Look into a sshd(hybrid drive) thats what im getting. Very close times to a ssd but 1tb storage and only about $100 or so. They are maybe a second or two slower than a ssd.

[quote]http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/why/forGamer.html I recently bought a PlayStation 4 and as we all know it comes with a 500gb HDD. With Destiny needing at least 40gb to download maybe more as updates release makes you wonder how long for the life of the console before you run out of space. Sony has made it user friendly to upgrade your hdd or change it completely with a ssd, hybrid hard drive or bigger hdd for more space if needed. I know that there are cheaper 1tb ssd's out there as the 1TB Samsung 840 Evo could cost you as much as the system itself but if you look at the overall investment, it could very well pay off. The consoles seems to be going All Digital, which isn't necessarily a bad thing as places like Gamestop rips people off, but ask yourself this. Is 500gb enough? With the Samsung Evo you get 500 more gigabytes, better gameplay and less lag. You also get faster download times for those big downloads. Look at all my links to see how easy it is to install. Sorry for the incorrect punctuation as I am typing from a phone and please feel free to comment. http://m.ign.com/videos/2013/11/15/how-to-upgrade-a-ps4-hard-drive-ign-strategize[/quote] My reasoning to why I think so is that i have a PS3 and PS4 side-by-side. and the day FFXIV:ARR Beta came out on the PS4 i downloaded it. what i found is this... that loading between zone, I.E using Teleport, on the PS4+HDD is about 5x faster then PS3+HDD. and roughly the same as PS3+SSD. heck maybe even a LITTLE faster. BUT... that is only ONE area of improvement when upgrading to an SSD. load times when starting the game. in a MMORPG you will find it quite common to be around any multitude of players at any time. these players can be all quite active too. like battling, using actions, making noises and etc. it is going to now be in highly populated areas that the difference between an SSD and HDD will shine. basically it's about seek times. again the HDD relies on moving parts to move and seek out data on the plate. if the game requires the HDD to seek out data from multiple locations on the plate... well this usually isn't a problem. however if there are TOO many locations to seek data out from. then the HDD will fall behind. and play sounds/animations at a delay, or not even at all. this sort of behavior will be more noticeable if you are constantly rotating your camera. and that is true for either the PS3 or PS4 using an HDD. though other things like texture/object pop-ins shouldn't even be happening on the PS4. stream-ins should hardly be noticeable, if at all. and that's even if you are still using an HDD. and even loading is rather quick. but even still i was testing with Contrast HDD vs SSD. and Contrast still managed to load about 2x as quick with the SSD as opposed to the HDD. if you are going to be playing any one of the MMORPG's to come out to the PS4 platform... an SSD is 100% worth getting. and they really aren't that expensive anymore. in-fact they have been non-stop going on sale for the past few weeks. and will continue to drop in prices as newer technologies are released.

Considering the price of an 840 EVO, was it worth buying a PS4 in the first place?

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