Seagate Confirms That Its FireCuda 530 Gen4 PCIe SSDs with Heat Sink Are PS5-Ready

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PlayStation 5 owners who are seeking an SSD with heat sink that will definitely be compatible with their next-gen console’s M.2 expansion slot may want to check out Seagate’s lineup of FireCuda 530 PCIe Gen4 NVMe drives. As confirmed by Seagate country manager Jeff Park during a briefing held today, Seagate’s FireCuda 530 Heatsink models meet all of the PS5’s SSD expansion requirements thanks to their slim design, which allows them to be slotted into Sony’s next-gen console without issue. Delivering sequential read speeds of up to 7,300 MB/s, Seagate’s FireCuda 530 PCIe Gen4 NVMe drives are available in 500 GB ($159.99), 1 TB ($259.99), 2 TB ($539.99), and 4 TB ($999.99) varieties.









“We have done some testing with Sony on the PlayStation 5 and today we can confirm that the FireCuda 530 with the heatsink has met all the PS5...

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[Burticus]

And only a grand for the 4tb... so $500ish for the 2tb? Bargain

 

[Denpepe]

Seeing those prices no wonder they give so little storage in the base consoles.

Maybe I'll see what else gets "certified" b4 getting one of these

 

[Dogsofjune]

All the storage you might want. Does the PS5 support raid?

 

[GunShot]

When a storage medium cost more than the hardware for an conslow, keep what you have (667GB free storage, thats one CoD game @ 200GB and at lesst 5 other current titles that you're playing) and buy a regular ssd to store unplayed games on and swap titles accordingly.

PS5 does not have that many games, and it will be drought for games until at least 2023/24) to justivy this ridiculous so-called premium price tag.

This is why our world in tech innovation revolution is so dormant and BIG tech knows it, sadly.

Stop feeding these crooks ill practices!

 

[Zarathustra]

What makes them "PS5 ready"?

If it has an m.2 slot anything m.2 should just work.

Or are they being ****ty and whitelisting only particular models where the manufacturers pay a fee?

If they are, that ought to be illegal.

 

[Brian_B]

What makes them "PS5 ready"?

If it has an m.2 slot anything m.2 should just work.

Or are they being ****ty and whitelisting only particular models where the manufacturers pay a fee?

If they are, that ought to be illegal.

Word was it was going to be a whitelist. It's been a complete blacklist up until now though. The articles I read are saying there is a performance requirement, but I don't know if they are just going to open it up or leave it as a white list or what.

It is a standard m.2 slot, but throw in the software lock and it may as well not be.