Cheap Gen 4 2tb M.2 NVMe SSD for PlayStation 5 Silicon Power XS70 2TB with Heatsink installation

Hi Meat popsicles its Chiller here :)
Here is the Silicon Power SP02KGBP44XS7005 SSD 2TB M.2 2280 PCIe4.0 x 4, NVMe1.3 Max Read 7,300MB/s in the PS5 Disc Model (9th June 2023).
I go through the install of the silicon power 2tb m.2 nvme gen 4 in to the PS% and a speed test of it which results in a read speed of 6304 MB/s.
Playstation in the link below recommends: "Sequential read speed 5500 MB/s or faster is recommended"
(www.playstatio...)
Catch me on my stream meatpopsicles / socketmix
Specs further below
Here is a link to a review: www.tomshardwa...
Here is another youtube video: Silicon Power XS70 SSD Review, PC Benchmarks & PS5 Testing:
• Silicon Power XS70 SSD...
Here is a link about the Silicon Power XS70 and its heatsink:
"If anyone wondering about removing the heatsink, only the top part comes off according to this article:"
www.overclocke...
"We could not remove the bottom heatsink as Silicon Power uses a very strong tape adhesive and nearly damaged the drive in the process."
So The Silicon power is still on sale for $169.14 australian dollars [as of 9th of June 2023 9pm aest]
($105.57 euro
$9,397.08 russian rubles
$113.53 usd
$90.55 british pounds
9,376.10indian rupees
1,975.36 mexican pesos [as of 9th of June 2023])
link here: www.amazon.com...
"Since the Amazon Japan listings on AU site is on and off intermittently, if you can't see the sold by Amazon Japan option, I'd suggest using mobile Amazon app or Amazon Japan storefront(amazon.com.au) to look it up"
Thanks to OZB, O O, netsurfer and fancooled from OZB, iykyn =)
Specifications:
The Silicon Power XS70 uses DRAM-based Phison E18 controller and Micron 176 layer TLC NANDs.
Specifications
Capacity: 1TB, 2TB
Dimensions: 24.6mm x 80.0mm x 10.8mm
Weight: 33g
Interface: PCIe Gen 4x4
Performance Read(max.): 1TB: 7,300MB/s, 2TB: 7,300MB/s
Performance Write(max.): 1TB: 6,000MB/s, 2TB: 6,800MB/s
System Requirement: Computer with M.2 slots supporting PCIe interface and an OS with NVMe support
Operating Temperature: 0°C - 70°C
PatentTW Patent No.: D219236
MTBF (est): 1,600,000 hours
Shock Resistance Test: 1500G/0.5ms
Certification: CE, FCC, UKCA, BSMI, Green dot, WEEE, RoHS, KCC
Warranty: 5-year limited warranty

[@sisko212]

Silicon Power 4TB XS70 is now sold with Innogrit IG5236 controller, instead of the Phison E18 as initially available. Tactic: Sell the initial product with good specs to get great reviews, then replace with inferior internal components while keeping the same price.

[@socketmix]

thats a shame, thanks for the heads up Sisko212

[@sterlonb.digital777]

I just ordered the 4TB Silicon Power SSD on sale for only $196 msrp for my PS5! Hopefully it'll run nice & fast with no problems!

[@socketmix]

thats excellent, mine hasnt had problems still 13th sep 2023 still going, knock on wood~

[@crypt0w1tch]

How’s it been so far?

[@socketmix]

mines still going good, transferred all games to it and playing games off of it@@crypt0w1tch

[@sterlonb.digital777]

UPDATE: This SSD has been working PHENOMENALLY! way better than i initially thought it would!

[@X-Factor-22]

I’ve been looking at the 4tb version. I read mainly positive reviews on Amazon and various other sites. I’ll most likely pull the trigger by the end of this month.

[@socketmix]

yea mostly good. definite, at least 2tb but 4 will be plenty.

[@X-Factor-22]

@@socketmixhe 4tb price dropped to 210bucks over the weekend. I got it and had everything up in running in 5-10mins. After testing out the speed by transferring about 500gbs worth of games, I can honestly say it’s on par with the PS5’s internal ssd…..which isn’t a bad thing!👍🏽

[@socketmix]

@@X-Factor-22 brilliant buy glad to hear

[@X-Factor-22]

@@socketmix 😊👍🏾

[@crypt0w1tch]

@@X-Factor-22 how’s it been holding up?

[@PedroGONZALEZ-iy5xl]

I got this ssd and its good my read speed is 6146

[@socketmix]

excellent to here pedro, enjoy :)

[@alexistecca408]

For me I’m like you bro my console storage is so full I have 10-15 gb left only but I got a Seagate 1tb M.2 and it didn’t work so ima get this one it’s $80 on Amazon the 2tb

[@socketmix]

yes i think 2 tb minimum, but even 4 tb are coming down in price

[@BadWeatherfreak]

How is the longevity of this brand? I have other brands fail on me.

[@socketmix]

It all depends on batch and chance. Some brands are better then other silicon power seems good with what ive read on reddit and amazon. Another model is the crucial p5plus but that didnt drop yet in price like i mentioned in the video there is also a kingston kc something i cant remember the model number that was around 190aud no heat sink which aint bad hope theyll drop to 160 which would be a sweet spot. In addition some brands like samsungs 980/990 died quickly but firmware update fixed them. What brands did you try?

[@safe2speed271]

My 2tb just died and I had it for 1 week

[@BadWeatherfreak]

@@safe2speed271 why you think?

[@socketmix]

@@safe2speed271 thats no good, mines still going 3 weeks now; return under warranty

[@JarlamDev]

@@safe2speed271 SiliconPower or What brand?

[@CharlieAlien]

Hi, nice video! I've been thinking about buying this SSD for my PS5, how is it holding up after 7 months? Does it still work fine? Would you still suggest buying it? :)

[@socketmix]

Hi CharlieAlien, still working fine, installing all games on it - aliens dark descent, immortals of aveum, spiderman 2, robocop rogue city, avatar frontier of pandora are the most recent installed and running great. id suggest buying but also keeping an eye on other nvme brands on sale as rumour has it they will be going up in price as manufacturers will create shortage ugh... anyways this is a great nvme, some have had issues upon reading but seems more havent.

[@CharlieAlien]

@@socketmix Thank you for responding! Unfortunately I already noticed prices going up on Amazon Italy in the last few months that's why I've been considering this nvme since it's the only one they're selling at a fair price, I just hope they won't keep rising them

[@socketmix]

@@CharlieAlien all good. they very well may keep raising prices best to hop on something at least 2tb or 4tb nvme. i believe right now the crucial p5 plus 4tb is $329 australian dollars which is a decent price just need a heat sink which can get for less then 20 aud.

[@PopPunkNerd]

Just got 4TB of this. Is there any button lag when you play games ?

[@socketmix]

Hi, no button lag games have been running well

[@PopPunkNerd]

@@socketmix ok then it must be just me. I was testing mine out and I was wondering why it was running slow and button delay was there but I guess I haven’t played these games in a long minute

[@socketmix]

@@PopPunkNerd possibly try a few different games and change fps too from 30 to 60 and vice versa

[@BrokenOpus]

Also check the TV itself is not running a motion smoothing function or something active.

[@jollama]

The term you’re looking for is input lag

[@PHYSICS_THVGGER]

When I plugged it in i didn’t get the format thing what do I do about this?

[@socketmix]

hi Lando, remove the nvme and replug it in carefully. i fyou can try it on a computer to see and make sure its not one that is doa(dead on arrival)