PS4 Hard drive question

[mdha02]

I play on a PS4, and I am thinking of upgrading my hard drive to either an SSD or a SSHD. I am not a tech savvy person, those are just the options that I saw when I looked up what to upgrade my hard drive to online.
But I'd like to get feedback of some people who actually play 14 with either of them. What is your thoughts on them? Do you notice any sort of improvement using them? Which would you suggest?

For all you people who are going to say, "Get a PC." I'm working on it. I have a friend building one, but it's taking time to get all the parts.

[vigioX-Sun]

The ps4 hard disk from factory has a speed of 5400rpm vs a SSD w is about 57000rpm could be more or could be less depending on brand, I guess you wanna upgrade the hard disk because of the loading screen, so yes upgrading to an SSD will improve the load speed a bit,you need to know that a loading screen is more affected by RAM an CPU that an actual hard disk upgrade an the ps4 is limited on that so you will not see a big difference, my advice is to leave it as it is,the most you will get will be about 15-20% from an upgrade about the 150.00 or more but then again is your decision.

[vigioX-Sun]

Just to add up ps4 use 8gb ddr5 but it reserves 3.5gb for os operation.

[MentheusDreyar]

Get a PC (sorry had to be done)

Now im talking from a PC perspective, but the tech will reap the same benefits..

But seriously an SSD and/or an SSHD should be a vast improvement over a regular HDD. I have to wait what feels like forever for my PS4 friends to load after a teleport for example, I've never timed it but i load within 3 seconds and they take what i estimate to be anywhere from 15-20. This is due to the PS4's low grade HDD rated at like 5400RPM, the standard minimum nowadays is 7200RPM.

What is your thoughts on them?
Get one and never look back ^^ they are like a gift from heaven. In a nutshell

Do you notice any sort of improvement using them?
As i said above, dramatically faster load times. The system can pull data off an SSD faster so transitions will be smoother and less jittery as you won't be waiting for files. You will still notice dips in framerate though.

Which would you suggest?
This depends on your needs... a standard SSD fully utilizes flash memory so is always faster, but lacks storage space compared to a similarly priced HDD, where as an SSHD is basically a HDD with a small SSD tacked on. It provides mass storage and increased speed but there are some cons. Namely only your most regularly accessed data will be saved onto the SSD component, which means you will have to regularly play FF14 alot to keep it on the SSD section to benefit from the increased speed. The PS4 OS will also count to this limit too so im not sure how viable an SSHD really is on console, hopefully someone with more experience can help here, as im more for a pure drive kind of guy rather than a hybrid drive.

In short:
SSD if you don't have many games as EVERYTHING will load faster
SSHD if you have lots of games or plan to have lots, but play FF14 most of the time so you can still benefit from better performance.

If you want my personal opinion, I'd say just get a regular SSD, its far more reliable than a hybrid when it comes to performance, but it will cost more.

BUT, if you are getting a PC soon i would just save up to get a large SSD for that instead of upgrading the PS4 and then getting a cheaper SSD for your PC. This is what i would do in your situation if im honest...


Also congratz on soon joining the PC mater race (sorry also had to be done )

[Maero]

What ever you do don't get a hybrid i have heard from countless people that they are not reliable. And honestly i would only go with an ssd if it would be on sale, otherwise i do not think it warrants the money that they are currently at.
Myself i upgraded to a 2tb drive about a month ago and am very happy so far and i got it on sale

PS stick to PS4 granted yes it does use older tech but is still very good, way better then xbot 1 and we have better exclusives then even PC :P
And no i will not debate, lol

[FallenArisen0990]

I have a SSHDD for my PS4 and have had zero issues with loading from XIV and other PS4 games.

[Rinuko]

I have a SSHD in my PS4 and it improved the boot and loading times, I'm planing on getting a SSD but for now my 1TB SSHD work fine

[BristolRuss]

The ps4 hard disk from factory has a speed of 5400rpm vs a SSD w is about 57000rpm

SSD's don't have a RPM speed as they don't have a spinning disc like regular hard drives. To answer the OP's question, you will see much, much quicker load times if you upgrade to an SSD. Have you ever tried to teleport into a zone when there is an S rank hunt up? It takes about 20-30 seconds with a standard HDD. With an SSD it will take about 5 seconds or less.

[Wildsprite]

only issue with SSD's even still that makes me steer clear of them is simply this. they have a tendancy to just start to die without little to no warnings and if you don't have software to tell you it has started one day you could end up with an unusable system. if this risk sounds ok to you I suggest you do a lot of research and find the drive that is the most reliable of the bunch.

SSHD's are becoming more the norm but you want to research those too. the wrong drive might not even work in your PS4. ofcourse this is the same with regular mechanical hard drives as well.

TL ; DR>>research research research

you might also note depending on the location of the drive and how you keep your PS4 a 7200rpm hdd will improve performance even if only by a little

[Blissa]

I put a 2TB hard drive in my PS4 and called it a day. A SSD is not that much faster and if you want to pay more for less storage by all means buy a SSD.