ps4 storage upgrade help

[joe dirt 285]

we’re out of storage on the 500gb internal drive. my 11 yr old is the primary user and ... fortnite. 

are there performance implications or can i just connect any old external hard drive to expand storage?

[52-80 19158]

You can connect any old external hard drive, given its formatted in the right file system (98% chance it already is)

Also 98% chance that drive is a platter drive which is slow as shit.

You can get external SSD for 100$ with 500gb.  If you need more storage, a traditional platter (HDD) is around 100$ with 3tb.

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If you want performance and go SSD route, you could get an off the shelf package.  However you could also buy your drive and housing or connector separately for more choices.  The drives commonly come in 2.5" form factor or slimmer M.2 cards. 

Popular choices are Crucial MX500 or Samsung EVO line. Just bought a Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" drive, with a 10$ "SSD to USB 3" connector.....plugs and plays perfectly and best bang for buck

[Jkwellborn 6702]

Can you do an upgrade without losing or transferring the data currently on the ps4?

[GottaB 594]

Can you do an upgrade without losing or transferring the data currently on the ps4?

As soon as you plug in the external, all new stuff goes there. Old stuff remains on the internal.

[Jkwellborn 6702]

That’s what I was thinking. I know you can swap out the internal one, but I didn’t want to mess with that.

[bernorange 8361]

You probably already know this, but you can delete a lot of junk from the hard drive to free up space.  Uninstall games that no one has played in the last couple of months.  You can always re-install them again if you want to play them.

Additionally, you can browse the Settings> Storage> System Storage to see which games have a lot of junk taking up storage space on your hard drive.  The space could be saved games files, screenshots or even videos if anyone uses the share button.  Games like Skyrim where you can have multiple saves files for multiple play-throughs can eat quite a bit of hard drive space.

[Briar36 2]

1 hour ago, Jkwellborn said:

That’s what I was thinking. I know you can swap out the internal one, but I didn’t want to mess with that.

It was actually really simple.  I bought a Firecuda 2TB SSHD, and it was easy to swap out.

[Jkwellborn 6702]

I go through and delete games after they’ve been I played for a while. Usually I buy the disc and sell it once I’m done playing and delete it.