Straight off the bat the biggest improvement that you’ll get by stuffing an SSD into your PS4 is improved loading times. Simply put, just about every game you own will load much faster from an SSD.

If you’ve played any game in the past few years then you’ll understand a harsh reality: load times are getting longer. As our gaming worlds got bigger, textures and geometry got more detailed, ...

As convenient as solid-state drives (SSDs) are to work with, the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro never got the memo. If you’re looking to upgrade the console's mechanical hard drive with an SSD, ...

The best PS4 external hard drives will allow you to boost the amount of storage available on your console. Yes, the PS5 is the newer kid on the block, and compatible with the best SSDs for PS5, but ...

Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 5 has a fancy, built-in SSD, but until that console materializes, you’re stuck with agonizingly slow loading times on the PS4. In the meantime, you can upgrade your current ...

The hardware tinkerers at Tested installed three different hard drives in a PlayStation 4 to uncover the benefits of each. In the nine-minute video above, you'll see Tested pit the PS4's standard 500 ...

So, PS4 Pro is out this week and, as you can see in our official review, we really liked it. However, if you want a better PS4 experience, then upgrading to PS4 Pro isn't the only option. Sure, you ...

Compare the performance of Final Fantasy XIV on an SSD versus the PS4’s regular hard disk. Final Fantasy XIV is now available on the PlayStation 4 in the form of a beta. The game plays as well as you ...

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Long loading times are one of our biggest issues with current-gen consoles. Games are getting bigger, more complex, with ever-increasing levels of details in art assets - but the fundamental basis of ...

One of the best PS4 external hard drives out there, the Samsung SSD T5 is currently 47% off at Amazon for the next ten hours or so, putting it under £100. It'll give you an additional 500GB (which ...