PS4 PRO SSD (Kingston A400) vs HDD (Stock)

[@ilarionispas5104]

The loading difference is very decent, but folly sh*t that loading time on RDR2...

[@alangabrielnietosaavedra3639]

Decent? The difference is extreme

[@Problems-qp2ud]

Thx a lot for the vid, im getting exact ssd for my OG PS4. Been running strong since 2015 just playing DCuO mostly. This going to be huge leap..

[@PantauAjaChannel]

Great video dude, now I'm convinced to buy Kingston A400 SSD for my PS4 Pro

[@PeterLedergerber]

Dude, this is so insane. I knew it would be faster with a ssd, but this is amazing. I will get a 4TB SSD, so a lot of room for games😊.

[@remikonyt]

hey bro! 1 year later but how is it?? is there a massive difference?

[@PeterLedergerber]

​@@remikonyt Hey, yea, so i have been using this for this entire time now, and it definitely is a big difference. The Loading times are much lower, and games just generally don't load that long with this. I guess it's not that huge if you really look into it, but if you care about these things it does make a difference, and you do notice it, but it is not substantial but noticeable.

[@remikonyt]

@@PeterLedergerber okay thank you bro

[@ShadowLancer128]

There are 2 main differences I've noticed between hdd and ssd. On the stock hdd, I used to click a game to start loading and I would go make a cup of coffee before I started playing while I waited for it to load. Now I click the game and start playing damn near right away. The second difference is that I have nothing left to do on my console because I've done everything I can think of because the damn loading times are so fast. Now I'm just bored and hoping for a new game to come out so I can try something new and exciting, and the majority of my time is now spent elsewhere because I know there's nothing left to do on the console for the time being. Everything is just... done...???

[@yostinpoveda2083]

Lol

[@ic3man669]

Huh? Pass the weed!

[@Bayshun]

6:37

[@synicalfutilist4890]

I did this over a year ago, with the exact set-up in the video, and I wish I had done it sooner. Within the last week I gratefully managed to get a ps5 and being fully honest... having the load times of the SSD (+ boost mode) made the ps5 loads time a little less impressive than they should have been. Anyone on PS4 should really consider this upgrade if they are feeling a bit of fomo. (I try not to compare them to the SSD I have in my pc as its completely unfair and was already quicker than a ps5 before its release)

[@dxtremecaliber]

Because the games in PS5 is mostly not optimized for SSD because in Sony exclusives its much faster than PC SSDs and having a PS5 rn is not a FOMO its time to upgrade to PS5 right now because there are so many games that performs better on PS5 and good ass next gen exclusives too weather you have a SSD or HDD on your PS4 or not PS5 is really the way to go and the stock issue is now fixed so there are no problems

[@buffawolf62]

An SSD *does not provide much of a benefit on other models* like the PS4 and PS4 Slim because they use SATA II not SATA III. It would be a minor difference.

[@jsward96]

Digital Foundry's tests found that SATA III made little difference, at least with an SSD. A few seconds at most. That being said, they did find that the Pro's stock HDD performed faster than the stock HDD in a base PS4.

[@ManBearPig617x]

These load times are insane. The Kingston a400 only increased load times for fortnite on my original ps4 by 25 seconds (1:50 to 1:25). Must be cause the older internals can't use the ssd to its full potential

[@toplay6838]

I used my ps4 to record this video while loading. I think the HDD & SDD writing also affect the loading speed performance.

[@sadkgalib5151]

that's cause ps4 pro supports sata 3 unlike base ps4 or slim

[@JoaoAlvez87]

@@sadkgalib5151ps4 slim support too dude!

[@pedinhuh16]

@@JoaoAlvez87 it doesn't.

[@JoaoAlvez87]

@@pedinhuh16 Yes of course!

[@JoaoAlvez87]

Thanks a ton bro for this awesome vid, you rock 👊🏽👍🏽👏🏽

[@MyGoToUserName]

This is a great quality of life upgrade. As HHD age they can slow down. I suspect a new HHD vs SSD may narrow gap slightly. Either way makes no sense to buy another HHD given how cheap SSD are now. I upgraded mine to help with load times and texture pop in. I noticed an immediate difference with textures loading immediately with no pop in when i booted up dying light 2. Replaced the thermal paste on the CPU while i was in there and console running mucy smoother again.

[@free21ng]

Thankyou for comparing. Nice idea

[@durrutino]

SSD is internally or externally by usb 3.1? Does the ps4 pro have SATA III internally or is SATA II like normal PS4?

[@johnboylan3832]

Pro has SATA III.

[@mxmobile8016]

And late model slims, now called the base ps4 support SATA III but only late models (2019+)

[@Roccoroyale1985]

Holy shit im gonna buy one right now, tanks👍😊

[@reed2196]

This video convinced me to get the same SSD, now waiting for the Last of Us Part 2 to arrive.

[@mourad2753]

was it worth the wait my friend ...

[@reed2196]

@@mourad2753 Yes, I enjoyed it thoroughly. I'll wait for a PS5 patch before playing it again though.

[@mourad2753]

@@reed2196 good for you

[@keeperofm5090]

@@mourad2753 I bet you was going to talk shit like a little bitch

[@mourad2753]

@@keeperofm5090 well unlime you i like you i like my game served with at least a decent story

[@adammclaughlin845]

I wonder why the difference is so much more massive when you swap and HDD for an SSD on PC? That said, I'm installing my PS4's SSD today, so wish me luck!

[@amarhusejic966]

Because PS4 has only a Sata2 port to connect to the HDD/SSD which has a maximum transfer rate of about 300 MB/s. And the PCs in the last decade have used Sata3 ports which have double that transfer rate of Sata2 ports. Thus the PS4 cannot use the full potential of the SSDs which have transfer rates in the 500-600MB/s. The PS4 Pro has a Sata3 port so it should be the same improvement in game loading time as on PC.

[@EliasReda]

@@amarhusejic966 Thanks for pointing this out, as I have not known about it myself. This is exactly why PS4 is my first ever console and my last one. Consoles are built with compromise in mind to make them as cheap possible, therefore, Sony/Microsoft will do such things.

[@paulmares9815]

Great comparison video; I also wanna upgrade my PS4 Pro with an SSD... Would you still recommend that same or are there bigger/newer/better models/manufacturers atm?

[@lkevin136f4]

Crucial’s bx500 1tb ssd is a bit faster and also the same price range, but i think samsung ssd is the way to go!

[@ramzoy7233]

It makes your ps load very fast when you play ac valhalla

[@Justin-dg8zh]

Does this ssd still work for your ps4? I had a seagate SSHD for a month and a half now and it already failed. I’m considering buying the kingston a400 as a replacement

[@howthen]

Yes. Still working.

[@reredu60]

Good evening, I read that some games can have problems on PS4 and PS4 pro with the Crucial BX500 while the MX has no problem, it is supposedly a DRAM problem which is not present on the BX500 example spider man / Horizon Zero Dawn, is it true

[@MorrowindES17]

I stopped playing games on my PS4 because the load times my hard drive is 2years old bought one sale £39 money well spent.

[@JoaoAlvez87]

About lags in game?? More or less?

[@RickSuaz]

What's is the best I can get for the ps4 ATM?

[@bruh-lf6lm]

Is kingston KC600 SDD compatible with ps4 and is better then the one you have in thsi vid. And if so how much is the diffrence

[@keeperofm5090]

The KC600 is compatible with the PS4 PRO and it's better that A400

[@Matt-pk4wd]

how durable are these ssd?

[@TheRedOwl]

Honestly I'm looking through these videos to see if it's worth the upgrade. However as a Kingston A400 owner, I have owned my 120gb ssd on my PC for like 3 years now and I've clocked 29TB on it and it has no issues. (Ps I know it's a lot for that short of period.. some people will need twice lt three times the years to clock that many TB but I've reinstalled windows 10/11 over a dozen times either cause of driver issues or just to test bench stuff. So it's a strong SSD and worth the money. Plus in my place it comes with 5 year warranty. I've noticed in some countries they give only 3 years but nonetheless the only drawback is that it's missing DRAM unlike the expensive SSDs. Other than that it's been a good SSD for the money, hence why I am looking to see if it's worth the upgrade on my consoles to upgrade them all, especially now when the A400 is super cheap, like $25 for the 480gb SSD. 😊

[@nicolasjonasson4820]

I think your stock hdd had some problems, mine is not that slow

[@TheGhostOfEurope]

It will be in time

[@sparx2169]

Does a ssd help with actual game play? Like fps cause games like dayz is almost unplayable on gen 1 ps4's.

[@felipeozalmeida]

No, but it reduces texture popping which can be distracting mid-gameplay because of the often 5x faster read speed.

[@TitusMH]

No but loading times is way faster than HDD

[@dprototype]

How about FPS? more stable or high with ssd? 🙏🏻

[@georges617]

No difference. Maybe very slightly better 1% lows, but that's it. The loading speeds are the main selling point of the SSD versus the HDD.

[@malkacaceres8377]

Song?

[@macho1546]

Can i install it on the ps4 original ps4?

[@leon2012ind]

MACHO yes you can

[@CarlCheeveyAAblin]

How about the slim?

[@coolsteve1342]

@@CarlCheeveyAAblin yeah

[@hasannuhanovic1025]

Ssd is better than hdd

[@Den9906]

Спасибо за ролик

[@donjermainem.carlos3036]

is it safe to upgrade the ps4 pro hdd to ssd

[@howthen]

yes. absolutely safe to upgrade.

[@donjermainem.carlos3036]

@@howthen thank you for the reply dude you save us. We were thinking of changing the hdd with an ssd because our ps4 pro is running slow now, and it keeps getting us unable to start and it keeps putting on safe mode all the time

[@ozgurozturk2157]

😅

[@deusmuerte6832]

Music sucks.

[@ItsBurbPower]

Pure fake. In my ps4 pro 1tb. Horizon load in 56seg. Original hdd.

[@thelastsamurai5159]

Cap

[@mxmobile8016]

Horizon has wildly varying loading times, between the same console in five loading runs it varies between 45 seconds and 3 minutes

[@fishwasherr]

it also depends on which game area is being loaded

[@ivandfx]

Yeah, because Pro and late 2019 Slims have SATA 3 instead of SATA 2, which all Fat and Slim pre-2019 have. It's an insane improvement.

[@CarlCheeveyAAblin]

Can I install in the slim?