{"id":111067,"date":"2016-11-28T09:02:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T07:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=111067"},"modified":"2016-11-28T09:03:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T07:03:13","slug":"which-hard-drive-should-you-buy-for-your-ps4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/111067-which-hard-drive-should-you-buy-for-your-ps4","title":{"rendered":"Which hard drive should you buy for your PS4?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the original 500GB PS4 Slim launched in late 2013, it was quickly made clear that the hard drive would not be big enough for hardcore gamers.<\/p>\n

While the situation has improved with the launch of the 1TB PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro, Sony still allows for you to go bigger and better.<\/p>\n

But which hard drive is the best for your PlayStation? Does going for an SSD make any difference?<\/p>\n

Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry recently took a look at possible hard drive combinations, and the results are surprising.<\/p>\n

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PS4 Hard Drive testing<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Loading Time (Seconds)<\/th>\nPS4 500GB Stock Drive<\/th>\nPS4 OCZ Trion 100 SSD<\/th>\nPS4 Pro 1TB Stock Drive<\/th>\nPS4 Pro OCZ Trion 100 SSD<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Witcher 3: Novigrad City (Initial Load)<\/strong><\/td>\n92.5<\/td>\n69.2<\/td>\n78.1<\/td>\n67.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Witcher 3: Woesong Bridge Fast Travel<\/strong><\/td>\n46.8<\/td>\n35.5<\/td>\n44.5<\/td>\n34.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fallout 4: Concord Town (Initial Load)<\/strong><\/td>\n55.5<\/td>\n29.1<\/td>\n48.9<\/td>\n26.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fallout 4: Exiting Vault 101<\/strong><\/td>\n25.7<\/td>\n17.2<\/td>\n24.2<\/td>\n15.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Just Cause 3: New Game<\/strong><\/td>\n69.9<\/td>\n43.8<\/td>\n76.6<\/td>\n42.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Just Cause 3: Mission Respawn<\/strong><\/td>\n28.9<\/td>\n21.1<\/td>\n33.4<\/td>\n17.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Project Cars: Azure Coast (31 Cars)<\/strong><\/td>\n50.5<\/td>\n40.4<\/td>\n43.9<\/td>\n41.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Project Cars: Quit To Menu<\/strong><\/td>\n21.4<\/td>\n20.5<\/td>\n21.6<\/td>\n20.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The first noteworthy finding is that the Pro’s 1TB stock drive loads in Novigrad City faster than the standard PS4’s 500GB stock drive.<\/p>\n

Secondly, it’s worth noting that an SSD makes a noticeable improvement over a mechanical hard drive, as expected.<\/p>\n

Still the best combination is that of a PS4 Pro and an SSD, but in truth this yields very little improvement over the stock Ps4 and an SSD.<\/p>\n

As a result, when buying a new hard drive for your PS4 you should primarily be focused on size rather than speed as bigger drives will provide the most benefit on the hardware.<\/p>\n

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Now read: A gamer took down over 1,000 websites because of a \u201cpersonal grudge\u201d against PlayStation<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Considering a new hard drive for your PS4? You need to see these results first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":111071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11681],"tags":[3862,1853,5828,23311,8325],"class_list":["post-111067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playstation","tag-hdd","tag-playstation4","tag-space","tag-ssd-ps","tag-storage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111169,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111067\/revisions\/111169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}