SN850P NVMe M.2 SSD (1TB)

That is way too expensive. Last I checked best buy has the exact same drive for 299.99 but it's the 850p, so you'll likely need to remove the heatsink if your Mobo has heatsinks pre installed. https://www.bestbuy.com/product/wd-black-sn850p-2tb-internal-ssd-pcie-gen-4-x4-with-heatsink-for-ps5/JXJ62C

That’s 400$ cheaper than what my 8TB WD Black SN850P is priced at its cheapest today😂

I bought exackly same 4tb ssd off of best buy 300.00 on sale last year it comes with 5 years of warranty from the company but would never buy it off AliExpress.... edit: uhhh hold on second look mine is Wd_Black sn850p 4tb which is same on zoom from what i can tell from picture of the biggest differ

Exact same drive, same NAND memory, same in-house WD controller. The second one (SN850p) has a heatsink and you gotta pay for PlayStation tax.

Based on experience the issues you are having is an absolute pain. I had the same issues. The "wrong cable" advice is not the problem. I do agree you should use separate pcle cables for the GPU but the issue is COD is hot garbage regarding optimization and this issue is usually because of VRAM scale

The SN850X is both faster and cheaper than the SN850P. You're literally just paying a premium for the Playstation logo on these. If you get the SN850X make sure you get one with the heatsink though. That said, SSD prices have been going up along with PC parts in general (probably so retailers can do

Holy shit, 8tb version going for $2400, ON SALE! https://www.bestbuy.com/product/wd-black-sn850p-8tb-internal-ssd-pcie-gen-4-x4-with-heatsink-for-ps5/JXJ62CRLLV/sku/6593303?utm_source=feed&extStoreId=&ref=212&loc=SaleEvent&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20683156688&gbraid=0AAAAAD-ORIhmOogGgX

I bought one at best buy 2 months ago for $300, just checked my purchases. It's now going for $1370 that's fuckin crazy. The "WD - BLACK SN850P 4TB with Heatsink"

It's $234 USD here. The Best Buy pricing is crazy. If you look at the trend of pricing, it looks like a Sawtooth wave. https://pangoly.com/en/price-history/western-digital-wd-black-sn850p-1tb

$2757 for wd black sn850p 8tb at best buy, had a dude upset seeing the price cause he was going for a playstation to pay less.