1. Toshiba 1TB Canvio Basics
It's time to triple your PS4 hard drive space
Capacity: 1TB | Storage Type: HDD
Great price
Small next to your PS4
Standard HDD speed
Here's hands down the best way to triple your PS4's hard drive space. Plug in this slick little number, which will happily match your PS4, forget it's there and then bask in the all the bytes you've now got free. Cheap, cheerful and so much storage...
2. Seagate Expansion 2TB Portable USB HDD
Even more storage for a brilliant price
Capacity: 2TB | Storage Type: HDD
Great price
Five times your standard PS4 storage
Again, HDD speed
Increase your storage again with this ridiculously well priced 2TB offering from Seagate. It's slick, slim and you can get versions all the way up to 3TB and 4TB if you really want to push the boat out. There's no need for any mains cables either, just plug and play, and USB 3.0 will keep things transferring speedily.
Even more storage for a brilliant price
3. Samsung SSD T3 500GB
Up the speed of your loading times
Capacity: 500GB | Storage Type: SSD
SSD means faster loading
Doubles your storage to 1TB
Expensive
Ok, it's expensive but if you want to up your loading speeds, an SSD is an excellent choice. This is smallest option on the list if you're worried about size and also the fastest. You get what you pay for after all. You can grab the 500GB version for a reasonable price (for an SSD), but if you crave more storage there are seriously expensive 1TB and 2TB versions available.
Up the speed of your loading times
4. Seagate Expansion 5TB
Go big or go home
Capacity: 5TB | Storage Type: HDD
Huge storage space
Excellent price
Needs plugged into the mains
It's not subtle
You don't want to worry about storage again, do you? Well look no further than this 5TB behemoth from Seagate. It's a standard HDD and might not be much of a looker but did you see the fact that it's 5TB? That means you're multiplying the standard PS4 storage by 11! 11! Wave goodbye to ever hitting delete again. You'll be downloading every single PS Plus game just because you can.
Go big or go home
Best internal hard drives for PS4
1. Seagate 1TB Gaming SSHD ST1000LM014
Best balance of price and performance
Capacity: 1TB | Storage Type: SSHD
SSD-like performance without the SSD price
Doubles storage capacity over stock PS4 HDD
5400RPM spindle speed
The Seagate 1TB Gaming SSHD offers some of the improvements granted by a full SSD (shorter load times, faster installs, etc) without the enormous markup. The caveat, of course, is that since this SSHD does also rely on a physical disk spinning at 5400RPM, the improvements may not be as dramatic as with a traditional SSD. In practice though, this isn’t that huge of a concession to make for the money you’re saving, as different games will/won’t take advantage of your drive’s enhanced capabilities on a case-by-case basis. Regardless, this drive will double your storage capacity and in many cases increase performance, which are great benefits to walk away with for less than $100/£100.
2. Seagate 2TB Laptop HDD ST2000LM007
Loads of storage for a great price
Capacity: 2TB | Storage Type: HDD
Quadruples storage vs. PS4 stock HDD
Great storage-to-dollar ratio
5400 RPM spindle speed
Not an SSHD
If maxing storage and affordability is a bigger priority than improving access speed, you’re not going to do better than Seagate’s 2TB Laptop HDD. This drive gives your PlayStation 4 quadruple the storage capacity that it came with, which should keep you knee deep in PlayStation Plus games well into the foreseeable future. The main downside with this drive is that unlike Seagate’s 1TB SSHD, this drive is a traditional hard drive spinning at 5400 RPM, which is the same speed as the stock PS4 hard drive. This means that, while you’ll have plenty of space for games, they’re not going to load or install any faster.
3. Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB SSHD
Four times the storage at SSD-like speeds
Capacity: 2TB | Storage Type: SSHD
Four times the size of the standard PS4 hard drive
SSD-like performance
More expensive than traditional HDD
If you want even more storage, Seagate's FireCuda 2.5" 2TB drive is ideal for quadrupling the space on your PS4 and it ups the speed too with its hybrid drive functionality. It's a case of balancing up how much you think you'll really appreciate the speed boost but the FireCuda is ideal in terms of size and is priced competitively for a SSHD drive. While it's not fully solid state, you'll definitely notice the difference in speed so if you're not too worried about your budget, the 2TB FireCuda is one of the best PS4 hard drives around. Say hello to storing endless videos of your Destiny Crucible successes.