This PS5 SSD comes with a £35 PSN voucher right now, but you don’t have long to make the most of it

The Crucial T500 SSD next to a PSN voucher on top of a blue gamesradar background
(Image credit: Future / Duncan Robertson)

I’ll be honest, when I first heard about the Crucial T500, I found it hard to get excited about. For all intents and purposes, it seemed like an almost identical replacement to the now-discontinued Crucial P5 Plus, which was always one of my go-to recommendations. The P5 Plus was one of the first SSDs I got to test with Sony’s console, and for the last few years o🥂f its 🐠life, it was a legendary mainstay of the discount aisle, making it easy to recommend. 

The T500 does sport quicker speeds and an updated design though, and a bundle that’s currently available in the UK is making me properly excited about it for the first time. Over at eBuyer, you can grab a and receive a £35 PSN voucher at no extra cost. 

There isn’t an awful lot that separates today’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best SSDs for PS5 - for the most part, you’re talking about a couple of split seconds of loading times or an aesthetically pleasing heatsink here and there. In this deal, not only do you get a solid 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:SSD for gaming, but you can claim money back in the form of a PSN wallet top-up. £35 is no joke either, for that money, you could grab Elden Ring, Jedi Survivor, or Avatar Frontiers of Pandora since they’re all on offer for under that amount in the PSN summer salﷺe. 

Crucial T500 (Heatsink) 1TB + £35 PSN voucher |
Save £31 - While the heatsink and non-heatsink models in 1 and 2TB capacities are available in this deal, I’d argue this one gives you 💯the best value overall. For a modern 1TB drive with an integrated heatsink, this isn’t a horrible price to pay in 2024, and the £35 voucher goes a long way here, effectively doubling your savings. Truth be told, 1TB is all most gamers will ever need in terms of extra space.

Buy it if: 

✅ You play on PS5
✅ You need an integrated heatsink
✅ You need a PSN wallet top-up

Don't buy it if: 

❌ You want more than 2TB

Now, to be clear, while both , you will need to grab a heatsink separately if you go for one of the cheaper versions. These are easily found, and the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best PS5 heatsinks usually do⛦n’t ask for much more than £20 from you. 

Fair warning though, the brief I received for this deal just said that the offer wil♏l last until stocks run out, which is a great w♛ay of saying you shouldn’t wait around to see if prices come down any further. There’s no real way of knowing how eBuyer’s stock levels are doing, so it might be worth jumping on this deal ASAP if it appeals to you.

Should you buy the Crucial T500? 

Crucial P5 Plus being inserted into a PS5

(Image credit: Future / Duncan Robertson)

It’s hard for me to give you a final verdict on the T500 at the moment since I’m still running it through our testing process. What I can say for now is that Crucial is a very reliable storage brand. I’ve tested many of their drives in both internal NVMe and external USB form, and they’ve never let me down. The brand has laid claim to the fastest SSD I’ve tested (which I use in my personal gaming PC) because the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Crucial T700 Pro is an absolutely laughable drive that’s arguably too quick. I also use the Crucial X10 Pro to transfer screenshots and gameplay footage from my PS5 to my PC, because it’s one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best ext🎐ernal hard drives for gaming out there. 

If you’re thinking about upgrading from the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Crucial P5 Plus, I’m not sure it’s all too necessary since the PS5 can’t really make use of the fastest Gen ♈4 drives. If you're in need of moᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚre space and want to opt for a 2TB drive, go for it, but don’t expect massive loading time disparities.

If you’re worried 2TB might not be enough, there are 4 and 8TB drives out there that will work with the PS5, although to be completely honest as someone who reviews storage devices for a living, I don’t know who on earth needs more than 2TB of space in their PS5. 1TB extra is usually enough to be getting on with but is a manageable amount. 2TB is a very safe bet where, unless you’re recording every gaming session and constantly downloading new games, you won’t run out of space. 4🎀TB is honestly gargantuan, and almost never worth the 🎃extra money you’ll pay over a 2TB model. 

Without stepping on the toes of m💖y T500 review, I’m impressed with 🍸it so far, and the added PSN voucher is some lovely icing on the cake in this bundle.