS from online need to be on memory stick solo?
Yes and No, you could have slow loadtimes till PS5 comes out or you can have faster load times now lol I guess something to last you a while... You don't have to get a Samsung 860. 1TB is cheap nowadays. I sold my 960GB Toshiba drive to a friend and he put it in his PS4 Pro just fine, I sold it to him for $50 lol but besides the point, you can use any brand SSD, it doesnt have to be Samsung if you're concerned about price.
@@Specialist7 No & no Although a ssd will work in a ps4, The ps4 doesn't have the capability to benefit from the faster read/write speeds of a ssd Btw my ps4 pro has an 860 1tb Samsung SSD inside atm
@Lina Morgana They wont be using SATA SSD but both the PS5 and Series X will be using NVME SSD so much more speed and bandwidth than regular so while like all computer parts will have revision, spec-wise it's pretty beefed up so it'll all depend on the software from here on out.
@@outlawgmr Even if you're going SATA 2 vs SATA 3, going from HDD 5400/7200rpm to SSD will make a good difference. Check this video and others as well as reviews online of countless users shaving off a good amount of time off their loadtimes. It will also depend on the game as some games have their loadtimes embedded onto the loading screen as previous generation consoles have shown when replaced with SSDs. Not only does SSD reduces load times but it also reduces some noise and heat. Even some SSHD shows some benefits over a regular HDD as once loaded a few times on cache it will load a little bit faster. Now PS5 may be a different story as it will use NVME SSD as opposed to SATA SSD and then once developers stop hard coding loadtimes onto loading screens then it can load as fast as PC games #pcmasterrace but if you're not seeing the benefit of an SSD over an HDD on your PS4 then thats unfortunate. So to answer the previous question, is there much point when the PS5 is around the corner? Yes for better load times and enjoying your games faster. If its going to cost you an arm and a leg then no, its best to save up for the PS5 when it comes end of the year? also expect it to be priced slightly higher than last gens MSRP as the specs are slightly beefier... well.. by beefier the performance should be like last years AMD Zen 2 and NVME pushed by PCIE4, should be interesting though.
@@Specialist7 Not one single person having an ssd in thier ps4 including the Pro has faster load times including those like myself who have games installed on said ssd Faster startup, sleep etc perhaps but still not worth it
Cool video! I got a PS4 slim in December 2019 (yes, very late, I know) and a week later I got a 2TB Samsung SSD (same as yours, but 2TB) and installed it. Took me about half an hour total from removing the original 1TB HDD and installing the ssd. My boot times are significantly quicker and my GTA V loading times are about halved. Overall having the 2TB was the best thing I could do since the PS4 only has two USB ports and I always keep a keyboard plugged in, and a charger for my controllers. Admittedly I am worrying about the heat exposure for the SSD but after 5 months it runs just as solid as day one even though I play every day. 11/10 would recommend to anyone who can afford the price
@@PlayshotKalo I use it daily and it runs 100%. I always leave about 0.5TB available on it so the SSD can di its thing and rewrite data from bad cells or whatever, but 3 years down now and it runs just fine.
This was very useful, plan to do exactly all that today. When it comes to loading time comparison, not sure if less than half is correct, though. Did you compare loading time of the same positions? Fast travel doesn't last same amount of loading time on different locations. Loading in a city may take 45sec while loading on some open plains may take 30sec or indoors 25sec, so I hope your comparison of loading checkpoint matched ;)) Anyway, thanks for step-by-step on how to swap HDD to SSD and restore backed up data. Cheers!
Agreed. It's so stupid that Microsoft only allows users to upgrade their controllers to a rechargeable battery pack BUT NOT officially allow users to upgrade their internal storage (IT CAN be done actually if you know how to use cloning software to clone HDD data to a SSD).
Trust me, the upgrade is wroth it. I did it myself with a Samsung 860 1TB and it is SO MUCH FASTER. Ghost of Tsushima is like 8 seconds to fast travel across the map lol. Worth it do it.
@Follow the howl I was guesstimating. I didn't benchmark but I found the times to be much quicker in many games. The process of doing it is easy and it helps greatly with load times. PS5 doesn't look like it's going to be available anytime soon so may as well make the best of it! Now if I could just fix my loud ass fan.
If ur ps4 pro gets hot and loud on games like Cold War or RDR2, which usually have mine screaming, this stopped it. Here all this time I thought it was the CPU heatsink, needing paste reapplied. It was the damn hard drive. I'm actually shocked the ps4 pro didnt come with an SSD, even if it was a bottom of the barrel one, would have been better than HDD. Fuck sake I have dealt with texture pop issues for so long before I stumbled across the SSD info. I never bothered to upgrade cuz I assumed that's what was in the 4pro
@@Shu577 its actually still doing the noise and heat, which I found out is due to the jaguar APU not being able to quite keep up but nothing u can do but artic silver 5 reapply for cpu and some grizzly pads for ram chips. helped a TON though putting an SSD in, I have like 90% less render issues, and everything is just smooth and responsive. I used samsung evo 860 1tb
@@unleasheth it would he god send if I could have a ssd in my ps4 pro but it would be a waste of money since I could get a ps5 instead spending more than a $100 on a ssd
@@Shu577 true but to me, 100 bucks vs 500 bucks, to buy me some more time, and the fact u cant even get a ps5 for god knows how much longer, and I game in 1080p with HDR on and running 120hz on my pc games, and 1080p with HDR on at 60hz for ps4 pro I'm good with that for a long time to come. The new console wont solve it all sadly. The new console still wont be full 4k HDR 60fps, no more than the last gen wasnt ready for it either. They use these things as selling points but it's all empty promises to move the product. They keep promising it, and dont get me wrong, it's on it's way there, but it is STILL not what they're promising u. So for 500 bucks and still not get what they've been telling us we are gonna get, no thank u. Fool me once shame on me fool me twice and thrice, well fuck u! That's how I feel. If u really gotta burn that 500 bucks, put it into a better TV or monitor instead. That will get u the most bang for your buck out of the ps4 pro I found. With all of that said, I'm really sick of these incremental upgrades that offer just a littlemore, then a little more, but require u to buy the whole product over again to achieve subpar results. It's just never good enough, it's always always always "it will be on the next model". Bull fucking shit no it wont be. I like to call the ps5 the ps4.5 pro. That's more like it
im already half way there to buying the PS4 Pro and then i will buy the ssd 4TB Drive im probably gonna need help with that cause its basically 600 dollers and 99 cents on amazon with the 4tb storage capacity.
you should of showed the steps to download the new OS i downloaded the wrong file and teared my hair out for hours trying to figure it out, you have to download the file for a clean install i didnt check properly
Just a quick heads up for anyone that wishes to be a long term PS4 user still I recommend that you install and download all your games to a big internal or external SSD if you have loads of games in your PS library because there could be a case where PS4 games are no longer available to download. Seems like an overkill but, worth it if you can afford like a huge 8TB SSD. I will lol when I can afford one
@@jaco5five6six The pro has a different sata bus then the slim, the first two ps4 have slower hardware and won't have transfer speeds as fast as the pro. Look it up.
PLZ give the link to the new operating system. That is what the video is about and that is the ONLY thing u left out of the description. Nice video but since u Failed to give the one Required link i have to dislike the video. Please fix this in the future and thank you for the video.
also ZERO spinning disk noise - that was something my friend I installed an SSD in his ps4 noticed immediately - the only noise you hear when under load is the incredibly obnoxious 'jet fan' as I like to call it lol
I would like to see a comparison between the QVO and EVO SSD's. I was under the impression that consoles won't get the full benefit out of an SSD due to the limitations on CPU. I would say that the QVO with 300 odd mb/s transfer would get similar results to the more expensive EVO.
the biggest bottleneck is the horrendously slow hard drive within the PS4 console. That's why even just putting games on an external mechanical hard drive will load them faster, because even USB 2.0 speeds will load faster than the internal drive.
i actually called Samsung before upgrading. i needed to know the difference. in short, the EVO is geared for read & write. the QVO is geared for storage.
I threw a 2TB evo into my PS4Pro when it first released. Love the load times you shoulda threw some Square Enix titles in there to test. Load screen is literally just a blink
I put a 512Gb SSD into my 1st Gen PS4 from the get go because I knew how slow HDD are compared to SSDs. Playing FF14 online was awesome, Load times for sure were faster than some of the others playing online. Had a 120Gb SSD on my super slim PS3 but that only helps in certain ways, still, HDDs should be more for storage(old tech now), SSDs more for reading/writing/speed & other efficiencies/improvements that help so much.
@Naoto it WAS so expensive and if i saw no speed benefit, i def woulda took it out and put in one of my PCs but thats not the case. So not wasteful i feel
I actually used 1TB 860 QVO drive, mostly because it was cheaper and still much faster than the original HD. This was an early PS4 which was heavily used.
I just found this video looking for upgrade instructions. I already purchased the Western Digital 2TB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm Hope I get as good of results. I needed 2TB for PS4. But I did upgrade my ASUS ROG notebook to a Samsung 250GB Evo as BOOT drive, saving the HD as a storage drive. The Win 8 boot times were almost instantaneous. SSDs rock!! so far 😉
OMG, Now I too am glad that I found this video. I decided to lookup some benchmarks between 860 EVO and WD Blue. OMG! 860 is 34% faster??? Even luckier for me, I didn't crack the box on the WD yet! It's going BACK! Plus, because I'm a year behind everyone else, the new QVO 870 is out for $10 less than the WD AND it's only 1% slower than the EV 860! Bonus! Thanks for the upgrades Samsung!
@@zyawillis8040 it's amazing since the SSD in PS3 acts as virtual ram, and even better if the SSD has a large RAM cache in the memory controller, smooths out frames and load times.
You can actually put the update file on the new drive and not the reinstallation file? Im a bit surprised. Your video was lacking some information about loading the software. You did not indicate you need to go into safemode, I would have liked your video to also include how to load the file on a USB drive etc.etc. Would of been nice to see a complete video.
Yes very true I was trying to figure where he left off during safe mode. So I'm buying the evo it comes in 5 days trying to figure out should I Initialise my PS4 pro with the old HDD Then pull it out and once I install the Evo should I put it in safe mode and initialised or should I install software 1st
@@montoyanathan60 I would shut the PlayStation completely down. Unplug it remove the drive put in your new Drive. Then boot into safe mode and do reinstallation and of course have the reinstallation file from Sony ready to go and set up on your USB drive.
My ps4 pro was completely broken after a system update, but switching to a ssd fixed it!! It works great now! And while I do have less storage space, it operates so much smoother than before.
My ps is so slow right now and every few minutes/hours it tells me “the data is corrupted please restart your PlayStation”, do you think I have to replace my harddrive to fix this issue or is there other solutions to this problem?
try booting up in safe mode and rebuilding database. turn it completely off. press and hold the power button until you hear the 2nd beep. hardwire your controller and go to the 4th option I believe. rebuild data base might say it’ll take 3hrs but it’s usually a few minutes or so. that’s how long mine took on a ps4 with stock HDD. it sped up my ps4 by quite a bit. I recommend doing it at least once a week. hope it helps
@Follow the howl all he showed us was how to use a screw driver. How about all the preparations of backing up and what to transfer. I hate how all these how to videos are done on PS4’s that have never been used and have no games or info on them so they don’t care.
@@HighHatOG nope ps4 store is slow as fuck. i have nearly 50mb of speed but get like 3-4mb of downloads from playstation but from the microsoft store i get 5x faster speeds at the minimum
One thing to keep in mind. If you're playing with friends with the default drive, you won't be able to load into any map until everyone does so it makes the upgrade worthless unless you're talking about solo gaming. This happens when people have ps5 games that are still on ps4 and there's people on both platforms in the same team.
i say this all the time ahaha me and my friends will be waiting for a match of halo infinite to load in (i have a series x and they have good gaming pc's) and we will type into chat after two minuets of loading saying "whos on the og xbox one"
I've had my ssd in my PS4 for a few days now. I play Neverwinter and when I had my hdd in, I would load into a dungeon about 6-7 seconds slower than players with a PS5. Now I'm loading in at the same. time.
Hey mate, thanks for the video! Just got myself an EVO as well and it all went without problems. Would have done it far earlier if i knew it`s that easy. :) Now i just need to wait until Iceborne is installed again to test those dope new loading times.
Doing this upgrade today... got the new Xbox and the SSD speeds make the PS4 Pro seem pedestrian. No chance of finding a P55 in stock anytime soon, so getting a 2TB SSD delivered this very afternoon!
I want to put in an ssd into my ps4 pro but I've read a lot of poor reviews about the Samsung Evo? Apparently it works great but it doesn't last. Who has put it or another 1tb ssd in and how has it held up? Thanks.
Hi! Hope you see this- Sony/PS4 recommends backing up data to a storage device with at least 2 times the amount your original hard drive has? What did you use to back up? I know you eventually put it on your ssd, but what do you recommend? Or what do others in comments recommend?
Great difference in speed when textures need loading. FF7 NEEDS a SSD same as Witcher below. Not many people can run PS4 Pro in 4K even tho TV supports it. I have to power my TV OFF - NOT standby and reboot TV, Pause for display to change and then boot PS4. TV is JVC 58" Model - JVC LT-58CA810 LED. Very nice and only £180 from local dealer. Shop around. XBOneX runs in 4K without the trickery - still 1Tb HDD at the moment but I have a spare 2Tb SSD ready for it. I just need the time to fit it...
If you play a lot of PS4 games then it may be worth it, but not if you only play it casually. Although the Coronavirus is causing supply issues that'll make it difficult to get a PS5 when it comes out, so you might be stuck with the PS4 long enough to make the SSD worth it.
The reason for that is the lack of TRIM support. By overprovisioning with a larger drive you go longer before hitting write slow downs from write amplification and trimming. Many claim "modern SSDs have garbage collection" yes they do, but if they aren't filesystem aware they won't know what is garbage. It's a bit like having the ability to defragment, but never using it
5:01 For those, who tried to read... Boost Mode: Experience improved gameplay, including higher frame rates, for some games that were released before the introduction of PS4 Pro (CUH-2000 series). Turn this off if you experience unexpected behavior during gameplay.
So will this help with holding 60 FPS in games like Apex Legends? This is a problem I've since forever, my PS4 Slim drops to 35 FPS mid-fights and if I could hold a solid 60, would make life so much better
Yes, it's safe and worth doing since it can cost less than $60 these days to get a new HD and reload the software. You can use an external HD to backup or if you pay for the plus you can just make sure all your saves are uploaded.
Ps4 pro + ssd = ps5
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No tbh
Dual sense controler.....adaptive triggers left the chat😂😂😂
Not anymore.
Fact😂
An ssd upgrade also helped with a lot of rendering issues
What’s that
JAYONE CARLOS errors I think 😂
@@DiooonnYT no like stuttering and frame drops
Farouq Alsalih can you recommend me a really good hardrive
Royal Dragon an XPG 8200 or a WD SN750 is good. They’re a little on the expensive side but are worth it. Maybe consider Silicon Power A80.
UPDATE: I've been playing my PS4 Pro for a few days since upgrading, and there are noticeable differences everywhere. From in-game menu loading/speed and world loading, to hitching and frame drops, and finally to the home screen responsiveness, this drive completely eliminates all of it. Very worth the $200. Plus, an extra 1TB of storage helps as well. I reccomend this upgrade!👍🤘😎
Just got my Samsung 870 QVO 2TB in the mail. Gonna upgrade my console since finding a PS5 is pretty much impossible right now.
cold war zombies been unplayable for me in the ps4 because frames are always an issue, you think this would help? Even war zone while dropping the world is still loading and the landscape looks blurry-ish maybe they meant for pc
Same breh
I can now get the same ssd that you did for $150. Months later would you say it’s worth it? My biggest peeve with my PS4 Pro hdd is my pc friends always load into S&D cod matches before I do.
I have an issue with mine. It’s not reading my usb :/
@@cristopherlopez4933is it a USB 3.0 ?, I am doing this and one thing I found out is that the PS4 Pro has 2 USB 3.0's in the front and a 2.0 in the back. Same goes for an external hard drive. Just make sure that if you're plugging in to the front, whatever it is; it needs to be 3.0 if its in the front, and it needs to be 2.0 or higher in the back. I had the same issue BTW
Did this back in December, such a noticable difference.
Will be doing mine soon. Ps4 Pro White Glacier
What ssd did you buy?
Is this doable with a slim?
@@zolavib1187 should be
“and my personal favourite; Horizon zero dawn”
I see you too are a man of culture
I played god of war and horizon w/ their expansion pass. i have to say, i like GOW better
@@farouqalsalih619 both are great but GOW is just something special
@@z-herb8006 Nah Gows is too spammy like COD,GoW < HDZ GOT IT!? GOOD!!! =D
@@zeokenx2 lol both are good in my opinion anyway
a man of bad taste*
i don't have a playstation so i satisfy myself with videos like this 😅
You.... are satisfying yourself? Ew.
Donmcron333 shuddup rich boi
I have ps3 and I updated it to ps4
Kenyan problems
@prepareforflight I said the same thing. Then Covid lockdowns kept me from my local gaming Cafe.. Back to consoles until infections decrease.
that ssd costs about the same as my ps4 itself lmao
U can buy a 250/500gb one
Exactly is it worth 20 secs of ur life. :}
Joshua Kristof yea but in games that u want to speedrun or do something where u don’t have enough storage to download stuff
@@joshuarkristof80 That's console mentality. MORE SPEED
@@joshuarkristof80 tbh i was getting annoyed by starwars fallen order, because of the load times, i don't think it was even 20 seconds i gained when i got my ssd, but it definitely made the game feel smoother every damn time i die. Lol
you just saved me from buying 1 Tb PS4 I have a 2TB Samsung evo this is genius
Keep in mind that it needs to be ps4 pro. A regular ps4 users goes from sata, to USB bus, then back to sata. That USB bus is so slow that there will be 0 improvement in an ssd upgrade. It MUST be a ps4 PRO.
Mike Nelson i mean i have a 1TB 860 evo in my original ps4 from back in release date. SSD improved loading times and textures a lot
@@Zerossoul so if i change,my hdd to ssd nothing changes in ps4 slim?
@@hheboi2567 yep
Regular PS4 and I assumer PS4 SLIM as well use SATA II speeds aka 3Gb/sec.
PS4 Pro uses SATA III aka 6Gb/sec.
Idk if I should throw that kind of money on a console that’s on its last year of relevance. I need a 2TB and its around $330. Considering the PS5 will already use SSD and will be backwards compatible with PS4 games, I’m not sure if it makes sense to do that.
I feel at this time (PS5 release upcoming) It does not make sense to buy a huge 2TB one for the sole purpose of putting it in to a PS4. Here is what I did:
I had a 250GB 850 EVO SSD laying around. Thats what i put into my PS4 Pro and were I installed the Playstation Firmware + a few games.
The boost in perfomance IS indeed significant and really impressed me.
Playstation menu e.g. is much smoother.
The 1TB Playstation HDD i then used as an external drive.
Thank you for helping me realize I was making the right move! I just bought a Samsung Evo SSD 2TB to upgrade the drive that's in my pro. You just confirmed my thoughts with exactly all the same games I'll be playing haha. You rock buddy!
If you have to do a back-up use PS+ if you have it without using another HDD/SSD. Very simple.
Samsung Evo SSD 2TB
does someone know if it will run cooler with a ssd ?
Should've just sold your pro and got a ps5 , right?
I bought the SSD 860 pro 2TB and to be honest that's the best thing I could've done with my ps4 pro... Incredibly fast
Do you need a usb drive to install the system software? Or can you do it thru WiFi? I don’t have a usb drive I don’t think I have ever owned one
I wish someone loaded GTA V to see if is really worth it
Droid Motorola 388 lmk if you find out the load time for it please.
@@gabrieldallasta2545 Using a PS4 Pro with boost mode on an external 1TB Barracuda 7200rpm I got a time of 1min 39 from pressing X to launch the game to me seeing franklyn in story mode and being able to run around. Moved GTA V back to my internal drive and got a load time of 2min. So even with a faster external hard drive it speeds up a bit! Going to get this 860 EVO soon
People still play gta v? The game came out when I was in highschool. Damn.... time flies 😬
H. E. M. Yep! I still play! Just goofing around and all the random stuff happenings makes it fun everyday
@@H.E.M. people still play sanAndreas
That setup reminded me of your older videos . 😍
Haha, I liked this video because you called yourself a weirdo. 😂
And the video was very informative.
I was suddenly thinking, did you do a rebuild of your database before measuring the load times? I did that with my ps4 and it also saved me some loading times.
Better off buying Samsung T Range external drive. Because you know you will be getting a PS5 one day won’t you? It comes with a SSD so the internal one won’t be much use later on could be wasting your money long term.
is there also a noticable difference between hdd and ssd when scrolling through the ps4 menu, going into the ps store, library etc? for me, the worst issue is insanely slow menu on ps4.
Yes the whole ps4 operating system will be snappier
does someone know if it will run cooler with a ssd ?
@@stille_ storage has no affiliation with temps
We just revived a PS4 Slim from its slow ass HDD. Let’s just say, the SSD shocked both me and my buddy on how fast it ate through a completely new OS from the USB.
I put a Micron 1100 2TB SSD in my PS4 Pro. It’s hard to complain when I was able to get it for $170.
I have never heard of Micron how are their products? I got the 2TB version of what he installed and it was $189.99 during a December sale (MSRP $229.99 I believe)
@@aerodynamicist4 damn, I paid $469 for that 1tb in 2017 lol
It’s a sister partner of crucial
how does it work for you? I almost bought that one instead except some of the reviews said it gave out anywhere from 2 weeks to 4 months, went with the Samsung instead
www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/870-qvo-sata-iii-2-5-ssd-8tb-mz-77q8t0b-am/
Quick/good reminder: DO NOT WORRY IF YOU DIDNT BACK IT UP RIGHT JUST LOOK AFTER THE OLD HDD DRIVE AND YOU WILL BE FINE. LIKE HE SAID THAT IS STILL THERE!! :) have a good day/night
I need you to know something.
Because of you I made this decision🤔.
I know not what I do but because of what I do it's all because of you🤫.
I got the same solid-state drive that you suggested for my PS4 Pro....
But here is the problem...
I don't know exactly how to say this but...
Okay fine I think I'll just come out with it and tell you exactly what I need to tell you...
My PS4 Pro is much faster now. much quicker graphical rendering thanks to you,...
My load times are super fast!! Woooohoooooo ☺️
Did this for my old school ps3 slim and everything loads fuckin crazy fast and no more rendering issues too its dope
I try the 870 evo but is it won’t work, do I really need the 860 evo or my ps4 pro got a problem?
I love how informative and natural your videos are. Keep it up!
I used this exact same SSD in a base model Xbox One, and it ran faster than my brother's One X, trust me, the 860 (now replaced by Samsung with the 870, which I just put in an Xbox one so my buddy could have an xbox) is a beast of an ssd.
I did this 2 years ago.. it was the best thing I ever did for my PS4 Pro.
What made you come back to this video
Im Ulgrading My New PS4 Pro cant wait Faster Load times and Faster Graphic Load times
I play Warzone online with a guy on a pc and a guy on a ps5. Both of them load up a lot faster than my ps4 Pro and I have played there pc and ps5 and there in game graphics load up faster and are clearer and the game play is generally smoother. Without going out and buying a new gaming pc or ps5, What up grades should I consider to help with this?
Nice one - great instruction on the HDD removal! But what an expensive upgrade to make for very little time saved!
It adds up a lot over time though. Kind of a waste of 100 bucks but if you play a lot its pretty nice.
Does anyone know if this can help with “data corruption” errors? I’ve heard it does and changing/upgrading the HDD can help?
Just got my 1st paystation4 pro, got the Crucial ssd to load, I am 70 yo, I can use all the help I can get. I want to just slip it in and use a ubs to finish it up, but having hard time using usb. I would think it would much simpler to do this operation then the new sss is empty, the hhd has the info, why cant they just transfer one to the other.
When you format the USB (Make sure it has nothing important on it, because it will be erased) make sure to format it with FAT32. Also You need to create two folders in all caps. Then you need to place the update file that you download into the correct folder. It's not too bad to do. If you want to backup and restore your saved games and data then you need an additional external USB drive with enough storage. You can do the backup under settings, then restore when you have the new hard drive installed with the new operating system.
Is this a joke? Not trying to be mean, but I just saw a lot of mistakes like ubs, sss, hhd, and what you said about transferring info to the other.
My ps4 pro actually broke when it couldn't finish an update and I always got an error message. Took it to a pc repair shop they suggested I switch to a samsung ssd. I don't have it back yet but can't wait to play and see the difference.
if I have my games on an external hard drive, will replacing the internal get the same results?
Keep games on external ssd because you won’t have to reload them if something happened to the console
Crappy video dude. Many people got into problems with their PS4 and contact me, referring to your video and their PS4 don't work anymore by following your steps. I build computers for 20 years from when I was a child, but you don't mention a thing. You could mention more detailed stuff. Do you need to format the SSD you gonna place inside the PS4Pro, activate the SSD first, that google don't work to download the latest PS4Pro drivers, you need to do this with Microsoft EDGE. Do not install them on a partly used or a clear formatted FAT32 USB but only on a clear formatted exFAT USB. Your lack to give detailed information by doing this bring hundreds of PS4 users that wanna give it a try by themself in problems.
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3:43 if you hear that you screwed up the thread of the screw.
Never use force to screw it in, just screw it out and realign the screw.
A very beginners fault.
@@kush_king4205 I work in construction, you'd be surprised how stupid some people are
I think it was just the rubber bushing squeaking against the flat head of the bolt
Bro because of You i did it and didn’t regret lol
but i put Pro version of 860 1TB on my death stranding limited edition ps4 pro, and its sooo fast bro lol almost the same as ps5 for real, just a second difference
it's too fast! I can't make a sandwich between loading screens anymore 😛
Hahahahaahhahahahaha
It kinda hurts because the monitor isnt full screen
So I just was experiencing problems with the stock hard drive so I bought an SSD and my PS4 is back to normal but way better , your video helped alot Thank You
Any idea if you can backup and restore ps4 OS AND put operating system from online all onto an external hard drive or does OS from online need to be on memory stick solo?
Is there much point when the PS5 is just around the corner?....I mean an ssd drive still isn’t cheap, a Samsung 860 QVO is £100 for a 1TB drive,
Yes and No, you could have slow loadtimes till PS5 comes out or you can have faster load times now lol I guess something to last you a while... You don't have to get a Samsung 860. 1TB is cheap nowadays. I sold my 960GB Toshiba drive to a friend and he put it in his PS4 Pro just fine, I sold it to him for $50 lol but besides the point, you can use any brand SSD, it doesnt have to be Samsung if you're concerned about price.
@@Specialist7
No & no
Although a ssd will work in a ps4,
The ps4 doesn't have the capability to benefit from the faster read/write speeds of a ssd
Btw my ps4 pro has an
860 1tb Samsung SSD inside atm
@Lina Morgana They wont be using SATA SSD but both the PS5 and Series X will be using NVME SSD so much more speed and bandwidth than regular so while like all computer parts will have revision, spec-wise it's pretty beefed up so it'll all depend on the software from here on out.
@@outlawgmr Even if you're going SATA 2 vs SATA 3, going from HDD 5400/7200rpm to SSD will make a good difference. Check this video and others as well as reviews online of countless users shaving off a good amount of time off their loadtimes. It will also depend on the game as some games have their loadtimes embedded onto the loading screen as previous generation consoles have shown when replaced with SSDs. Not only does SSD reduces load times but it also reduces some noise and heat. Even some SSHD shows some benefits over a regular HDD as once loaded a few times on cache it will load a little bit faster. Now PS5 may be a different story as it will use NVME SSD as opposed to SATA SSD and then once developers stop hard coding loadtimes onto loading screens then it can load as fast as PC games #pcmasterrace but if you're not seeing the benefit of an SSD over an HDD on your PS4 then thats unfortunate.
So to answer the previous question, is there much point when the PS5 is around the corner? Yes for better load times and enjoying your games faster.
If its going to cost you an arm and a leg then no, its best to save up for the PS5 when it comes end of the year? also expect it to be priced slightly higher than last gens MSRP as the specs are slightly beefier... well.. by beefier the performance should be like last years AMD Zen 2 and NVME pushed by PCIE4, should be interesting though.
@@Specialist7
Not one single person having an ssd in thier ps4 including the Pro has faster load times including those like myself who have games installed on said ssd
Faster startup, sleep etc perhaps but still not worth it
I actually have it in my ps3 and ps4 and I am happy on how they perform to be honest
💸💸
Isn’t it worse for downloaded games on ps3?
Cool video! I got a PS4 slim in December 2019 (yes, very late, I know) and a week later I got a 2TB Samsung SSD (same as yours, but 2TB) and installed it. Took me about half an hour total from removing the original 1TB HDD and installing the ssd. My boot times are significantly quicker and my GTA V loading times are about halved. Overall having the 2TB was the best thing I could do since the PS4 only has two USB ports and I always keep a keyboard plugged in, and a charger for my controllers.
Admittedly I am worrying about the heat exposure for the SSD but after 5 months it runs just as solid as day one even though I play every day.
11/10 would recommend to anyone who can afford the price
You are not the only one i just bought my ps4 pro in Feb
Your SSD still running?
@@PlayshotKalo I use it daily and it runs 100%. I always leave about 0.5TB available on it so the SSD can di its thing and rewrite data from bad cells or whatever, but 3 years down now and it runs just fine.
@@aerodynamicist4 hey thanks for the detailed response. Good to hear, setting up mine rn
Good video, gonna buy now after my whole system got corrupted, faster speeds are a side benefit
I'm having the same problem. Did it fix it?
@@DeathWolfSaint yes it worked better than ever. You buy?
Not worth it. Too expensive for 20 seconds faster downloading time.
Ps5 is coming I save my money for it instead of upgrade now
Who cares?
@@jorvicaguinaldo2728clearly you do as you're the only one commenting 😂
Good its better to invest in new powerful consoles than On Ps4, slim, pro
Invest in ps5 pro then
Manoj Kale not really but ok.
This was very useful, plan to do exactly all that today.
When it comes to loading time comparison, not sure if less than half is correct, though. Did you compare loading time of the same positions? Fast travel doesn't last same amount of loading time on different locations. Loading in a city may take 45sec while loading on some open plains may take 30sec or indoors 25sec, so I hope your comparison of loading checkpoint matched ;)) Anyway, thanks for step-by-step on how to swap HDD to SSD and restore backed up data. Cheers!
Always loved the ease of upgrading internal storage on PS, Xbox is a train wreck if trying to upgrade internally.
Agreed.
It's so stupid that Microsoft only allows users to upgrade their controllers to a rechargeable battery pack BUT NOT officially allow users to upgrade their internal storage (IT CAN be done actually if you know how to use cloning software to clone HDD data to a SSD).
Trust me, the upgrade is wroth it. I did it myself with a Samsung 860 1TB and it is SO MUCH FASTER. Ghost of Tsushima is like 8 seconds to fast travel across the map lol. Worth it do it.
@Follow the howl I was guesstimating. I didn't benchmark but I found the times to be much quicker in many games. The process of doing it is easy and it helps greatly with load times. PS5 doesn't look like it's going to be available anytime soon so may as well make the best of it! Now if I could just fix my loud ass fan.
Thank you for your video. Successfully rescued my PS4 PRO
If ur ps4 pro gets hot and loud on games like Cold War or RDR2, which usually have mine screaming, this stopped it. Here all this time I thought it was the CPU heatsink, needing paste reapplied. It was the damn hard drive. I'm actually shocked the ps4 pro didnt come with an SSD, even if it was a bottom of the barrel one, would have been better than HDD. Fuck sake I have dealt with texture pop issues for so long before I stumbled across the SSD info. I never bothered to upgrade cuz I assumed that's what was in the 4pro
So it was the hard drive that made it run like a jet engine. How loud is your ps4 pro now after switching to a SSD and what type of SSD did you use?
@@Shu577 its actually still doing the noise and heat, which I found out is due to the jaguar APU not being able to quite keep up but nothing u can do but artic silver 5 reapply for cpu and some grizzly pads for ram chips. helped a TON though putting an SSD in, I have like 90% less render issues, and everything is just smooth and responsive. I used samsung evo 860 1tb
@@unleasheth it would he god send if I could have a ssd in my ps4 pro but it would be a waste of money since I could get a ps5 instead spending more than a $100 on a ssd
@@Shu577 true but to me, 100 bucks vs 500 bucks, to buy me some more time, and the fact u cant even get a ps5 for god knows how much longer, and I game in 1080p with HDR on and running 120hz on my pc games, and 1080p with HDR on at 60hz for ps4 pro I'm good with that for a long time to come. The new console wont solve it all sadly. The new console still wont be full 4k HDR 60fps, no more than the last gen wasnt ready for it either. They use these things as selling points but it's all empty promises to move the product. They keep promising it, and dont get me wrong, it's on it's way there, but it is STILL not what they're promising u. So for 500 bucks and still not get what they've been telling us we are gonna get, no thank u. Fool me once shame on me fool me twice and thrice, well fuck u! That's how I feel. If u really gotta burn that 500 bucks, put it into a better TV or monitor instead. That will get u the most bang for your buck out of the ps4 pro I found. With all of that said, I'm really sick of these incremental upgrades that offer just a littlemore, then a little more, but require u to buy the whole product over again to achieve subpar results. It's just never good enough, it's always always always "it will be on the next model". Bull fucking shit no it wont be. I like to call the ps5 the ps4.5 pro. That's more like it
Thank you so much I’ve been investing in a hdd and never really knew the power of an ssd on the ps4.
im already half way there to buying the PS4 Pro and then i will buy the ssd 4TB Drive im probably gonna need help with that cause its basically 600 dollers and 99 cents on amazon with the 4tb storage capacity.
you should of showed the steps to download the new OS i downloaded the wrong file and teared my hair out for hours trying to figure it out, you have to download the file for a clean install i didnt check properly
Bigdaddy Watt yes you need the big file at the bottom of there website
So I don’t need to buy a PS5?
The 1TB 860 EVO is quite expensive in Malaysia so I opted for the 1TB crucial MX500 instead with no regrets. Saved around RM100+
Hows the performance
@@theprolynx13still good
Just a quick heads up for anyone that wishes to be a long term PS4 user still
I recommend that you install and download all your games to a big internal or external SSD if you have loads of games in your PS library because there could be a case where PS4 games are no longer available to download. Seems like an overkill but, worth it if you can afford like a huge 8TB SSD. I will lol when I can afford one
will it work the same to my ps4 slim?
pls help anyone 🎮
I dont see why not just the resolution will be at 1080p
@@jaco5five6six The pro has a different sata bus then the slim, the first two ps4 have slower hardware and won't have transfer speeds as fast as the pro. Look it up.
PLZ give the link to the new operating system. That is what the video is about and that is the ONLY thing u left out of the description. Nice video but since u Failed to give the one Required link i have to dislike the video. Please fix this in the future and thank you for the video.
Here’s The Link www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps4/system-software/
Another benefit is no moving parts means far less heat so hopefully allows the PS4 Pro to run cooler.
Ya hard drives don't really produce much heat it might make it run hotter if it can do more not waiting on the hard drive
also ZERO spinning disk noise - that was something my friend I installed an SSD in his ps4 noticed immediately - the only noise you hear when under load is the incredibly obnoxious 'jet fan' as I like to call it lol
And who has better youtube video than Bran the Fixed
He went from needing to plug in the controller to reloading software....I feel like steps were skipped....please help fill in the gaps
Did you figure it out? Im also stuck in the same part
@@oneshotkill5204 nah man I decided not to do it...just gonna wait for next gen to come out
How is the PS5 going to be 100x faster and this is only 2x faster.
Because Ps5 will come with Pcie 4 the new technology not sata ssd like Ps4 it's totally different
I’m thinking of putting a 4TB SSD in mine, or at least a 2TB
edit: as of today, sept 1st '24, i have a 2tb crucial in mine and its been excellent!
Unless your planning on having over 30 games and apps installed on your ps pro at once I wouldnt advise getting a 4tb
I recently put a 2tb SSD in it
PLEASE NOTE: SSD only works for load times, does not improve actual in-game gameplay or fps as consoles are speed restricted unlike a pc
I would like to see a comparison between the QVO and EVO SSD's. I was under the impression that consoles won't get the full benefit out of an SSD due to the limitations on CPU. I would say that the QVO with 300 odd mb/s transfer would get similar results to the more expensive EVO.
the biggest bottleneck is the horrendously slow hard drive within the PS4 console. That's why even just putting games on an external mechanical hard drive will load them faster, because even USB 2.0 speeds will load faster than the internal drive.
Evo is better qvo has bad speeds
i actually called Samsung before upgrading. i needed to know the difference. in short, the EVO is geared for read & write. the QVO is geared for storage.
I threw a 2TB evo into my PS4Pro when it first released. Love the load times you shoulda threw some Square Enix titles in there to test. Load screen is literally just a blink
Junior I about to receive a 2tb QVO myself in the mail
I put a 512Gb SSD into my 1st Gen PS4 from the get go because I knew how slow HDD are compared to SSDs. Playing FF14 online was awesome, Load times for sure were faster than some of the others playing online. Had a 120Gb SSD on my super slim PS3 but that only helps in certain ways, still, HDDs should be more for storage(old tech now), SSDs more for reading/writing/speed & other efficiencies/improvements that help so much.
@Naoto it WAS so expensive and if i saw no speed benefit, i def woulda took it out and put in one of my PCs but thats not the case. So not wasteful i feel
I actually used 1TB 860 QVO drive, mostly because it was cheaper and still much faster than the original HD. This was an early PS4 which was heavily used.
Your doubly smart because the With the PS4 pro hardware setup you won’t see any difference from the QVO drive and the normal 860
Eric Hall is that really so?
I totally bought the 860 evo because of this video, thank you! and yes, it DEFINITELY helps.
I just found this video looking for upgrade instructions. I already purchased the Western Digital 2TB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm
Hope I get as good of results. I needed 2TB for PS4.
But I did upgrade my ASUS ROG notebook to a Samsung 250GB Evo as BOOT drive, saving the HD as a storage drive. The Win 8 boot times were almost instantaneous.
SSDs rock!! so far 😉
OMG, Now I too am glad that I found this video.
I decided to lookup some benchmarks between 860 EVO and WD Blue. OMG! 860 is 34% faster???
Even luckier for me, I didn't crack the box on the WD yet! It's going BACK!
Plus, because I'm a year behind everyone else, the new QVO 870 is out for $10 less than the WD AND it's only 1% slower than the EV 860! Bonus!
Thanks for the upgrades Samsung!
This is what I use in my PS4 Pro. It’s a 1TB 860 and I use an external 8TB HDD western digital
Are ssd not better for the pro?
So as for the external. It will still go faster because the internal SDD is installed?
Did or does anyone ever had any issues with the SSD? does it ever tend to fail after a couple of months/years? or is that more with HDD? thanks
I just put a Samsung SSD in my 60GB PS3 (now a 500GB) 👍
...do you see a benefit?
@@BlkMac360 😂😂 yea wouldn't really be worth it
@@zyawillis8040 it's amazing since the SSD in PS3 acts as virtual ram, and even better if the SSD has a large RAM cache in the memory controller, smooths out frames and load times.
@@Uruz7Laevatein yea but your better off putting it in the ps4 or xbox 1
Get a PS4.. your living under a rock.
You can actually put the update file on the new drive and not the reinstallation file? Im a bit surprised. Your video was lacking some information about loading the software. You did not indicate you need to go into safemode, I would have liked your video to also include how to load the file on a USB drive etc.etc. Would of been nice to see a complete video.
Yes very true I was trying to figure where he left off during safe mode. So I'm buying the evo it comes in 5 days trying to figure out should I Initialise my PS4 pro with the old HDD Then pull it out and once I install the Evo should I put it in safe mode and initialised or should I install software 1st
@@montoyanathan60 I would shut the PlayStation completely down. Unplug it remove the drive put in your new Drive. Then boot into safe mode and do reinstallation and of course have the reinstallation file from Sony ready to go and set up on your USB drive.
0:15 exactly why I'll be getting a PS5 and a PC
All ur ps4 games can transfer to ps5 as well
@@reterumstrict1091 Idk about the pc one....but you do get a lot of free playstation exclusives on the ps5
Can i update the ps4 later with a new ssd wihout having to download the update from the website to usb drive?and also can i do this without a pC?
My ps4 pro was completely broken after a system update, but switching to a ssd fixed it!! It works great now! And while I do have less storage space, it operates so much smoother than before.
was probably a hard drive problem
@@pr1vv.008 deffo was
Do you remember which update version messed up you PlayStation for me it was 10.00
Do you know how doable this is with a slim?
My ps is so slow right now and every few minutes/hours it tells me “the data is corrupted please restart your PlayStation”, do you think I have to replace my harddrive to fix this issue or is there other solutions to this problem?
Yes, your hard drive is failing
try booting up in safe mode and rebuilding database. turn it completely off. press and hold the power button until you hear the 2nd beep. hardwire your controller and go to the 4th option I believe. rebuild data base might say it’ll take 3hrs but it’s usually a few minutes or so. that’s how long mine took on a ps4 with stock HDD. it sped up my ps4 by quite a bit. I recommend doing it at least once a week. hope it helps
Rename the video to “Testing Load times HD vs SSD” cuz you didn’t show us how to do anything.
@Follow the howl all he showed us was how to use a screw driver. How about all the preparations of backing up and what to transfer. I hate how all these how to videos are done on PS4’s that have never been used and have no games or info on them so they don’t care.
Im more bothered with the download times on the ps4.
Foda ne
What ?
That’s internet based? Isn’t it?
@@HighHatOG nope ps4 store is slow as fuck. i have nearly 50mb of speed but get like 3-4mb of downloads from playstation but from the microsoft store i get 5x faster speeds at the minimum
Downloads are slow
I would do this ssd upgrade on my ps3's and ps4's but the 4tb are very high priced 575 dollars us money yikes
I had no idea u could do this if I knew I would've done this years ago 🤦🏻♂️
Right wtf man I can't believe I'm just finding out about this 😥
Does it work for the regular ps4
One thing to keep in mind. If you're playing with friends with the default drive, you won't be able to load into any map until everyone does so it makes the upgrade worthless unless you're talking about solo gaming. This happens when people have ps5 games that are still on ps4 and there's people on both platforms in the same team.
i say this all the time ahaha me and my friends will be waiting for a match of halo infinite to load in (i have a series x and they have good gaming pc's) and we will type into chat after two minuets of loading saying "whos on the og xbox one"
I've had my ssd in my PS4 for a few days now. I play Neverwinter and when I had my hdd in, I would load into a dungeon about 6-7 seconds slower than players with a PS5. Now I'm loading in at the same. time.
Hey mate, thanks for the video! Just got myself an EVO as well and it all went without problems. Would have done it far earlier if i knew it`s that easy. :) Now i just need to wait until Iceborne is installed again to test those dope new loading times.
Doing this upgrade today... got the new Xbox and the SSD speeds make the PS4 Pro seem pedestrian.
No chance of finding a P55 in stock anytime soon, so getting a 2TB SSD delivered this very afternoon!
And the ps4 is still a beast of a console, until more ps5 games come out then it’ll be 100% worth it imo
Thanks for the video, I did changed mine and everything works great (so far)
I want to put in an ssd into my ps4 pro but I've read a lot of poor reviews about the Samsung Evo? Apparently it works great but it doesn't last. Who has put it or another 1tb ssd in and how has it held up? Thanks.
Hi! Hope you see this- Sony/PS4 recommends backing up data to a storage device with at least 2 times the amount your original hard drive has? What did you use to back up? I know you eventually put it on your ssd, but what do you recommend? Or what do others in comments recommend?
Does this work on a normal ps? Not pro not a slim just a ps4
Yes
This is an example of a very well done video
Great difference in speed when textures need loading. FF7 NEEDS a SSD same as Witcher below. Not many people can run PS4 Pro in 4K even tho TV supports it. I have to power my TV OFF - NOT standby and reboot TV, Pause for display to change and then boot PS4. TV is JVC 58" Model - JVC LT-58CA810 LED. Very nice and only £180 from local dealer. Shop around. XBOneX runs in 4K without the trickery - still 1Tb HDD at the moment but I have a spare 2Tb SSD ready for it. I just need the time to fit it...
Nice easy upgrade for peeps there dude. Was great video just purely to see the excitement on your face with those times.
Is it really worth spending £130 on an SSD when in 6 months time the PS5 is coming out? 😐Can't decide.
Improvement is not worth it , especially ps5 s coming
If you play a lot of PS4 games then it may be worth it, but not if you only play it casually. Although the Coronavirus is causing supply issues that'll make it difficult to get a PS5 when it comes out, so you might be stuck with the PS4 long enough to make the SSD worth it.
Agreed, not worth it. Was worth it back in 2012.
For everyone else who has upgraded theirs- what size device did you do the backup to? Sony recommends 2x the storage of the hdd you’re replacing?
The reason for that is the lack of TRIM support. By overprovisioning with a larger drive you go longer before hitting write slow downs from write amplification and trimming. Many claim "modern SSDs have garbage collection" yes they do, but if they aren't filesystem aware they won't know what is garbage. It's a bit like having the ability to defragment, but never using it
5:01 For those, who tried to read...
Boost Mode: Experience improved gameplay, including higher frame rates, for some games that were released before the introduction of PS4 Pro (CUH-2000 series). Turn this off if you experience unexpected behavior during gameplay.
This guy deserves way more subs for real ❤️🙌
So will this help with holding 60 FPS in games like Apex Legends? This is a problem I've since forever, my PS4 Slim drops to 35 FPS mid-fights and if I could hold a solid 60, would make life so much better
Nice and informative, and I wonder what else can be done to enhance the performance
What would be the most important to know, is how much this affects copying after downloading a 50GB update😂
If my hard drive is failing should i replace it? is it safe to do so?
Yes, it's safe and worth doing since it can cost less than $60 these days to get a new HD and reload the software. You can use an external HD to backup or if you pay for the plus you can just make sure all your saves are uploaded.