4 TB of solid state storage—boy, that's a lot. Let's face it, when it comes to file sizes, the gaming world is hardly slowing down. With resolutions and frame rates creeping steadily upwards and some of the best 4K monitors out there now being, let's call it "reasonably priced(ish)", that growth isn't exactly surprising. Even with DLSS, FSR, and other forms of AI upscaling, the need for HD textures to compensate for those extra pixels is catapulting game install sizes ever upwards.
Of course, with that comes extra strain on your own system resources, especially if you prefer to hold onto those latest AAAs rather than doing the old download-and-delete shuffle every few weeks. In that case, a bigger SSD is a must, and if you employ a "games" drive as a secondary storage solution, then 4 TB is a tantalizing premise. Here's the thing though: right now, we're not when it comes to 4 TB options, so where do you even start? Well, that's where Western Digital believes it comes into play with its latest Blue SN5000 PCIe 4.0 SSD.
