Actually swapping out the HDD for an SSD on the PS4 will do next to nothing performance wise, because in Sony’s “infinite wisdom”, the drive is connected using an internal SATA to USB 2 adapter. The only benefit you’ll get is instant seek times, but not better data transfer speeds.
Yeah, it cropped up after people managed to install Linux distros on the hardware, but essentially there’s not much reason to so so if you plan on playing games and software that were designed for the base OS (Orbus) unless for noise or seek time latency (super niche).
Honestly unless the PS4 is in a “pirate everything and throw it under the TV as an entertainment center” situation, you have much better options for budget gaming.
Actually swapping out the HDD for an SSD on the PS4 will do next to nothing performance wise, because in Sony’s “infinite wisdom”, the drive is connected using an internal SATA to USB 2 adapter. The only benefit you’ll get is instant seek times, but not better data transfer speeds.
Huh. Damn, I always heard you could connect an SSD to improve performance. Maybe good thing I never tried it? I mean I never had one.
Yeah, it cropped up after people managed to install Linux distros on the hardware, but essentially there’s not much reason to so so if you plan on playing games and software that were designed for the base OS (Orbus) unless for noise or seek time latency (super niche).
Honestly unless the PS4 is in a “pirate everything and throw it under the TV as an entertainment center” situation, you have much better options for budget gaming.
Do you have a source for that? The only info I can find is an article here https://pcper.com/2017/05/ps4-pro-ssd-upgrade-does-sata-iii-make-a-difference/ which says that the original PS4 uses SATA II and the PS4 Pro uses SATA IIi.