Home > Gaming PS4: Install an SSD or HHD to speed up game loading time by 20 seconds or more The PS4 ships with a reasonably-sized 500GB hard drive, but it's quite lackluster in terms of speed.

For our upgrade we chose a Crucial MX300 2.5-inch 1TB SSD. This PS4-compatible SATA drive delivers a blistering 530 MB/s maximum read speed and 510 MB/s maximum write speed which, when combined ...

For these tests, I’m using a Crucial MX300 1TB 2.5-inch SATA III SSD. This drive has the same amount of space as the original PS4 Pro hard drive, but it also has all the specifications that it ...

The first point: games do run faster on PS4 Pro with an SSD, but we're talking about a saving of one to three seconds compared to original hardware on the same drive, with some evidence that there ...

If your PS4 takes too long to load, you don't have to wait around for the PlayStation 5. Install an SSD into your gaming console and start playing quicker.

If your PS4 takes too long to load, you don't have to wait around for the PlayStation 5. Install an SSD into your gaming console and start playing quicker.

PS4 is understood to use a SATA 2 bus that doesn't utilise the full bandwidth of a SATA 3 spec drive, and this means the high speeds usually possible on an SSD are wasted.

Should you have sold your old PS4 or traded it in on a PS4 Pro - or just want to start over fresh - you can skip the data transfer process by hitting Cancel when asked if you want to move data.