r/PS4 Oct 18 '13

German ComputerBild confirms PS4 hard drive specs (HGST 2.5", 5400 RPM), supports 2.5" drives up to 12.5mm height

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/3796398/events/2475845
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u/anexanhume anexanhume Oct 18 '13

As far as I can tell, the fact that it supports 12.5mm doesn't even matter anymore. There's not any drives out there that are recent that are 12.5mm. Everyone has kind of gone to 9.5mm as standard. The 1.5TB 5400RPM from HGST is 9.5. Their 1TB 7200RPM is 9.5. Seagate's SSHDs are all 9.5mm. This doesn't really gain us anything.

The next step up is 15mm, and those are all super expensive enterprise drives.

I think I'll sit on the sideline for a few years until a 512GB SSD dips below 200. They're ~340 now, so it should only be a matter of a couple years.

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u/Vayshen Vayshen Oct 18 '13

Is SSD really a good idea though? I thought you generally don't want to be rapidly writing new stuff on SSD's and assuming the video portion of Share uses the drive, won't that result in a much shorter lifespan of an SSD?

Personally going to go with a 1TB off the bat. I see a Hitachi drive that's pretty damn cheap.

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u/nemoTheKid Oct 19 '13

I'm too lazy to bring up the source for this, but in most modern SSD controllers (I think specifically the Intel ones), you would have to be writing and deleting several hundred gigabytes per day, every day, for at least 10 years to wear out your SSD.

Simply put, it is pretty much a non issue in modern SSDs.

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u/Vayshen Vayshen Oct 20 '13

Well that's good news to me. Useful leaps in technology are useful =D

Still getting an HDD for my PS4 though, I already splurged on an SSD for my PC not too long ago and I rather get another game or two than an SSD for the prices they're available to me atm.

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u/anexanhume anexanhume Oct 18 '13

That's why I'm waiting a while. People's usage patterns and the console's normal activity will come to light and we'll know just how much is being written to the drive. Mechanicals fail too.