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Secure lightning-fast console SSDs at Amazon at the best price

Amazon Prime Day is in full swing – and once again there are countless offers that promise big discounts. SSDs are also sometimes heavily discounted and a few of them are perfect for installing in the PS5. We’ll show you which models are currently particularly cheap and also explain how to install the SSD in the next-gen console.

Update from July 12, 2022:

Amazon is currently selling the WD_BLACK SN850 with 2 TB storage for 189.99 euros (view at Amazon). The storage bar usually costs around 250 euros – so you save around 60 euros thanks to the Prime Day deal.

Secure cheap PS5 SSD on Amazon

If you want to be sure that the SSD can always call up its full performance after installation in the PS5, additionally invests in a small heatsink, which ensures that the fast memory does not overheat. Cost: just under 10 euros (look at Cyberport).

Watch Heatsink at Cyberport

You only need 1 TB of additional storage for your PS5? No problem! Then Cyberport has just the right offer for you. The WD_BLACK SN850 is also offered there at a greatly reduced price – but in this case the 1 TB version in combination with a suitable heat sink for just 99.90 euros (look at Cyberport). Additional shipping costs do not apply.

Check out the SSD heatsink combo at Cyberport

If you want to save another 5 euros, register for the beforehand Cyberport newsletter and enter the voucher code at checkout, which will be sent to you shortly afterwards.

Looking for more top deals during Amazon Prime Day? Then be sure to take a look at our constantly updated overview on GIGA.

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Cheap PS5 SSDs: The best storage upgrade deals

Recently, PS5 players can finally expand the internal console storage by installing an M.2 SSD. But not all models from Samsung, Crucial and Co. are also compatible with the PS5. There are also numerous memory sticks that run without any problems in the PS5, but are incredibly expensive. But which SSDs are currently good, cheap and can be installed in Sony’s next-gen console?

Here is a list of compatible SSDs currently on sale or already offer a particularly good price-performance ratio anyway:

Samsung 980 Pro (1TB), PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD

The price may be higher now. Price as of 07/12/2022 10:13 am

How to install the fast memory in your PlayStation 5 after purchase, we explain step by step in the video:

Perfect Accessory: The heatsink for the SSD

So that your new SSD can always achieve its full performance in the PS5, it is advisable attach a suitable heat sink to the memory.

This is a small metal construction that you quickly glue to your SSD. In this way, the heat can be better dissipated to the environment, your SSD stays cool and fast.

be quiet!  M.2 SSD cooler MC1

be quiet! M.2 SSD cooler MC1

The price may be higher now. Price from 07/12/2022 08:05

Thermal Grizzly M.2 thermal passive cooler for SSDs (2280), double-sided

Thermal Grizzly M.2 thermal passive cooler for SSDs (2280), double-sided

The price may be higher now. Price as of 07/12/2022 10:13 am

When buying the heat sink, you should make sure that it is no higher than 8 mm, otherwise the SSD cover of the PlayStation 5 could then no longer close. If you are looking for more information, you will find it in our article, which deals specifically with the storage expansion of the PS5.

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