Published 10:21 IST, June 12th 2020

PS5 Hard Drive size: How much memory will PlayStation 5 have?

The PS5 will come with a custom SSD hard drive at launch which is much faster than any PS4 hard drive. Continue reading for details on the PS5 hard drive size.

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Sony's upcoming gaming console is still far from its release, but company has revealed some of its specs to give fans an idea of just how powerful machine is going to be. PS5 is quite a powerful gaming console with a drastic improvement over its predecessor. So, let’s take a look at what next-generation console has to offer.

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PS5 hard drive size

Inste of a tritional internal HDD, new PlayStation 5 will come with an internal SSD, which is one of biggest highlights of this powerful machine. And while PS4 users still have an option to hook up an SSD to ir console, it's just something that users will longer need to purchase and attach separately. major difference between two stor components is that an SSD does t have any kind of moving parts where data is stored on a flash-memory chip. HDDs, on or hand, rely on moving mechanical parts to re and copy information, making whole process much slower. This is one of biggest reasons certain games perform better on an SSD.

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How much memory will PS5 have?

PS5's SSD will have 825 GB in size. And while this may t last a long time as file sizes of newer games have always been on rise, Sony will actually provide users with some options. first option would be buying and installing an ditional SSD card kwn as NVMe drive while second option would be using an external USB hard drive. However, it should be ted that external USB drive will only be able to run backward compatible PS4 titles.

PS5 SSD tech specifications

Internal stor capacity: 825GB

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I/O Throughput (re speed): 5.5GB/s (Raw), Typical 8-9GB/s (Compressed)

Expandable Stor: NVMe SSD slot

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External Stor: USB HDD support

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PS5 cost

Sony is yet to reveal any details on pricing of PlayStation 5, however, recent analyst predictions have estimated that PS5 price could be anywhere between $470 to $499 (approx. ₹35,412 to ₹37,609). price is on high side if you compare it to PS4 which was released at $399.99.

Sony held a PS5 reveal event on June 11 where it finally unveiled gaming console and anunced a long list of titles playable on powerful machine. For those who missed big Sony PS5 reveal event, you can watch entire show in a live stream video catchup here:

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10:21 IST, June 12th 2020