My 2TB model of the Corsair MP600 PRO LPX produced blinding game start-up speeds. It isn’t just transfer speeds that shocked me, though. Coming from years of USB drives and mechanical hard-drives that took maybe an hour to install games that size, I was floored. I transferred another big game – the 60GB+ install of Tekken 7 – and saw it breeze by and make a new home on my M.2 in barely 50 seconds. In just 85 seconds, though, it was completed. I started my testing by transferring over 100GB of PlayStation 4 and 5 titles from my internal SSD to the new M.2, prepared to catch up on some weekly anime with how long I assumed the transfer would take. After formatting (because I forgot to grab a screenshot), that figure dropped to around 5,800 MB/s, which is still more than enough for the PS5’s wants and needs.
The first-time formatting process to get the drive ready for use takes mere seconds, and the initial speed-test reported speeds of approximately 6,213MB/s – well above the beefy requirements outlined by Sony.
The speed on the Corsair MP600 PRO LPX is no joke. Following the steps outlined in the instructions leads to a quick, 5-10 minute install process before you’re ready to plug your PS5 back in and start downloading. The lack of physical instructions is a microscopic issue, as is the lack of a packed-in micro screwdriver when most homes will have a Phillips #1 lying around. The Corsair MP600 PRO LPX lacks printed written instructions, but it comes with a scannable QR-code that takes you to a well-formatted web page outlining the entire installation process. The other half of the fight is actually installing the drive – which is definitely not as simple as plugging it into a USB slot. Find a good deal and this can be competitive even with SSDs that don’t have a heatsink. The price on Corsair’s site is £110/$110 for the 500GB model, £190/$190 for the 1TB, £355/$370 for the 2TB, but the 1TB model can be found for £145 on Amazon, which is in the range on the popular Western Digital SN850 heatsink model. The pricing is also fairly competitive if you shop around. I can’t imagine tasking anyone lacking tech-savvy to understand any of this, so the fact that Corsair provides an easy to buy and already assembled solution for a PS5 storage upgrade is a major boon. A lot of the best options require you to buy an SSD and a separate heatsink, but the Corsair MP600 PRO LPX is all-in-one – this SSD comes with a pre-installed heatsink that fits like a glove, and it boasts read-speeds of up to 7,100MB/s. Half the battle in upgrading your PS5 with an M.2 SSD is making sure your upgrade of choice meets all the requirements –getting the right physical size, a properly attached mini-heatsink, and read speeds of at least 5,500MB/s are the big ones.
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