Amazon is offering the 2TB SK Hynix P41 Platinum PCIe 4.0 NVME solid state drive (SSD) bundled with the SK Hynix Haechi H01 PS5 Heatsink for $139.99 shipped. That's $20 cheaper than buying the SK Hynix P41 by itself without a heatsink. Although the SSD works just fine in a PS5 console, it is one of the fastest SSDs on the market right now and is also an outstanding candidate as a boot drive for your gaming PC.
SK Hynix P41 Platinum 2TB SSD with PS5 Heatsink $139.99
SK Hynix might not be a brand that the consumer recognizes as much as Samsung or Western Digital, but make no mistake that they are a major player in the flash memory market. SK Hynix is a South Korean DRAM manufacturer and is the world's second-largest memory chipmaker and the world's third-largest semiconductor company. They supply components for brands you've heard of, like Corsair and G.Skill.
The Platinum P41 is SK Hynix's highest end SSD. It boasts sustained read speeds of 7,000MB/s and sustained write speeds of 6,500MB/s. It also boasts random read speeds of 1.4 million IOPS and random write speeds of 1.3 million IOPS. In terms of reliability and stability, the SSDs have been tested and validated through 1,000 hours of stress testing with MTBF reaching 1.5 million hours or up to 1,200TB written. SK Hynix backs it all up with a 5 year warranty. Unlike most other SSDs, both the chips and the controller are manufactured in-house. The P41 Platinum uses an Aries controller with 176-layer TLC NAND flash chips.
Of course, in terms of real world performance, the vast majority of users won't be able to tell apart the speeds between the highest end SSDs. Some of these SSDs include the SK Hynix P41 Platinum, the Samsung 990 Pro, the WD Black SN850X, and the Seagate Firecuda 530. Therefore, it all comes down to the price. At its current price point, the P41 Platinum isn't just one of the fastest drives on the market, it's also cheaper than any competitor that can come close to its performance.
The heatsink is specially designed for the PS5
Most PS5-compatible heatsinks are about the same dimensions of the SSD itself. The SK Hynix Haechi is way bigger with about 2.3 times the surface area of a normal heatsink according to SK Hynix. This heatsink is designed to replace the PS5 bay cover while still making contact with the SSD itself with a thermal pad for effective heat dissipation. You simply use the existing PS5 screw that was originally used for the drive bay cover to attach the heatsink. The heatsink itself is made of CNC'd aluminum.
