We tested XPG Gammix S70, the SSD NVME M.2 GEN 4 disk compatible with PS5, and we tell you how to render

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After testing last week the SSD WB BLACK SN850 disk, we continue to test the best internal SSD discs for PS5, and it is the turn of another model that also meets the recommended requirements.

Therefore, in this Analysis of SSD XPG Gammix S70, Disk M.2 compatible with PS5 We are going to tell you if there are differences or not with the internal disk and everything you need to know. First, and most importantly, is that there are two different versions , and both are compatible ... but with a but .

On the one hand there is the XPG Gammix S70 A dry , which rides a very generous heat sink and that enters very just in the PS5 SSD disk compartment. We are the one we have tried, although we warn: The cover of the compartment can be screwed, but without fitting by one end by the height of the heatsink.

There is version XPG Gammix S70 Blade, whose performance is practically identical, but with a more compact dissipator, which best enters the Bay of PS5 expansion.

Rinse this initial point. Come on with our XPG Gammix S70 tests on PS5. Is this SSD disc in PlayStation 5? Are you among the best SSD NVME M.2 discs compatible with PS5? Let s see it...

As we tell you last week, the steps to install the internal SSD discs in PS5 have not changed, and we show you the process a few weeks ago.

The version of that, in Hobby Consoles we are going to try some of XPG Gammix S70 that we have tried is The 1 TB version with a dissipator or Heatsink , although at this time it is exhausted and you can only find the version of 2 TB for 360 euros.

Once installed and formatted, XPG Gammix S70 yields a reading speed of 6234,013 MB / s in PS5 , which is superior to the requirements established by Sony, and therefore makes this M.2 100% compatible as expansion of PS5 internal storage and run the games without problems.

To check your performance, we have performed the same tests as with the WD BLACK SN850, that is, we have tried the load of three games from the internal disk and the S70 Gammix, as well as the times to load a game, or some segment of the game.

Specifically, the tests have been done with three PS5 Games: Marvel s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Demon s Souls Remake and Ratchet & Clank: A separate dimension.

To move the 128.9 GB that occupy the three internal disk sets to the XPG Gammix S70 it has only taken 1 minute and 46 seconds, a time even lower than the Western Digital disk (which was 1.59 seconds ).

The tests we have made have been the same with the three games: Start it and get to the menu to calculate the speed of the initial load, and once the game is loaded, however it took from the menu to load a saved game.

In the case of Demon s Souls Remake, the times to load the game, from the console menu until the letters press any button appear on the logo screen, are identical, and in both cases the 23 seconds (without The ps Studios curtain included and jumping the kinematics).

The same can be said when loading the game from the main menu (9.5 seconds). There are no differences in the execution of the game from the internal disk of PS5 or the XGP GAMMIX .

Nor are deviations to be completed when performing other charges of the game, accessing a level from the nexus, the central world of Demon s Souls. In this case, XGP Gammix S70 equals the ps5 disc times and there is a thousandths below the 7 seconds.

In the case of thousand morals, both discs, internal and M.2 get the brand 36 seconds when loading the game. Load the game, once selected from the saved start menu, it takes 4 seconds, also on the Gammix S70.

The same is applicable to the trip quickly, which after choosing the metro mouth and pressing the X button until the bar is complete, it takes 4 seconds to take us to the chosen place, both on the internal disk and in the XGP GAMMIX S70.

To finish, the tests with Rachet & Clank throw values ​​that follow the same line. The initial load of the game takes 7, while the load of a game does not reach two seconds (four counting on the selection of item), throwing identical values ​​on both discs, both the internal and the XPG Gammix S70.

As in all analyzes, we emphasize that these measurements have been made in optimal temperature conditions (the console was not on 8 hours, nor the ambient temperature was 40º), since an excess heat can affect the Performance of the discs and of the console itself.

Thus, in the light of these values ​​and measurements, the XPG Gammix is ​​another great alternative for those who want to expand the internal storage of PS5 with guarantees, and without the performance of its console is strengthened.

In fact, being kept on the same values as the internal disk, so if you have doubts and we get what SSD disk to buy for PS5, this XPG model is a safe bet, and if it is the Gammix S70 Blade, well that better .