Solid-state drive
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Oct 27, 2026
TomHOST
I'm curious, was there one reason that made you start your first video? Because I remember a couple of mine, like one of my first videos, I think it's still up, is...
TomHOST
I got so mad that people in like 2018, or I think it was 2018, were saying there's no way the PS5 will have an SSD.
TomHOST
And I had no sources, nothing.
TomHOST
I had a full-time job.
TomHOST
I had to make a video.
TomHOST
I'm like, yes, it will.
TomHOST
Yes, it will have an SSD.
TomHOST
And they're like, it's expensive now.
Jeff CarlsonHOST
So like that one right there, because it's Belkin, I'm sure is not an issue.
Jeff CarlsonHOST
But I think the other concern, like if you wanted like a real world concern, it would be a MagSafe holder or MagSafe mount that would hold like say an SSD, right? So you're recording video and you want to make sure that you have something that's going to stay on the back of your phone and you're recording video in log.
Jeff CarlsonHOST
So it's all massive files going to an SSD, maybe something like that.
Jeff CarlsonHOST
might be affecting it.
Jeff CarlsonHOST
They didn't really say whether anyone's run into this.
Oliver MackenziePANELIST
I do think they were aiming upmarket with Helix, but not that upmarket.
Oliver MackenziePANELIST
But ultimately, with RAM and SSD prices, what can you do? I think they still have some ability to tweak the numbers a little bit on certain aspects of the device, probably, to get it maybe into a bit of a lower bracket.
Oliver MackenziePANELIST
So on RAM, they could go with 36 gigs, could go with 24 gigs.
Oliver MackenziePANELIST
The implications of that allocation for PC games, as I think we discussed a couple directs ago, could be significant, but they could do a two gigabyte chips and ship with 24 gigs.
Oliver MackenziePANELIST
That is a supported configuration.
Oliver MackenziePANELIST
Also on the SSD side, I kind of think they're gonna stick with one terabyte.
Oliver MackenziePANELIST
Maybe they would have had plans for two terabytes at one point, but storage is so expensive these days.
Oliver MackenziePANELIST
There are some things they can tweak around the margins, but that kind of core Xbox Helix spec, the one they probably fleshed out with AMD some years ago, the memory bus size, the GPU configuration, CPU configuration, all those fundamentals are going into this new product, probably largely unchanged, with just some tweaking around the margins on what the clock speed looks like, what the power budget looks like, and then, of course, in that memory and storage configuration.
Steven ScottHOST
They always tend to do good deals.
Steven ScottHOST
I was looking at one, I think it had, I think it was that one had 512 gig SSD, the other had one terabyte and they were both exactly the same price.
Steven ScottHOST
And I thought, that's not bad.
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Dave HamiltonHOST
Yeah.
Dave HamiltonHOST
I mean once we move to SSDs, we actually get to see our CPUs – go to full utilization during startups and they are there during shutdowns even though you're not going to see it because it's doing all the things it can do as fast as it can to get it to the state that you told it to get to.
Dave HamiltonHOST
So, I'm not sure it's worthwhile to shut down your computer every night in this way.
Dave HamiltonHOST
If the goal is power savings, if there's a different goal, then obviously, yes.
Eagle FalconHOST
The PS5 Pro version, on the other hand, starts at $900.
Eagle FalconHOST
By the way, the cost of all the hardware, including RAM, SSDs, and everything else, is going up more and more and more, and it's causing people to realize The PS6 is probably not too far off, and it could cost over $1,000, which isn't far-fetched when estimates would put the RAM and SSD cost for a PS6 at $680 alone.
Eagle FalconHOST
And that's the cost! That's what it costs for a big name like Sony to get the RAM and SSD.
Eagle FalconHOST
That's taking advantage of every single supply chain tether they've got, every single string they've got.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
It's, I don't know, man, it is getting dark and this stuff is getting precious.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
Above my head right now, just by the stuffed dog right there, I have 32 gigs of DDR4 and a 512 gig SSD that don't have a home right now.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
And you're like, I'm holding onto this stuff because ish is scary.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
A typical doctor,
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
I love it.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
Uh, AI makes your brain shrink.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
I have a two terabyte M.2 SSD on my desk right now.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
Like this stuff is so precious and it's so stupid.
CaspiusHOST
Maybe it'll be worth it.
Silicon NoobHOST
No! Well, the bill of materials for the PS5, PS6 RAM and SSD alone is $680.
CaspiusHOST
That's no CPU, no GPU, no power units, nothing else.
Silicon NoobHOST
No plastic shell, no plastic molding.
Silicon NoobHOST
It's just the RAM and the SSD.
Silicon NoobHOST
Just the RAM and storage.
Silicon NoobHOST
So this has been leaked.
Steve MartinGUEST
Pretty much any Mac Apple makes in 2026, you know, you can even go back and get an old like M1 or something like that and be fine for the most part.
Steve MartinGUEST
The only thing I'll kind of caution people against getting used stuff is the M2 Airs, the least expensive version of M2 Air that had the 256 gig SSD.
Steve MartinGUEST
was underpowered versus the more expensive ones.
Steve MartinGUEST
And so I've seen some people just have really sluggish behavior with those.
MattHOST
Um, this other story here is that, um, they've basically, there's been a bit of a, like a leak or like it's a, some talk around the PlayStation six storage and memory cost.
MattHOST
The storage and memory, so the RAM and the SSDs were over $680 a console by themselves.
MattHOST
And that's before you think about the shell, that's before you think about manufacturing, that's before we even put GPUs and CPUs into it.
MattHOST
So I think that price point is probably, yeah, I think we're probably going to be hitting closer to that, but somewhere between that $1,200 and $1,800 price point.
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