{
  "id": 19730668,
  "title": "A PlayStation 5 Compatible SSD With Heatsink Dropped to Possibly the Lowest Price We'll See for Black Friday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/a-playstation-5-compatible-ssd-with-heatsink-dropped-to-possibly-the",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-12T23:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-ssd-deal-november-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "For avid PlayStation 5 gamers, additional storage has become a necessity. Grand Theft Auto 6, slated for release this month, will consume over 200GB of space alone, accounting for nearly a quarter of the typical 1TB PS5 storage. However, PlayStation storage deals are scarce in 2026, until now. Ahead of Black Friday, Walmart has slashed the price of the Verbatim Vi7000 1TB PlayStation 5 compatible SSD to $129 with free shipping, the lowest price observed for a high-speed 1TB SSD in recent months. A 2TB model is also available for $199. Both models come equipped with a built-in heatsink to maintain optimal temperatures. The Verbatim Vi7000 is PlayStation 5 compatible, adhering to all Sony's specifications, and offers sequential read speeds of 7000MB/s and write speeds of 6500MB/s, surpassing the minimum recommended speed of 5,500MB/s. The drive uses the PCI-Express Gen4x4 interface, fitting snugly into the PS5's drive bay, and features a preinstalled heatsink to prevent overheating. This SSD also offers DRAM cache, a feature more commonly found in higher-priced SSDs, providing faster random read/write performance and sustained transfer speeds that may benefit PC users. With the IGN Deals team's recommendation, this Black Friday deal offers a potentially unbeatable price for storage upgrades.",
  "summary": "Grand Theft Auto 6 alone will eat up over 200GB of your total storage.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}