I finally managed to get a PS5 a few weeks ago after saving up forever and honestly i love it so much but the storage space is just... it is already full. I only have like 4 or 5 big games installed and now it keeps telling me i have to delete something every time i want to try a new demo or get a game from the ps plus catalog. I think the Spiderman game and Call of Duty just took up everything. I heard you can actually open the console up and put a new drive in there but to be honest i am terrified of breaking it since it cost me so much money. I have never even opened a computer or anything before so i dont really know what i am looking at when i go to the store websites.

There are all these terms like Gen4 and NVMe and something about a heatsink which sounds like something for a kitchen or something? I am really confused if i need to buy that part separately or if it comes attached to the little stick thing. I am looking to spend maybe 150 dollars or so if that is enough to get a good amount of space like 1tb or 2tb if possible. I live in a pretty rural area so i will probably have to order it online from somewhere like amazon or best buy and i really want to get it right the first time so i dont have to deal with returning stuff through the mail.

I keep seeing names like Samsung and Western Digital and Corsair but i have no clue which one is actually the best or if they all just do the same thing in the end. Do some of them make the games load faster than others? Or is it all just the same speed once you plug it in? I just want something that wont overheat or make my ps5 explode or whatever. I am trying to get this sorted before my brother comes to visit next month so we can actually play stuff together without waiting hours for things to download and delete.

• Do I really need that heatsink thing?
• Is 1tb enough or should I save more for 2tb?
• Is it hard to actually install for someone who is really bad with tools?

I just dont want to mess this up...