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Forums - Gaming Discussion - PS4pro HDD vs SSD test up: DF tests & NXGamer. Final 5-40% perf improvement

stamps1646 on 16 November 2016

I picked up a two -Crucial MX300 1TB this Summer for under 220.00$ I'm using one in with my XB1 and have the other one I currently have installed in my PS4. The downside to using this SSD in my PS4 I'm not getting the full read speeds that I want due to it being SATAII interface(but compared to the stock 5400rpm HDD it's a huge difference), with the new Pro using SATAIII I can't wait to see the difference even more. With Black Friday sales going on, I'm sure you'll see Samsung, Sandisk, Crucial, Intel , Etc.... 1TB SSDs around 190.00-260.00$ range. =)



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WC4Life on 17 November 2016

Got my SSD today. The whole changing process went surprisingly smoothly and fast. I don't have comparisons but Driveclub and DQB both load levels under 10sec.



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GarlandSteve74 on 17 November 2016

Disappointing (although expected) that the SATA III didn't do anything to improve load times... Though it's nice to see the 1TB HDD in the Pro can be quite a bit faster than the 500GB from the vanilla!



antigin on 17 November 2016

My fifty cents

It seems that the longer HDD is used, the more unstable it's loading times. Not only worse, but unstable.



Intrinsic on 17 November 2016
antigin said:

My fifty cents

It seems that the longer HDD is used, the more unstable it's loading times. Not only worse, but unstable.

thanks for this  awesome work. Uncharted is the one that is most relevant there, cause that at least has a Pro patch available for it. For all games without the pro patch, the PS4pro pretty much mostly just runs like a normal PS4. 



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Arkaign on 17 November 2016
KBG29 said:
Awesome, I've got a 4TB Evo 850 coming Friday to drop in the Pro. Should give me enough room for all the Retro and VR gaming I want to do for the next couple of years. SSD is the future, and PS5 has to be based around it to be a truly next gen console. Hopefully prices will fall quickly, and 8TB will be out in the next couple of years.

A $1,500 SSD for a console? Why?



aLkaLiNE on 17 November 2016
antigin said:

My fifty cents

It seems that the longer HDD is used, the more unstable it's loading times. Not only worse, but unstable.

Excellent. Do you have any other pro patched titles that you can test this on?



VAMatt on 18 November 2016

I put a hybrid drive in my XB1, and though I haven't done any scientific testing, I'm thinking it has improved load times by 25%-30% on average.



Intrinsic on 18 November 2016
aLkaLiNE said:

Excellent. Do you have any other pro patched titles that you can test this on?

What is intersting is that the stock 5400rpm drive on the PS4pro jas even better performance than the ogPS4 with an SSD when running uncharted 4.

And thats the only game with a Pro patch in his list. 



KBG29 on 18 November 2016
Arkaign said:
KBG29 said:
Awesome, I've got a 4TB Evo 850 coming Friday to drop in the Pro. Should give me enough room for all the Retro and VR gaming I want to do for the next couple of years. SSD is the future, and PS5 has to be based around it to be a truly next gen console. Hopefully prices will fall quickly, and 8TB will be out in the next couple of years.

A $1,500 SSD for a console? Why?

What else wouldyou put a $1,500.00 4TB SSD in?

I only own PlayStation products. The last non Sony/PlayStation product I bought was an X360 in 2010, and a PC in 2014 that I played for about three months and resold. PlayStation is my hub for everything, and that demands a massive amount of stograge. I also have a 5TB external drive connected to it.

I was already shuffling games on the 2TB I had in my 1200 model PS4. Now I hav about 1.4TB after the switch to the new drive. Should last a while until 8TB SSDs are available.



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