<ul><li>A standard PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 NVMe SSD can solve all PS5 storage issues.</li><li>The PS5 will accept internal drives with between 250GB and 8TB capacity.</li><li>PS5 games can be between 30GB and 100GB with exceptions like Modern Warfare and Warzone which will require about 250GB.</li><li>There's no point in going for a 250GB PS5 SSD as 500GB drives at $60 to $80 are a better option.</li><li>If you have the money, opt for a high-capacity 1TB drive, which should run you about $100.</li><li>The official answer is that an “M.2 Socket 3 (Key M) Gen4 x4 NVME SSD” is compatible with the PS5.</li><li>Sony says drives should be able to handle sequential reads at 5,500MB/s.</li><li>Most new SSDs are fine as the PS5 can fit 22mm-wide SSDs of virtually any length (30mm, 40mm, 60mm, 80mm or 110mm).</li><li>An external SSD connects to PS5 via USB, is only good for playing PlayStation 4 games, or storing PS5 titles.</li><li>Higher capacity 2TB drives offer marginal savings per gigabyte, while 4TB and 8TB models should be avoided.</li></ul>

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