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When Sony finally added expandable storage support to the PS5 it was a dream come true, and now you too can have that feeling if you grab this Crucial T500 M.2 NVMe SSD at a discount. With 2TB of storage, you’ll have plenty of room for games. And the fact that it’s 2TB makes this an even better deal. The regular price for this SSD is $179.99, but it’s currently 28% off so you can pick it up for $129.
Now you don’t have to use this SSD with a PS5. You could just as easily upgrade your PC storage or add to it with this drive if you need more space. However, the reason we mention PS5 is because it’s a PS5-ready SSD. It meets Sony’s requirements for the SSD to be usable as expandable storage. Which is that it has to be PCIe Gen4 and it needs to meet the read and write speed threshold. The Crucial T500 has a read speed of up to 7400 MB/s and a write speed of up to 7000 MB/s. So it more than meets Sony’s requirements.
I’m using a drive with almost the exact same speeds in my own PS5. And I can tell you that it really helps with load times and installs.
This SSD comes with the heatsink already attached so you don’t have to buy one that’s aftermarket. Now there’s nothing wrong with aftermarket heatsinks. I used one on my first SSD for the PS5 before upgrading. But it is always nice to have one that comes from the manufacturer of the drive. Not just because there’s less likely to be an issue, but because it’s already installed so you have less work to do.
You can grab the Crucial T500 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD from Amazon. And if you get it soon enough it’ll arrive before Christmas. Just in time to be put under the tree alongside that new PS5.