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Captain_Yuri said:

So Linus did a video in regards to getting a SSD for the PS5

He didn't mention anything in regards to adding a heatsink to the secondary SSD and he was installing the SSDs without a heatsink. Did he even read the requirements properly lol?

"Cooling structure: Using an M.2 SSD with your PS5 console requires effective heat dissipation with a cooling structure, such as a heatsink. You can attach one to your M.2 SSD yourself, either in a single-sided format, or double-sided format. There are also M.2 SSDs that have cooling structures (such as heatsinks) built in."

https://www.playstation.com/en-ca/support/hardware/ps5-install-m2-ssd/

He also got a SSD that came with a heatsink... He removed the heatsink... And put it in the PS5 which I think is what resulted in the low read speeds of that SSD but he didn't catch it and thought it was normal even though the SSD is rated for higher read speeds. Come on Linus!

This is Linus Tech Tips, the jankiest show on Earth. What else did you expect?