The Orico e7400 SSD meets all the requirements for your PS5 upgrade. This is a PCIe Gen4 x4 SSD with an M.2 2280 form factor and transfer speeds of up to 7,400MB/s read and 6,600MB/s write which is well above the 5,600MB/s minimum threshold. It also makes an excellent boot drive for your gaming PC, especially with its 2TB storage capacity. Like most high-speed SSDs in this price range, the e7400 is a DRAM-less SSD that instead uses a combination of HMB technology and pseudo-SLC caching. Gamers shouldn't notice any performance difference either way.
The PS5 is an outstanding gaming console, but the 1TB SSD is a real bottleneck. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, for example, can exceed 200GB alone. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth tips the scales at 145GB and Baldur's Gate 3 requires 105GB. Future games like Grand Theft Auto VI will undoubtedly demand even more space. The advantage of a PS5 console over the Xbox Series X is that the SSD slot is not proprietary; you can install most third-party PCIe Gen4 x4 SSDs as long as they are fast enough. Slower drives will still work, but they may bottleneck the original SSD so they aren't recommended if you want an absolutely seamless experience.
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