Once I bought my PS4 PRO I threw a 1TB Samsung EVO SSD in it the same day. The difference is insane. The buffering/rendering (bloom and tesselation) as well as loading of tracks in racing games, Ai players, loading maps etc is night and day.
asmongoldsmouth9739.hi I bought a ps4 pro I'm waiting for my ssd Samsung Evo 870 I'm hoping that's when it's in da ps4 pro is that everything I need to do.please anyone can give me a ok.i hope I made since.joe
One thing that i wish people showed in their tests is how significant the reduction in hitching is in games that are constantly loading textures and assets (like in open world games).
Yup. Couldn’t believe how much faster the Pro was than the base ps4. Then I upgraded with a SSD and everything ran even smoothers. I really noticed when I played Warzone and noticed I didn’t see the textures loading in on screen like I did before upgrading to an SSD. The fact that PS5 doesn’t have any games at 4k60 ray tracing, hasnt made me feel the need to get one just yet. I’m waiting on a PS5 pro, hopefully 4k60fps with ray tracing
@@thefilmdirector1 They already have two patents in place for their two new consoles lol... It's just a matter of when now. The insider news on PSVR2 were leaked over a year before it released and they were accurate, as we can obviously see. Now insider information has that we're gonna receive a slim model PS5 of Holiday later this year and improved/updated "pro" model in 2024/2025. It wouldn't surprise me seeing it in 2026 either but I'd put my money on a late 2024/early 2025 release just as how the PS4 Pro was rolled out. $$$ Talks and I can see a $600-700 pricetag, that myself and many others would happily pay
Lol yeah, Sony has always made it easy to upgrade the HD’s. I had upgraded my original fat PS3 from the 40gb to the a 500gb back in 2010. I wish I could easily upgrade my Xbox consoles.
@asmongoldsmouth9839- Agreed, however Sony has always been far more user friendly by allowing you to use any 2.5" HDD while XBox 360 used proprietary HDD's.
It makes a world of difference if you're someone like me who's mainly a PC gamer and only just getting back into consoles for exclusives. I just recently bought a PS4 launch model and the first thing I did was to take it apart, clean the fan, replace the thermal paste, and upgrade to an SSD. The SSD and buying digital games did a lot to make the experience as close as I could get it to gaming on PC. The SSD helps with disc games but it's even faster with digital copies. The UI is snappier, games download quicker, loading times are quicker, and it even slightly helps with games that have bad texture pop-in. Not a massive difference but noticeable. Think about getting back 10 to 40 seconds of your life when playing a game that has long loading times every time you die. The SSD is worth it just for that.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but since PS4 ALL physical games are installed entirely on the storage, and discs are only used as a verification key. Digital or physical won't make a difference.
Quick question, does installing an SSD still allow you to receive updates on your ps4 and play online with friends?? I've heard it jailbreaks the ps4 and does not allow you to have these features.
@@politecnico_socratico No it doesn't jailbreak your ps4, its just giving it an upgrade! I've done it to mine just about 3 weeks ago an im very happy with it. The entire system runs so much smoother! I load up games an load into games as fast a ps5's or faster sometimes. I can see a considerable difference on Black ops 3 alone. Highly recommend doin it!
i can't stress enough how not only is everything is faster it's also much smoother with no lag at all not to mention how texture streaming and pop in loading times are completly erased it's a must to upgrade to SSD
Here’s a good example to back up your opinion. Last gen when I had a PS4 Pro and Xbox One S, the only difference I saw between the 2 were visuals. Both loaded games at the same rate and performed pretty similarly when running software. When I got the Xbox this gen, I gave my One S to my daughter. She complained about how slow it was but I assumed she was just complaining to complain. Well she wasn’t wrong. I had gotten so used to an SSD in the PS4 and even faster SSDs in the PS5 and series X, I didn’t realize how miserably slow a traditional drive was. I wish the Xbone platform supported HD swaps.
@@PunchNpie i agree with you 100%, honestly Sony nailed it with PS4 from every area, but them making the HDD upgradable to SSD is brilliant, it made PS4/PS4 Pro last much, much longer and actually enjoyable on a high level thank you for the video sir
That is definitely something I should have talked about and people don’t think about. It’s more of a PC/Mac thought process but obviously it translates to game consoles too.
Upgrading to SSD on my slim was a good choice. The UI finally runs smooth. Recording gameplay is snappier. On HDD there was a noticeable delay. Most games not only load quicker, but run smoother. I play Dead by Daylight a lot and on HDD at the Menu everything ran so slow and choppy when navigating. With SSD it helped decrease all of that. But definitely a difference. With Modern Warfare it helped, too. On HDD I would face stuttering after playing so long. With SSD there’s hardly ever any stuttering in gameplay. I even tested GTA V story mode and loading is faster. Sometimes booting it up from the start is about the same. But loading into missions is faster. Even Fortnite runs smoother when navigating the menus. I even tested games like RE6, Prototype2, Doom 3 they all loaded so much faster.
Just upgraded mine yesterday. I didn’t have a spare External hard drive for backing up (it doesn’t let you use your external game drive to back up), so I transferred all the games to the game drive and then I just did the backup to a small usb flash drive which I had multiple spare ones, which was pretty fast since my backup was only 10 gig at that point.
I installed a Samsung 870 evo in my fat 9.00 jailbroken PS4, and there is a day and night difference, it has completely eliminated the menu lag, especially one that occurs when you go to the menu while playing games. The games load much faster and fixed texture loading issues in some games.
I guess if you like the design but in reality you should get it if you want better performance. Are both hooked up to the same TV? The PS5 plays all those PS4 games identically to the PS4 pro.
I've finally done the Upgrade today and it has now almost the same Drive like yours. It was such an easy upgrade and i should've done that two years ago. Now, it finally has a 1 TB QVO SSD but most of my games already sit on a fast Samsung T7 2 TB SSD that cost me a little fortune back then. The performance benefit i can gain is not gigantic but IMHO it's still worth it since Sony has used SATA II Version of the 1 TB HGST Harddrive in some Consoles. Like we saw in the Video, there are Games that just don't arent optimized or small then the loading times are pretty much identical. I hope that others, like the notorius Battlefield 1 indeed will get a little boost, but the PS4 already has a USB 3.0 Port. Unfortunately, the biggest Bottleneck is the Jaguar CPU, even if it's a PS4 Pro with 8 Cores, but they still run only with 1.6 GHz, which by today's standards is not that impressive. Still i'll upgrade my machine again in the coming week with a 2 TB SSD, then this one will upgrade my PS 3 Slim to breath new life into this still awesome console. I've also figured out that you can use your PS4 Controllers very easy on PS3. Just hold select and the PS Button the pair it with your PS3! That's a fantastic upgrade IMHO, i liked the PS3 Controller but once i've used the PS4 my perception clearly shifted. Also, i made this process a bit easier. Only backup all the Savegames, the Download the Full PS4 Firmware, create two folders, one "PS4" in there one "UPDATE" then copy the PS4UPDATE.PUP in there. Connect your Controller with the cable, connect the USB Drive witht the firmware, hold the Power Button of the PS4 for 7 seconds then choose restore PS4 Firmware. That took only a couple of minutes since i used a SSD to install the Firmware. Then you copy the Savegames back, login to your Playstation Account, change the Settings to your liking and with this method the Setup Process will take you maximum one hour, except for the Games you want to copy over to the SSD, this can be done overnight. Then, when you wake up the nex morning, all you Favourite Games are on the new, fast SSD.
Would of liked to see a internet speed test done and a online multi-player ping test as well. I assume also that game transfers would be faster since a ssd is also much faster the a hdd dive
i bought a pro to replace my phat ps4 that had a bad diskdrive and hdmi port. the pro was loud and i bought a 1tb ssd and new thermal paste and padding i will say it runs nice and smooth
I did this. Great investment. Makes a Playstation Pro way faster and really extends the life of the console. Pretty cheap to get a 1TB SSD. I got the same EVO one someone else mentioned
I was just thinking of installing P5R to my SSD but since you showed it to me, looks like 1 sec difference. BUT I have Elden Ring installed. Damn it felt fast. 10 seconds to load up a save and pretty much about that much time for fast traveling to places.
Isn’t that crazy about P5? Damn, I should have tested Spider-Man too, Now that you mention fast traveling. That would have been a good test. Maybe I should do a PS4 SSD vs PS5 video.
Im way late here but.. my ps4 pro with a Samsung evo 860 1tb loading doom eternal is right at 5 seconds slower than my series x. Not a big difference. Pop in is almost completely gone and texture rendering is not noticeable anymore. I highly recommend it.
@@PunchNpie yeah I have the ps4 pro aswell an im looking into upgrading mine with like 2tb ssd maybe a 4tb ssd but still seeing those numbers makes it worth just going for an 1tb ssd upgrade. I have a lot of games so I know I need at least a 4tb
Awesome video was going back and forth on buying ssd or hdd thanks for all the hard work you put into this 💯 also what kind of usb do you need to the reinstall? Is it expensive? Thanks again
I got a team group ex2 off Amazon for like $50 that I put in my PS4 slim. The load times on games stored in the system is much faster. Also in cod with my old 1tb hhd I'd have the frame disappear and take a few seconds in the beginning of matches. Also in cod cold war in multiplayer when waiting to get into a game people would disappear and you only see floating guns, it would be 50/50 if they would load in before the maych started. Now with the 1tb ssd what i have noticed is #1 fast load times, what took 2-3 min to load in days gone now takes 30 sec. Cod doesnt have frame drop, the graphics also look much better in both games. The ps4 menu is much smoother and fast. Itd honestly the best thing you can do with your ps4 wether u have an original,slim or pro. I had my original 500g hhd ps4 and my 1tb ssd slim on side by side monitors and the 500 was considerably slower loading cod snd the colors dont look as sharp and bright as the slim. Both of my systems now have team group ex2 ssd's. Im ordering another 2tb ssd for an external drive to store some games on. To sum it up i wish i did this alot sooner. Def worth it. And cheap to do.
I've two 8tb Samsung 870 Evo ssd's connected to my PS4 pro. one is internal and the other is external the difference is quite good. Boot up Time is faster. Loading times for games is much quicker, I can multitask the UI while a "demanding" game is running in the background & while something is downloading with absolutely no lag or stutter at all. I reckon you should have tested the "big" high demanding games with long loading screens instead of the few small indie ones in the video though. Still get a sub from me 🤘🏻
Wow, that’s a hell of a setup! It wasn’t intentionally picking the games based on the load times, it was more just what we were all playing, in my house, at the time. Also, thanks for the sub!!
I’m playing through Uncharted 4 again actually. This pisses people off but I prefer Uncharted over the Last of Us. I’m embarrassed to say that I bought Vanguard and still haven’t played it. It came out around the time as Halo Infinite and that game took over my life for like a month and than I needed a break from shooters.
You can get similar results by using a 3.5“ HDD in a case externally via USB 3.0. I got a Barracuda Pro 8TB with 256MB Intel Optane cache, and it improves the load times pretty well.
Already bought the ssd just need to wait to get my external hard drive to copy everything over because I also still have pt on my ps 4 pro I don't wanna loose it.
Yeah it's worth it. My games load that much faster when I play them. I have a PS4 Slim. My friend who has a PS4 pro with a HDD was going really slow to load up to the menu. He's had the system for like 7 years. It slows down a lot when you have it for that long.
An alternative way to upgrade just for gaming loading time is that you can go with external ssd instead of internal ssd with all the download and reinstall stuff. BUT I recommend internal ssd over external ssd because the internal ssd is direct connected to the motherboard system which mean is faster the USB wiring connect. Unfortunately wiring usb had it's limited but it's way better than the ps4 standard hard drive.
Its Amazing it Makes Diffrence especialy Big Games GTA5, it Load Faster and Boots up Faster AMAZING PS4 GDDR5 combined with SSD i recomend Samsung Evo Series 😘
From your tests, there's anywhere from 18-45% drop in load time depending on the game when an SSD is used. It's not nothing, but I don't think it is "life changing" either.
Actually saw a vid saying that you should go ssd on ps4 bcoz it will run faster. Infact i think its bcoz the software is made to run ssd now. What i think would be interesting is if you could upgrade the ram capacity in ps3 so that games like skyrim can run with save files of 14mb and up without lag, or freezing. I know the cell processor has split ram. I think bethesda just didnt care and treated the split as just a half powerful xbox. In other words they didnt even try to utilize the other half of the ram dedicated to the cpu for skyrim. So at 14mb and up save files was too much for the 256 or 128mb ram that it used from the split side that was running games. Idk,
I've installed a $15 240gb SSD internal to my original ps4 and I use a Samsung 980 2TB SSD external and its a very noticeable difference in load times, and if I ever get a ps5 I'll already have an ssd to use in it.
It was really time consuming. I recording each of those games separately. I had already put together the list prior to filming. I filmed all the games booting up on the original HDD. Did the whole upgrade that you saw and then filmed loading up all the games again. Then why it was time to edit, I synced up the starting point along with a running clock and then sped it up to make it less boring to watch.
i can easily place an ssd in anytime if i decide. ATM i did replace the toshiba drive that was originally in there with a Western Digital blue. although it was HDD, i did notice a big bump in speeds and stability. loading times are abit better and i no longer have a pausing issue where the game freezes in real time when its still loading assets. wd blue fixed alot of issues and i think the speed/space ratio was a really good buy. Any other hardrive is better then those toshiba drives
Agree 100%. Even the original PS4 had a 3rd party accessory that gave you the additional space to fit a 3.5” drive into the HDD slot. At that time, a 7200 rpm desktop drive was a significant upgrade. Once they went slim design, they moved the drive back to the side like the PS3.
Not watched the video yet but just what I need for later in the year.. I'm fitting a 8TB SSD (Samsung Evo model I think) later on. Was wondering about USB and PS4 update file.. Is it needed like PS3 HDD upgrades?.. Thanks anyway and will be saving this video to laptop with ClipGrab.. Liked and subscribed in advance.. Just what the doctor ordered!! lol
*****Please do not delete***** I don't normally promote other videos but this needs to be seen by you and others considering SSD upgrade.. This is also the SSD I will be fitting into my Pro. I was left with questions which your video answered.. Thank you.. Here is the video -> ruclips.net/video/E07IM_bArGQ/видео.html
Wow, thats going to be a massive drive and a hell of a digital library right there. If I understand the question correctly, you do need to create a OS installer with a USB sitck/drive to install the OS when installing the new drive.
@@PunchNpie PS4 Pro is legit.. OgXbox and PS3 are modded.. Hardly use them. If you have Xbox then Chat with me.. Mine is 2 TB now and Surreal is incredible Emulator.. N64 emulator that runs Super Mario 64 full screen with "better resolution".. I love it even tho I have other Emulators on laptop.. Can't beat Surreal CE I think on Xbox... NOT 360 upwards.. Modded 4-5 consoles and NO bricks... 100%. Got cables, DVD and mem card shit needed..Will mod if asked.. NO COST...Need drop off and collection.. About 30 mins for modding.. upwards of 1 hour if HDD change and test.. Trust me..
@@PunchNpie Thanks.. It is what I wondered.. ALSO - I check each month on PSN store for deals.. Some amazing savings can be got if you don't want physical versions.. Got ALL 4 Trine games for less than the price of the 4th one alone (£7.50 for all I think instead of £25+ for Trine 4 alone).. I normally end up with between £100 and £150 SAVING.. 90% off sometimes and worth checking out at start of each month.. Got BOTH South Park games for under £10 so can't complain... Don't buy if not on offer one month as may be on offer a little later on.. Trust me on that. UK and US stores seem to be different on offers too.. Just be patient.. I'm SLOWLY collecting Pinball FX3 tables.. Got ALL Williams and many others.. NO Marvel, Star Wars and Zen yet.. Can recommend Family Guy pack, Aliens pack and Portal at right price.. Wait for Williams packs to hit the $/£7.99 and buy all 6 if funds allow.. Indiana is personal choice as a little expensive for a single table. FX3 is best played with a PSVR... NOT VR but great feeling of "being there" when table is set to view 2.. Try it if you can. Planet Coaster is another good one with PSVR..NOT VR again but it's amazing with a simulated 100" screen that PSVR does in medium mode.. Large mode is like the front seat of the cinema and you have to pan your head to see the full screen - Great for movies but not for gaming.. ;)
OH.. PS4 PSVR supports 3D BluRay movies in FULL 3D too... Tested with Transformers - Dark of the Moon.. DVD, BluRay and 3D Bluray for £1.. Best £1 test ever and gave the set to a friend so he could test out his normal BluRay player after.. Could sell for a penny so passed on to a friend instead.. Hard drive being fitted above will give me the ULTIMATE PS4 Pro available. Not interested in PS5 until PS6 comes out and price drops.. There is still a lot of life in the PS4 yet... Check out the PSN store for PSVR titles.. They just keep coming but hardly ever advertised.. many are free like "Crow" - animated movie with a few stars voicing it.. ruclips.net/video/2N_nv_swxkI/видео.html
Really it’s load times and in game assets being loaded in open world environments. When it comes to FPS, that is a GPU thing. Thank you for the kind words and I’m glad you liked the video!
Yes it’s night in day I have 1TB Samsung SSD in my ps3 and a 4TB SSD in ps4 pro it makes it all the difference in the world the OS on the systems run way faster and smoother it also lowers the temperature of the console but not by much and digital games run way faster I love it
PS4 Pro has Full Sata 3 Speed. unlike Reg PS4. Nice Video i've Subed to you.. have a PS4 Pro. but only have a 480G SSD on my PC I was thinking of putting into my PS4 Pro... But I'll prob wait and go for a 1TB or 2 TB SSD.
Hiya.. As long as you don't delete the post below.. I will make a video of the parts you couldn't when I upgrade mine.. 2 phones that record 720p upwards if wanted.. Bog standard Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE and a Google Nexus 6..Will record from the point just before you couldn't until needed.. Still watching the video first time if interested and liking it.. Thanks.
before backup delete everything that you don't need and can redownload. I kept PT and my streaming apps so in theory i wont need to re-enter my passwords for them. Also kept saves etc.
Just out of curiosity... Are the little figures dotted around the room from Little Big Planet games??? They just look like I've seen them before somewhere... Got NEARLY all the LBP games.. Bought Sackboy adventures on physical.. Bad disk or me being bad but did NOT enjoy it at all.. Not what I expected and really bad loading speeds.. Bought LBP 3 Digi on PS4 with refund along with a lot of costumes.. Have I seen them in LBP games?
My only question is, why only 1TB? If you're upgrading to an SSD why not double the size at the same time? That's what I did recently. Now all 23 games I own will fit on one internal drive rather than needing to delete anything or have external drives.
Isn’t the sata generation on ps4 a huge bottleneck when it goes from hdd to ssd? It made a huge difference on my PS4 Pro but I never really noticed a difference on my standard ps4
Why can't you just after you back up ypur system install the hard drive and then format it for your system then do a system update? I don't remember doing any of this the last time I put a new hard drive in my PlayStation, I mean the part where you have to use a thumb drive to save the update file onto the thumb drive to be able to update the system? It just seems like extra steps I don't know if it's the difference between a regular hard drive and the SSD? Or what ?
Unfortunately that won’t work. You could possibly clone the drive, as long as your new drive is the same capacity. If your original drive is 500gb and your new SSD is 1TB, it will only allocate 500gb of that SSD because that’s what your original drive image is. Unfortunately the method in my video is the best method, even though it is really time consuming.
Xbox is finicky. You need custom firmware on the drives if they aren’t stock. That being said, if you mod the console you can than install any drive. So I’ll probably have to learn the mod process first and go from there.
Thats a good point to make. Typically, its recommended to have minimally 10% free space on a Computer's drive for that reason so I assume it's the same for a modern x86 console. We will definitely get to the PS3, just need the extra cash to spare for the drive.
You can use a 1TB thumb drive but I prefer to use an external hard drive. I create the OS installer on a thumb drive. I think you can technically do it all off one drive, since you have to manually create the folders for the backup location and installer file. Never really thought about that as an option.
I just got my son a PS4 for his birthday. Wanting to upgrade the hard drive from its original 500GB hard drive Ok , what do you suggest is the best SDD 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 6TB or 8TB ( trying to also be budget friendly without putting alot of money into it since I probably will be buying him a newer system within a few years?)Looking to upgrade but also want to make sure my Son can download as many games as possible that he might want? I only want to upgrade the SDD once. Since I might get him a new game system within the next few years anyway.
Yeah After I replaced the HDD with SDD in my PS Pro, The PS5 is now left in tears just untouched...also with the very little amount of exclusives...I'm thinking of thinking of completely just ignoring the PS5.
Coming back to this. How fast does RDR2 load on an SSD? I plan to transfer my copy of RDR2 from an external directly onto an SSD. I can expect it to be MUCH faster
I just installed the same SSD on my ps4 slim and honestly I can’t tell a difference. I’m going to send it back and try another brand because I watch all these videos with time deference’s between HDD and SSD and I’m not seeing it with this drive.
I try upgrade my ps4-pro with a 4TB ssd as internal drive, but fail, I follow all instructions from the playstation offical site , keep can't access the system software, don't know what's going on. not sure if the system software 10.1 has some bugs.
Not necessary at all but if you want to restore from a back up, I wanted to show how. You can just install fresh, sync your saves from PSN and reinstall your games.
There are absolutely ZERO games that run off a disc on a PS4. ALL games are installed on the drive. The disc is just a key to tell the system it is allowed to play what's installed. Digital only games do the same thing, they just call to a server instead of a disc to make sure you're allowed to play them. Nothing runs off a disc ever.
Do you think it will be faster on a jailbroken PS4 Pro where there is no disc reading involved and 100% of data is internal thus showing a larger difference between HDD and SSD?
I have a 10 year old PS3 that has never had an issues, by my brand new 600 dollar PS4 (lowest price from several stores), corrupts every few hours of gameplay.
I find it takes a noticeable second for textures to load in borderlands games on my PS4 slim. Does that go away if you upgrade to internal SSD? Has anyone seen borderlands 3 , borderlands2vr perform in these circumstances?
It should. It’s the main reason I switched to mine, plus being upset at how damn slow the PS4 menus are… put in am SSD and the ps4 menu is smooth and snap, couldn’t believe how much better it was. The base ps4 is really dated, I’m surprised they still made games for it up until now
So when you’re going to reinstall the system software onto the Playstation, do you put the external hard-drive with the data you backed up before or after you put the thumb-stick with the reinstall file? I am trying to do this myself tomorrow and I wanna make sure I don’t fuck this up Edit: You probably explained it all already sorry for the question if you already did answer this is a little new to me
No worries, but yea you don’t do the restore until after the whole system software is installed. Once the OS is installed, it will reboot and it will be like a whole new system. From there you will go into settings and complete the restore. You can skip through the chapters of this video if you want to break down the steps.
@@PunchNpie i tried using two different external hard drives on my black ops 3 ps4 and neither of them have worked? Is it the console or the hard drive that is the issue? And if the console is the issue then how do I backup my data on the cloud or check to see if it’s already backed up?
So to actually use the SSD I have to buy a thumb drive, external hard drive, and a laptop to save a file to my new said thumb drive??? Does this work with a phone?
ps4 and ps4 slim & ps4 pro have hdd it's standard 5400 rpm i replaced mine with 7200 so ssd isn't that much faster. Im going to get another ps4 pro and install a ssd.
i just expend 25 minutes to diskcopy with macrium reflect 8...no backup time and no restore time and 2 minutes to install adapter and m2 ssd nvme m key
Only backing up saves when I do it.. Internet when tethered/cabled to phone is fast enough with 5G.. Just have to prioritize the games I want to play first.. PSVR and APPs first... GTA5 last as I don't like it.. Got for free on PS3 (ISO file).. friend said that it was great on PS4.. worst £22 spent for bundle ever.. Can't stand it.. GTA San Andreas and GTA4 are much better.. Money better spent on the Drake Collection.. 1-3 only but better imho..
Once I bought my PS4 PRO I threw a 1TB Samsung EVO SSD in it the same day. The difference is insane. The buffering/rendering (bloom and tesselation) as well as loading of tracks in racing games, Ai players, loading maps etc is night and day.
Yeah, I regret not doing this years ago when I got mine. Its not the PS5 but it makes the performance a great bridge between the PS4 and PS5.
asmongoldsmouth9739.hi I bought a ps4 pro I'm waiting for my ssd Samsung Evo 870 I'm hoping that's when it's in da ps4 pro is that everything I need to do.please anyone can give me a ok.i hope I made since.joe
One thing that i wish people showed in their tests is how significant the reduction in hitching is in games that are constantly loading textures and assets (like in open world games).
Yeah, you aren’t the first person to bring this up. I definitely didn’t think about this when I made the video
N64 Brasil has a no commentary video comparing exactly that
Yup. Couldn’t believe how much faster the Pro was than the base ps4. Then I upgraded with a SSD and everything ran even smoothers. I really noticed when I played Warzone and noticed I didn’t see the textures loading in on screen like I did before upgrading to an SSD.
The fact that PS5 doesn’t have any games at 4k60 ray tracing, hasnt made me feel the need to get one just yet. I’m waiting on a PS5 pro, hopefully 4k60fps with ray tracing
@@ldope3904 get used to waiting, there will not be one.
@@thefilmdirector1 They already have two patents in place for their two new consoles lol... It's just a matter of when now. The insider news on PSVR2 were leaked over a year before it released and they were accurate, as we can obviously see. Now insider information has that we're gonna receive a slim model PS5 of Holiday later this year and improved/updated "pro" model in 2024/2025. It wouldn't surprise me seeing it in 2026 either but I'd put my money on a late 2024/early 2025 release just as how the PS4 Pro was rolled out. $$$ Talks and I can see a $600-700 pricetag, that myself and many others would happily pay
For once a manufacturer places a hard drive where it can be replaced easily.
Lol yeah, Sony has always made it easy to upgrade the HD’s. I had upgraded my original fat PS3 from the 40gb to the a 500gb back in 2010. I wish I could easily upgrade my Xbox consoles.
@@PunchNpie ps2 too
The PS2, PS3 and XBox 360 were super easy to replace.
@asmongoldsmouth9839- Agreed, however Sony has always been far more user friendly by allowing you to use any 2.5" HDD while XBox 360 used proprietary HDD's.
@@PunchNpie Can the ps4 take up a 2 tb ssd or is 1tb the limit?
It makes a world of difference if you're someone like me who's mainly a PC gamer and only just getting back into consoles for exclusives. I just recently bought a PS4 launch model and the first thing I did was to take it apart, clean the fan, replace the thermal paste, and upgrade to an SSD. The SSD and buying digital games did a lot to make the experience as close as I could get it to gaming on PC. The SSD helps with disc games but it's even faster with digital copies. The UI is snappier, games download quicker, loading times are quicker, and it even slightly helps with games that have bad texture pop-in. Not a massive difference but noticeable. Think about getting back 10 to 40 seconds of your life when playing a game that has long loading times every time you die. The SSD is worth it just for that.
Best comment I could read thanks man!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but since PS4 ALL physical games are installed entirely on the storage, and discs are only used as a verification key. Digital or physical won't make a difference.
Pretty much you are correct, a few older games do run off the disc but most are installed and then just use the disc for verification.
Quick question, does installing an SSD still allow you to receive updates on your ps4 and play online with friends?? I've heard it jailbreaks the ps4 and does not allow you to have these features.
@@politecnico_socratico No it doesn't jailbreak your ps4, its just giving it an upgrade! I've done it to mine just about 3 weeks ago an im very happy with it. The entire system runs so much smoother! I load up games an load into games as fast a ps5's or faster sometimes. I can see a considerable difference on Black ops 3 alone. Highly recommend doin it!
i can't stress enough how not only is everything is faster it's also much smoother with no lag at all not to mention how texture streaming and pop in loading times are completly erased it's a must to upgrade to SSD
Here’s a good example to back up your opinion.
Last gen when I had a PS4 Pro and Xbox One S, the only difference I saw between the 2 were visuals. Both loaded games at the same rate and performed pretty similarly when running software. When I got the Xbox this gen, I gave my One S to my daughter. She complained about how slow it was but I assumed she was just complaining to complain. Well she wasn’t wrong. I had gotten so used to an SSD in the PS4 and even faster SSDs in the PS5 and series X, I didn’t realize how miserably slow a traditional drive was. I wish the Xbone platform supported HD swaps.
@@PunchNpie i agree with you 100%, honestly Sony nailed it with PS4 from every area, but them making the HDD upgradable to SSD is brilliant, it made PS4/PS4 Pro last much, much longer and actually enjoyable on a high level
thank you for the video sir
This goes back to the PS3 too. I upgraded my 40gb PS3 back in 2010 to a 500gb drive.
@@PunchNpie I didn't upgrade my ps3 I wish I did
Also having an SSD going to the main
Menu and loading up another game or application a very noticeable difference the UI is much smoother.
That is definitely something I should have talked about and people don’t think about. It’s more of a PC/Mac thought process but obviously it translates to game consoles too.
Upgrading to SSD on my slim was a good choice. The UI finally runs smooth. Recording gameplay is snappier. On HDD there was a noticeable delay. Most games not only load quicker, but run smoother. I play Dead by Daylight a lot and on HDD at the Menu everything ran so slow and choppy when navigating. With SSD it helped decrease all of that. But definitely a difference. With Modern Warfare it helped, too. On HDD I would face stuttering after playing so long. With SSD there’s hardly ever any stuttering in gameplay. I even tested GTA V story mode and loading is faster. Sometimes booting it up from the start is about the same. But loading into missions is faster. Even Fortnite runs smoother when navigating the menus. I even tested games like RE6, Prototype2, Doom 3 they all loaded so much faster.
Important to note that the OS in general is noticeably snappier. Also kind of strange choice of games to test.
Just upgraded mine yesterday. I didn’t have a spare External hard drive for backing up (it doesn’t let you use your external game drive to back up), so I transferred all the games to the game drive and then I just did the backup to a small usb flash drive which I had multiple spare ones, which was pretty fast since my backup was only 10 gig at that point.
yep, the only reason I needed to do the full backup was because I have PT and that demo is extremely valuable.
Just put in a 2tb Samsung 870qvo works great enjoying the time it's loading games up
I installed a Samsung 870 evo in my fat 9.00 jailbroken PS4, and there is a day and night difference, it has completely eliminated the menu lag, especially one that occurs when you go to the menu while playing games. The games load much faster and fixed texture loading issues in some games.
I dig this idea for videos. Just subscribed.
Thank you!! Definitely still interested in doing other systems. I just haven’t gotten much feedback on continuing this into a series.
@@PunchNpie hello I have a ps5 and ps4 slim should I buy a ps4 pro because I like the design of it
I guess if you like the design but in reality you should get it if you want better performance. Are both hooked up to the same TV? The PS5 plays all those PS4 games identically to the PS4 pro.
I've finally done the Upgrade today and it has now almost the same Drive like yours. It was such an easy upgrade and i should've done that two years ago. Now, it finally has a 1 TB QVO SSD but most of my games already sit on a fast Samsung T7 2 TB SSD that cost me a little fortune back then. The performance benefit i can gain is not gigantic but IMHO it's still worth it since Sony has used SATA II Version of the 1 TB HGST Harddrive in some Consoles. Like we saw in the Video, there are Games that just don't arent optimized or small then the loading times are pretty much identical.
I hope that others, like the notorius Battlefield 1 indeed will get a little boost, but the PS4 already has a USB 3.0 Port. Unfortunately, the biggest Bottleneck is the Jaguar CPU, even if it's a PS4 Pro with 8 Cores, but they still run only with 1.6 GHz, which by today's standards is not that impressive. Still i'll upgrade my machine again in the coming week with a 2 TB SSD, then this one will upgrade my PS 3 Slim to breath new life into this still awesome console.
I've also figured out that you can use your PS4 Controllers very easy on PS3. Just hold select and the PS Button the pair it with your PS3! That's a fantastic upgrade IMHO, i liked the PS3 Controller but once i've used the PS4 my perception clearly shifted.
Also, i made this process a bit easier. Only backup all the Savegames, the Download the Full PS4 Firmware, create two folders, one "PS4" in there one "UPDATE" then copy the PS4UPDATE.PUP in there. Connect your Controller with the cable, connect the USB Drive witht the firmware, hold the Power Button of the PS4 for 7 seconds then choose restore PS4 Firmware.
That took only a couple of minutes since i used a SSD to install the Firmware. Then you copy the Savegames back, login to your Playstation Account, change the Settings to your liking and with this method the Setup Process will take you maximum one hour, except for the Games you want to copy over to the SSD, this can be done overnight. Then, when you wake up the nex morning, all you Favourite Games are on the new, fast SSD.
Really nice and sensible vid bro, keep up the good work 👍
Thank you!!
Would of liked to see a internet speed test done and a online multi-player ping test as well. I assume also that game transfers would be faster since a ssd is also much faster the a hdd dive
PS4 and Slim are SATA-II PS4 Pro is SATA-III, huge difference but SSDs always help for random reads like roaming in GTA V
i bought a pro to replace my phat ps4 that had a bad diskdrive and hdmi port. the pro was loud and i bought a 1tb ssd and new thermal paste and padding i will say it runs nice and smooth
Nice!
I did this. Great investment. Makes a Playstation Pro way faster and really extends the life of the console. Pretty cheap to get a 1TB SSD. I got the same EVO one someone else mentioned
I was just thinking of installing P5R to my SSD but since you showed it to me, looks like 1 sec difference. BUT I have Elden Ring installed. Damn it felt fast. 10 seconds to load up a save and pretty much about that much time for fast traveling to places.
Isn’t that crazy about P5? Damn, I should have tested Spider-Man too, Now that you mention fast traveling. That would have been a good test. Maybe I should do a PS4 SSD vs PS5 video.
@@PunchNpie definitely make a PS4 w/ SSD V.S. PS5
Super helpful bro, thanks for the demo!
You are welcome!
The SSD also helps with rendering. Should of did a comparison on that!
You are right! There is always things like this I realized I should have included in a video. It happens to the best of us.
@@PunchNpie next time! Lol I only said that because I can’t find a good vid on the rendering comparison. Good vid tho bro 🤙🏼
Thanks! I always appreciate people pointing that stuff out so I can make them better.
That’s what I interpreted that as, how quickly it can load assets and textures
@@HondaWanderer there’s always that one guy 😂 thanks mr technical 😉
Im way late here but.. my ps4 pro with a Samsung evo 860 1tb loading doom eternal is right at 5 seconds slower than my series x. Not a big difference. Pop in is almost completely gone and texture rendering is not noticeable anymore. I highly recommend it.
Excellent video an insane to see how much faster it runs
Thanks! Yeah, huge difference. Going back to a traditional HDD sounds as miserable as PS1 load times.
@@PunchNpie yeah I have the ps4 pro aswell an im looking into upgrading mine with like 2tb ssd maybe a 4tb ssd but still seeing those numbers makes it worth just going for an 1tb ssd upgrade. I have a lot of games so I know I need at least a 4tb
Been on my to-do list. Though I game on PC much more but am considering this.
Cheapest and fastest SSD is the PNY you can cop yourself a 1 terabyte for just under 39.99 and it works flawlessly
But no dram on it, and yes ir makes some difference
Thanks for all steps
You are very welcome!!
Awesome video was going back and forth on buying ssd or hdd thanks for all the hard work you put into this 💯 also what kind of usb do you need to the reinstall? Is it expensive? Thanks again
I got a team group ex2 off Amazon for like $50 that I put in my PS4 slim. The load times on games stored in the system is much faster.
Also in cod with my old 1tb hhd I'd have the frame disappear and take a few seconds in the beginning of matches. Also in cod cold war in multiplayer when waiting to get into a game people would disappear and you only see floating guns, it would be 50/50 if they would load in before the maych started.
Now with the 1tb ssd what i have noticed is #1 fast load times, what took 2-3 min to load in days gone now takes 30 sec. Cod doesnt have frame drop, the graphics also look much better in both games. The ps4 menu is much smoother and fast. Itd honestly the best thing you can do with your ps4 wether u have an original,slim or pro.
I had my original 500g hhd ps4 and my 1tb ssd slim on side by side monitors and the 500 was considerably slower loading cod snd the colors dont look as sharp and bright as the slim. Both of my systems now have team group ex2 ssd's. Im ordering another 2tb ssd for an external drive to store some games on.
To sum it up i wish i did this alot sooner. Def worth it. And cheap to do.
Hi, are there any SSDs you recommend I put in my PS4 pro? Preferably well priced?
Thanks for this guide; worked awesome!
I've two 8tb Samsung 870 Evo ssd's connected to my PS4 pro. one is internal and the other is external the difference is quite good. Boot up Time is faster. Loading times for games is much quicker, I can multitask the UI while a "demanding" game is running in the background & while something is downloading with absolutely no lag or stutter at all. I reckon you should have tested the "big" high demanding games with long loading screens instead of the few small indie ones in the video though. Still get a sub from me 🤘🏻
Wow, that’s a hell of a setup! It wasn’t intentionally picking the games based on the load times, it was more just what we were all playing, in my house, at the time. Also, thanks for the sub!!
@@PunchNpie what your favorite game atm? I'm enjoying vanguard can't wait till mw 2 is out tho 🙂🙂
I’m playing through Uncharted 4 again actually. This pisses people off but I prefer Uncharted over the Last of Us. I’m embarrassed to say that I bought Vanguard and still haven’t played it. It came out around the time as Halo Infinite and that game took over my life for like a month and than I needed a break from shooters.
@@METH_TILL_DEATH 8TB tho😳, can you even fill it up?
16tb of ssd - what do you do for a living???
You can get similar results by using a 3.5“ HDD in a case externally via USB 3.0. I got a Barracuda Pro 8TB with 256MB Intel Optane cache, and it improves the load times pretty well.
Already bought the ssd just need to wait to get my external hard drive to copy everything over because I also still have pt on my ps 4 pro I don't wanna loose it.
The main and obvious benefit of an SSD is the speed. Longevity is VERY debatable.
loving the benny hill music,lol
Yeah it's worth it. My games load that much faster when I play them. I have a PS4 Slim. My friend who has a PS4 pro with a HDD was going really slow to load up to the menu. He's had the system for like 7 years. It slows down a lot when you have it for that long.
Another good tip is to rebuild the data base every now and then.
An alternative way to upgrade just for gaming loading time is that you can go with external ssd instead of internal ssd with all the download and reinstall stuff.
BUT I recommend internal ssd over external ssd because the internal ssd is direct connected to the motherboard system which mean is faster the USB wiring connect. Unfortunately wiring usb had it's limited but it's way better than the ps4 standard hard drive.
It's also more stable with SSD
Its Amazing it Makes Diffrence especialy Big Games GTA5, it Load Faster and Boots up Faster AMAZING PS4 GDDR5 combined with SSD i recomend Samsung Evo Series 😘
From your tests, there's anywhere from 18-45% drop in load time depending on the game when an SSD is used. It's not nothing, but I don't think it is "life changing" either.
Lol definitely not life changing but is a “modern upgrade” to what is now considered archaic tech (ceramic hard drives).
Actually saw a vid saying that you should go ssd on ps4 bcoz it will run faster. Infact i think its bcoz the software is made to run ssd now.
What i think would be interesting is if you could upgrade the ram capacity in ps3 so that games like skyrim can run with save files of 14mb and up without lag, or freezing. I know the cell processor has split ram. I think bethesda just didnt care and treated the split as just a half powerful xbox. In other words they didnt even try to utilize the other half of the ram dedicated to the cpu for skyrim. So at 14mb and up save files was too much for the 256 or 128mb ram that it used from the split side that was running games. Idk,
I've installed a $15 240gb SSD internal to my original ps4 and I use a Samsung 980 2TB SSD external and its a very noticeable difference in load times, and if I ever get a ps5 I'll already have an ssd to use in it.
Nice Jordan. Was wondering how you did the side by side comparison?
It was really time consuming. I recording each of those games separately. I had already put together the list prior to filming. I filmed all the games booting up on the original HDD. Did the whole upgrade that you saw and then filmed loading up all the games again. Then why it was time to edit, I synced up the starting point along with a running clock and then sped it up to make it less boring to watch.
@@PunchNpie I was wondering what editing software you used to bring the two cuts together like that
catch 22, ssd uses cells once fried cant recover data. hdd once fried potentially can recover data so long as the discs arent damaged.
i can easily place an ssd in anytime if i decide. ATM i did replace the toshiba drive that was originally in there with a Western Digital blue. although it was HDD, i did notice a big bump in speeds and stability. loading times are abit better and i no longer have a pausing issue where the game freezes in real time when its still loading assets. wd blue fixed alot of issues and i think the speed/space ratio was a really good buy. Any other hardrive is better then those toshiba drives
Agree 100%. Even the original PS4 had a 3rd party accessory that gave you the additional space to fit a 3.5” drive into the HDD slot. At that time, a 7200 rpm desktop drive was a significant upgrade. Once they went slim design, they moved the drive back to the side like the PS3.
Not watched the video yet but just what I need for later in the year.. I'm fitting a 8TB SSD (Samsung Evo model I think) later on. Was wondering about USB and PS4 update file.. Is it needed like PS3 HDD upgrades?.. Thanks anyway and will be saving this video to laptop with ClipGrab.. Liked and subscribed in advance.. Just what the doctor ordered!! lol
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I don't normally promote other videos but this needs to be seen by you and others considering SSD upgrade.. This is also the SSD I will be fitting into my Pro. I was left with questions which your video answered.. Thank you.. Here is the video -> ruclips.net/video/E07IM_bArGQ/видео.html
Wow, thats going to be a massive drive and a hell of a digital library right there. If I understand the question correctly, you do need to create a OS installer with a USB sitck/drive to install the OS when installing the new drive.
@@PunchNpie PS4 Pro is legit.. OgXbox and PS3 are modded.. Hardly use them. If you have Xbox then Chat with me.. Mine is 2 TB now and Surreal is incredible Emulator.. N64 emulator that runs Super Mario 64 full screen with "better resolution".. I love it even tho I have other Emulators on laptop.. Can't beat Surreal CE I think on Xbox... NOT 360 upwards.. Modded 4-5 consoles and NO bricks... 100%. Got cables, DVD and mem card shit needed..Will mod if asked.. NO COST...Need drop off and collection.. About 30 mins for modding.. upwards of 1 hour if HDD change and test.. Trust me..
@@PunchNpie Thanks.. It is what I wondered.. ALSO - I check each month on PSN store for deals.. Some amazing savings can be got if you don't want physical versions.. Got ALL 4 Trine games for less than the price of the 4th one alone (£7.50 for all I think instead of £25+ for Trine 4 alone).. I normally end up with between £100 and £150 SAVING.. 90% off sometimes and worth checking out at start of each month.. Got BOTH South Park games for under £10 so can't complain... Don't buy if not on offer one month as may be on offer a little later on.. Trust me on that. UK and US stores seem to be different on offers too.. Just be patient.. I'm SLOWLY collecting Pinball FX3 tables.. Got ALL Williams and many others.. NO Marvel, Star Wars and Zen yet.. Can recommend Family Guy pack, Aliens pack and Portal at right price.. Wait for Williams packs to hit the $/£7.99 and buy all 6 if funds allow.. Indiana is personal choice as a little expensive for a single table. FX3 is best played with a PSVR... NOT VR but great feeling of "being there" when table is set to view 2.. Try it if you can. Planet Coaster is another good one with PSVR..NOT VR again but it's amazing with a simulated 100" screen that PSVR does in medium mode.. Large mode is like the front seat of the cinema and you have to pan your head to see the full screen - Great for movies but not for gaming.. ;)
OH.. PS4 PSVR supports 3D BluRay movies in FULL 3D too... Tested with Transformers - Dark of the Moon.. DVD, BluRay and 3D Bluray for £1.. Best £1 test ever and gave the set to a friend so he could test out his normal BluRay player after.. Could sell for a penny so passed on to a friend instead..
Hard drive being fitted above will give me the ULTIMATE PS4 Pro available. Not interested in PS5 until PS6 comes out and price drops.. There is still a lot of life in the PS4 yet... Check out the PSN store for PSVR titles.. They just keep coming but hardly ever advertised.. many are free like "Crow" - animated movie with a few stars voicing it..
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Wait is just load time upgrades?
Also im wondering if this improving the frame rate
The video is so cool very helpful
Really it’s load times and in game assets being loaded in open world environments. When it comes to FPS, that is a GPU thing. Thank you for the kind words and I’m glad you liked the video!
Yes it’s night in day I have 1TB Samsung SSD in my ps3 and a 4TB SSD in ps4 pro it makes it all the difference in the world the OS on the systems run way faster and smoother it also lowers the temperature of the console but not by much and digital games run way faster I love it
PS4 Pro has Full Sata 3 Speed. unlike Reg PS4. Nice Video i've Subed to you.. have a PS4 Pro. but only have a 480G SSD on my PC I was thinking of putting into my PS4 Pro...
But I'll prob wait and go for a 1TB or 2 TB SSD.
am in the air about adding a SSD to my PS4 or getting a PS5. would be cheaper by far to add an SSD, and have heard PS5 is having overheat issues.
Loading GTAV would have been a good one to try
I’ve been asked about getting GTA V along with 5M running actually
Hiya.. As long as you don't delete the post below.. I will make a video of the parts you couldn't when I upgrade mine.. 2 phones that record 720p upwards if wanted.. Bog standard Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE and a Google Nexus 6..Will record from the point just before you couldn't until needed.. Still watching the video first time if interested and liking it.. Thanks.
before backup delete everything that you don't need and can redownload. I kept PT and my streaming apps so in theory i wont need to re-enter my passwords for them. Also kept saves etc.
Just out of curiosity... Are the little figures dotted around the room from Little Big Planet games??? They just look like I've seen them before somewhere... Got NEARLY all the LBP games.. Bought Sackboy adventures on physical.. Bad disk or me being bad but did NOT enjoy it at all.. Not what I expected and really bad loading speeds.. Bought LBP 3 Digi on PS4 with refund along with a lot of costumes.. Have I seen them in LBP games?
I think you are talking about my Funko pop figures. The ones to the left of me, in the video, on the shelf are all Harley Quinn Funko Pops.
My only question is, why only 1TB?
If you're upgrading to an SSD why not double the size at the same time?
That's what I did recently. Now all 23 games I own will fit on one internal drive rather than needing to delete anything or have external drives.
You make a good point, I was just doing it on a budget when I made this video. There is no reason you can’t go bigger.
Thank you for the awesome video 👍.
You are welcome! Hope it was helpful
I think I would stick with hhd not against ssd because plastic case hard drive might mess up years of playing, and heating of the Playstation console
Isn’t the sata generation on ps4 a huge bottleneck when it goes from hdd to ssd?
It made a huge difference on my PS4 Pro but I never really noticed a difference on my standard ps4
Why can't you just after you back up ypur system install the hard drive and then format it for your system then do a system update? I don't remember doing any of this the last time I put a new hard drive in my PlayStation, I mean the part where you have to use a thumb drive to save the update file onto the thumb drive to be able to update the system? It just seems like extra steps I don't know if it's the difference between a regular hard drive and the SSD? Or what ?
want to see you do borderlands 3, that inital load takes almost 3 minutes
You know, there have been a lot of people asking for other games. Maybe I should do a follow up video with another set of games.
Thanks... but can I just use a SATA to USB adapter and copy the OS and other files from the old HDD that way?
Unfortunately that won’t work. You could possibly clone the drive, as long as your new drive is the same capacity. If your original drive is 500gb and your new SSD is 1TB, it will only allocate 500gb of that SSD because that’s what your original drive image is. Unfortunately the method in my video is the best method, even though it is really time consuming.
a 360 upgrade would be awesome too
Xbox is finicky. You need custom firmware on the drives if they aren’t stock. That being said, if you mod the console you can than install any drive. So I’ll probably have to learn the mod process first and go from there.
I can’t seem to backup my console to my T7 & it’s annoying. I get a error when I follow the same steps you did. So frustrated at this point.
I would of gone with 2tb so it has more cache room before it slow downs would like to see you do the ps3 next
Thats a good point to make. Typically, its recommended to have minimally 10% free space on a Computer's drive for that reason so I assume it's the same for a modern x86 console. We will definitely get to the PS3, just need the extra cash to spare for the drive.
@@PunchNpie I would recommend WD Blue SA510 500GB Internal SSD SATA affordable and great performance when you do decide to make the ps3 video
perfect, thanks for the info! I will add that to my Amazon list
@@PunchNpie Even the PS3(slim) preforms better with the SSD upgrade, Its quieter and renders more stuff in.
Any links available for the screwdriver/bit set?
So you backup PS4 to a 1 TB Thumb drive? then you have another thumb drive where you put the installer files?
You can use a 1TB thumb drive but I prefer to use an external hard drive. I create the OS installer on a thumb drive. I think you can technically do it all off one drive, since you have to manually create the folders for the backup location and installer file. Never really thought about that as an option.
I just got my son a PS4 for his birthday. Wanting to upgrade the hard drive from its original 500GB hard drive Ok , what do you suggest is the best SDD 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 6TB or 8TB ( trying to also be budget friendly without putting alot of money into it since I probably will be buying him a newer system within a few years?)Looking to upgrade but also want to make sure my Son can download as many games as possible that he might want? I only want to upgrade the SDD once. Since I might get him a new game system within the next few years anyway.
Yeah After I replaced the HDD with SDD in my PS Pro, The PS5 is now left in tears just untouched...also with the very little amount of exclusives...I'm thinking of thinking of completely just ignoring the PS5.
Can I use my External Hard drive 4TB to Back up and install update system software ? I did format the HDD into exFAT.
Can I use it for both ?
Yeah you should be able to. Just create the different folders and name them correctly
Thank you my friend, you are a great help !
You are welcome!
Youll find textures loading instantly for a more seemless higher quality gameplay. Try TLOU, Witcher3 and the likes.
Hope you try AC valhala because its loading time was toooooooo long on normal HDD
Yeah, I actually got that game at launch with the PS5 so I never got it for PS4.
Coming back to this. How fast does RDR2 load on an SSD? I plan to transfer my copy of RDR2 from an external directly onto an SSD. I can expect it to be MUCH faster
Let me get it installed and I will let you know
I just installed the same SSD on my ps4 slim and honestly I can’t tell a difference. I’m going to send it back and try another brand because I watch all these videos with time deference’s between HDD and SSD and I’m not seeing it with this drive.
just put an ssd 1TB into my ps4 pro. put new thermapaste I learned all this from RUclips.
I try upgrade my ps4-pro with a 4TB ssd as internal drive, but fail, I follow all instructions from the playstation offical site , keep can't access the system software, don't know what's going on. not sure if the system software 10.1 has some bugs.
Do you really need to back up the PS4? Is there a way of doing this without that? I really don't mind reinstalling everything
Not necessary at all but if you want to restore from a back up, I wanted to show how. You can just install fresh, sync your saves from PSN and reinstall your games.
So is navigating the menus and store much more fluid and responsive as well?
Compared to the PS 5? I have both but my PS4 pro is still stock.
There are absolutely ZERO games that run off a disc on a PS4. ALL games are installed on the drive. The disc is just a key to tell the system it is allowed to play what's installed. Digital only games do the same thing, they just call to a server instead of a disc to make sure you're allowed to play them. Nothing runs off a disc ever.
Gta V would have been a good test game for this
Gta V loads a bit faster IMO. I noticed in story mode you can load into Rockstar editor faster and missions quicker.
So you want longlifety and still go ssd?!😵💫
Also, saltstickdrive?
Do you think it will be faster on a jailbroken PS4 Pro where there is no disc reading involved and 100% of data is internal thus showing a larger difference between HDD and SSD?
Absolutely, anything that is ruining 100% off the internal drive will load faster on an SSD.
I have a 10 year old PS3 that has never had an issues, by my brand new 600 dollar PS4 (lowest price from several stores), corrupts every few hours of gameplay.
I find it takes a noticeable second for textures to load in borderlands games on my PS4 slim. Does that go away if you upgrade to internal SSD?
Has anyone seen borderlands 3 , borderlands2vr perform in these circumstances?
Although I haven’t tested it, theoretically it should help with load times of in game assets and textures.
It should. It’s the main reason I switched to mine, plus being upset at how damn slow the PS4 menus are… put in am SSD and the ps4 menu is smooth and snap, couldn’t believe how much better it was. The base ps4 is really dated, I’m surprised they still made games for it up until now
What if you have some of your games saved to extended storage? Will you still be able to access them, or must they all be re-downloaded?
I think you shouldn’t have to, especially if you restore your system from a backup and use the same account.
So when you’re going to reinstall the system software onto the Playstation, do you put the external hard-drive with the data you backed up before or after you put the thumb-stick with the reinstall file? I am trying to do this myself tomorrow and I wanna make sure I don’t fuck this up
Edit: You probably explained it all already sorry for the question if you already did answer this is a little new to me
No worries, but yea you don’t do the restore until after the whole system software is installed. Once the OS is installed, it will reboot and it will be like a whole new system. From there you will go into settings and complete the restore. You can skip through the chapters of this video if you want to break down the steps.
@@PunchNpie i tried using two different external hard drives on my black ops 3 ps4 and neither of them have worked? Is it the console or the hard drive that is the issue? And if the console is the issue then how do I backup my data on the cloud or check to see if it’s already backed up?
Did you format the Drive after you hooked it up to the PlayStation?
www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps4-external-hdd-support/
@@PunchNpie how do I format the drive after hooking it up? Is there somewhere in settings I need to go to to do that?
Does this fix lagging and freezing games on reg ps4 idk why everyone seems to have a pro.
It should help with any lagging. Not sure about freezes.
@@SentinelEx my game will freeze for up to 10 seconds then resume.
@@chriss4365 Which game? Or is it all your games? Maybe your HDD is going out.
@@SentinelEx just the wwz game.
Do you know if I can use the same flash drive that I used to backup my data and download the PlayStation OS or should I use two separate ones
You shoudl try it with sandbox games
in the ssd games i spotted assets that werent in the hd
Is there a link to what you purchased to upgrade the PS4
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i suggest to clone the harddrive via parted magic
What are some good SSDs that are compatible with the ps4 pro?
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After this stage my ps is freezing on 99% and then says : Cannot access system storage. (didnt changes hard drive yet)
Wait how do I make a folder with the USB stick? How do you get into USB drive settings
You do it on your computer. Create the folder on the drive and move the installer into that folder.
Sir i have one question can we use old ps4 internal hdd as external hdd for ps4 to expand storage🥸
So to actually use the SSD I have to buy a thumb drive, external hard drive, and a laptop to save a file to my new said thumb drive???
Does this work with a phone?
ps4 and ps4 slim & ps4 pro have hdd it's standard 5400 rpm i replaced mine with 7200 so ssd isn't that much faster. Im going to get another ps4 pro and install a ssd.
i just expend 25 minutes to diskcopy with macrium reflect 8...no backup time and no restore time and 2 minutes to install adapter and m2 ssd nvme m key
Only backing up saves when I do it.. Internet when tethered/cabled to phone is fast enough with 5G.. Just have to prioritize the games I want to play first.. PSVR and APPs first... GTA5 last as I don't like it.. Got for free on PS3 (ISO file).. friend said that it was great on PS4.. worst £22 spent for bundle ever.. Can't stand it.. GTA San Andreas and GTA4 are much better.. Money better spent on the Drake Collection.. 1-3 only but better imho..
Yeah, I tried playing GTA 5 but just couldn’t get into it. At least I’m not alone in that opinion.
I have original ps4. A ssd will make good difference?