Console Storage Upgrade - DIY in 5 Ep 168

Опубликовано 25 марта 2022, 17:00

What are your options for upgrading the storage on your gaming console? We run through the SSDs, HDDs, and microSDs to boost your PS5, XBox, or Nintendo Switch!

Storage for consoles is often underwhelming out of the box, with capacity for only a few of today’s AAA games. While the Xbox Series X and S, the PS5, and the PS4 will accept external drives (like USB flash drives), the PS5 has very specific internal drive requirements. It will only accept PCIe Gen 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSDs, such as Kingston’s FURY Renegade SSD.

Newer games are built with fast storage in mind, so new consoles will often not permit you to run games from external drives, but devices like Kingston’s DataTraveler Kyson USB flash drive, or the XS2000 portable SSD, are suitable for game storage (to be transferred to the internal drive for active play).

The Nintendo Switch approaches console storage in a simpler way. Only microSDXC or microSDHC memory cards will do, to be inserted in the hybrid console’s storage slot. Kingston’s Canvas Go! Plus products are perfect for this purpose. Remember that most Switch game cards won’t require additional installations, so depending on whether you primarily download digital games, or purchase hard copies, your storage requirements may vary.

Which games are taking up the most space on your console right now? Breath of the Wild? Halo Infinite? Horizon Forbidden West? Let us know in the comments below.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Pre-Roll
0:25 Intro
1:07 Which capacity of console storage to choose?
1:47 Which format of console storage do I need?
2:04 Game storage for Playstation 5 and Playstation 4
2:40 (Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD - kingston.com/en/ssd/gaming/kin... )
2:57 (KC600 SATA SSD - kingston.com/en/ssd/kc600-sata... )
3:43 Game storage for Xbox
3:51 (XS2000 Portable USB Drive - kingston.com/en/ssd/xs2000-por... )
4:02 Game storage for Nintendo Switch
4:20 (Kingston Canvas Go! Plus microSD - kingston.com/en/memory-cards/c... )
4:45 Conclusion

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