Will Sata 3 Work On Ps4

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• #one

So i but got a 1 TB SSD for my laptop as an early bday self-nowadays, and used it to supplant my current 500 GB SSD, meaning that i plant myself with an extra 500 GB SSD laying around.

I have read that PS4 pro uses SATA 3 as its internal storage interface, just the Slim model just uses SATA two, so i got myself a USB iii.0 enclosure, put the old SSD inside, plugged it in one of the USB ports (The one that is likewise the disc reader) and transfered a few games to it (Mostly the heaviest ones i have: Gran Turismo Sport, Dirt Rally 2.0+Year 1 pass, etc...)

So far, i have tested Dirt Rally 2.0, and while on PC the divergence between HDD and Sata 3 SSD is extremely notable, i couldn't detect whatsoever deviation on PS4 at all.

I still take to test more games, but later my first test i'm left wondering if it's actually worth it to put a SSD on a non-Pro PS4, even using a USB 3.0 enclosure.

EDIT: Tin a mod set up the title for me, delight? :/

• #2

The PS4 doesn't take much advantage of SSD speeds, considering the games are developed with 5400rpm HDDs in heed.

• #3

The PS4 doesn't take much reward of SSD speeds, considering the games are developed with 5400rpm HDDs in mind.

Fuck

I judge i'll get a caddy and supervene upon the DVD drive of my laptop with the former SSD equally a secondary bulldoze, and so

• #4

There is barely any measurable diffference i.e. in load times or similar. Either the hardware or the software of the PS4 has a clogging that makes SSD speeds not affair.

• #five

I accept a 1 TB SSD internally in my PS4 Pro and I recommend it. Non a huge difference in load times in games, just a second here or there, but I find the arrangement carte du jour much more responsive and dealing with screenshots/videos is much snappier.

• #half dozen

With the i they used in the video it makes quite a difference.

• #7

I take a i TB SSD internally in my PS4 Pro and I recommend it. Non a huge deviation in load times in games, just a second here or there, but I find the system carte du jour much more than responsive and dealing with screenshots/videos is much snappier.

With the 1 they used in the video it makes quite a difference.

I have a Slim, though

• #8

Yes, for loading it won't be at the level of a Pro but there's improvement, and all minor access (save etc.) are snappier. Save all your saveable stuff on a USB key, buy a 5$ USB3 caddy for the 2.5" internal drive, grab the total PS4 firmware, copy it on the SSD on your on.

edit : sorry y'all already have an enclosure, what I meant is to use the SSD every bit the internal bulldoze, it's not worth to use it only externally in this case

• #9

I'chiliad going to guess and say no. My testing with og PS4 and Pro showed that pro does take advantage of a sata 3 SSD, but not full advantage of information technology. Information technology besides showed that only Pro patched games made use of it, or when in boost style.

• #ten

Y'all will see improvements of a couple of seconds here and there, but it will not exist life changing like changing to an SSD on a Windows car or something like that.

Personally, I would say it is worth it if you can get a cheaper SSD equally the improvements add up over time and will make your experience ameliorate.

• #11

You'll notice some improvements but not as much as y'all're probably looking for. It's a combination of the PS4 architecture not being designed for it and games not beingness designed for it.

• #12

Externally there isnt much betoken. You'll a bigger departure with the ssd existence installed internally

• #13

Externally there isnt much point. You'll a bigger deviation with the ssd being installed internally

I have USB3 external SSD and information technology cuts loading times in half for some games.

• #14

Even if the advantage is minor, the more than you lot use it, the more sense information technology makes to have it. Just shaving off a couple seconds here and there ways you get more gaming out of your gratis time.

I suppose install times will exist profoundly reduced in many cases and responsiveness has to be improve. Also, at that place will exist some titles that will take advantage of it to a greater extent.

• #15

I have a launch PS4 which I upgraded with a SSD and honestly, information technology made a world of difference, even though the OG model and the slim don't really take a SATA3 connection afair.

Not every game is Ghost of Tsushima, and peculiarly for games with one long loading screen, information technology basically cut that in one-half. Bloodborne was also something where the before and after were miles apart in quality of life. And so I full heartedly recommend it, even though you lot won't get the same advantages as on a PC.

• #xvi

Information technology depends on the game. The principal do good is seek time, rather than read/write speed.

It was an absolute gamechanger for me on Black Desert Online. Loading was way faster, npcs and textures loaded in much faster, and in that location were no longer any invisible walls when travelling around the map.

• #17

Are external drives faster on the ps4 and then the internal one when it comes to loading games?

• #18

most of the do good comes from reduced seek times rather than utilising full sata bandwidth

• #19

The PS4 doesn't take much advantage of SSD speeds, because the games are adult with 5400rpm HDDs in mind.

There is barely any measurable diffference i.e. in load times or like. Either the hardware or the software of the PS4 has a bottleneck that makes SSD speeds non matter.

Depends on the game. In Partitioning 2, the SSD cut loading roughly in half and resolved all audio and texture related issues I had.

• #20

SATA3 is a difference in bandwidth only the biggest proceeds to a spinning disk is latency and then the SATA interface does not actually affair.
This doesn't mean that you lot'll encounter big gains in games as that depends how the data is organized on the file system (few large files versus many small files) and whether and how compression is at work meaning that you have a CPU bottleneck rather than an io bottleneck.

• #21

Man, now I'chiliad wondering if I should put my adquired from work 3.84TB SSD on my PS4. I wasn't going to since it's a launch unit and it's SATA2, but now I'm tempted...

• #22

It does but depends on the games just don't expect PC-like levels of improvement. The about important thing is when installed internally, the improvement is overall the whole fucking system.

The whole things load faster, no jankyness if you have lots of games installed, when updating and installing games is and then much faster and also organisation won't slowdown, if you use the capture button for HQ pics and videos you lot'll encounter the biggest upgrade.

If you accept a spare SSD I come across no reason why non

• #23

Even if the advantage is small, the more you use it, the more sense it makes to have it. Merely shaving off a couple seconds here and there ways you get more gaming out of your free fourth dimension.

I suppose install times will be greatly reduced in many cases and responsiveness has to exist better. Also, there will exist some titles that will have advantage of it to a greater extent.

How much could it possibly add upward to nearing the end of a panel generation though? Probably become more out of gaming fourth dimension over the life of the console by taking a day off work and gaming rather than going to work to earn the coin to purchase the SSD in the first place.

• #24

The PS4 doesn't accept much reward of SSD speeds, considering the games are adult with 5400rpm HDDs in mind.

Games don't have to be developed for an SSD, everything still loads faster simply like on PC.

I've been using an SSD in my PS4 for years and it does make a noticeable deviation . In RDR2 it tin can salvage y'all around a minute loading the world, and games similar CoD with frequent loading screens the faster loads add up. I'd recommend using one if possible.

edit: nvm im dumb lol, forgot Im using a pro and the original PS4 has Sata II. And I conspicuously didn't read the OP. Idk what it will do for that.

• #25

not really worth information technology. you tin put one in only it won't do much good.

• #26

PS4 throttles SDD speed like crazy. Having said, I was growing tired of shitty HDDs failing in my PRO so I put in an SSD recently. It does help shave off some loading times for games that take long to load and the UI is more responsive.

• #27

Like everyone else said you won't see a huge departure but SSDs are inexpensive and whatever marginal difference is corking. I put one in my ps4 after going through the terrible load times in Pillars of Eternity and every petty flake helps. Some games seem to help more than others.

• #28

It depends on the game, some take an advantage of just 5% in load times, others 25-40%. If that's worth information technology is up to you. Digital Foundry did several videos on this, specifically for the original PS4 and the PS4 Pro if i'm right.

• #29

With the one they used in the video it makes quite a difference.

and that ssd only costs a mere $899.99!

Ive had a 2gb ssd in my PS4 Pro since it released and information technology really makes a noticeable departure. Card is way snappier and load times are much ameliorate, although it can depend on the game.

• #30

My basic understanding is you'd eliminate some of the fourth dimension the HDD would spend on spinning up platters, ie that purely mechanical performance wouldn't exist anymore. Not a massive throughput enhancement like you'd go putting SSD into a PC just enough to perchance make some UI things popular upwardly a bit quicker peradventure.

Source: https://www.resetera.com/threads/okay-so-can-i-take-advante-of-a-sata-3-ssd-with-a-ps4-slim.281012/

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