PS5 External SSD Testing: SATA vs NVMe vs Hard Drive Back Compat Titles + Read, Write Speed Tests

What s the best way to expand your PlayStation 5 with external storage Can you retain the loading speeds of PS4 games running on the internal SSD Is there any advantage to choosing a more expensive NVMe drive over a SATA model How long does it take to transfer data to and from each drive Tom Morgan did all of the testing for this one and Rich presents and there are results both expected and unexpected. See every loading time test we did in a more digestible table form, along with more extended analysis and more thoughts on some of the more curious results: Here are affiliate links to the hardware we used: Sabrent USBSATA adapter: (UK) or (USA) Samsung 870 Qvo: (UK) or (USA) Asus NVMe enclosure: (UK) or (USA) Samsung 980 Pro: (UK) or