Leave a commentList of PS4 Compatible External Hard Drives
Adding an external hard drive has been, so far, the most popular option among PS4 users to expand the storage of their console. It’s the easiest and quickest way to get more storage capacity without the need to go through the hassle of upgrading your whole PS4 console to a higher storage.
Furthermore, an external hard drive (HDD) is used also as a backup solution for PS4. Therefore, as a serious PS4 gamer, you can’t really dispense with using an external HDD for your PS4 console. But first, you need to be careful when choosing one as not all external hard drives are compatible with PS4.
Additionally, depending on the purpose of use, external hard drive’s compatibility standards differ. In this guide, you will find the list of compatible external hard drives for PS4 available in the market.
This list mainly focuses on presenting the available external hard drives on the market that are fully compatible with PS4. All these drives fit as an extended storage solution for all models of PS4. Additionally, whether you have PS4 Standard, PS4 Slim or PS4 Pro, the external hard drives below will work flawlessly with it.
Note that the list below does NOT include external SSDs or USB flash memories. It is solely concerning traditional external hard drives (HDD).
So, let’s find out which are the external hard disks compatible with PS4.
| Western Digital (WD) | ||
|---|---|---|
 | Model Name | Model No. |
| 1 | WD Gaming Drive | WDBDFF0020BBK-WESN (2TB) | WDBCRM0030BBK-NESN (3TB) | WDBM1M0040BBK-WESN (4TB) |
| 2 | WD Elements Portable | WDBUZG0010BBK-WESN (1TB) | WDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN (2TB) | WDBU6Y0030BBK-WESN (3TB) | WDBU6Y0040BBK-WESN (4TB) |
| 3 | WD Elements Desktop | WDBWLG0040HBK-NESN (4TB) | WDBWLG0060HBK-NESN (6TB) | WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN (8TB) |
| 4 | WD My Book Desktop | WDBBGB0030HBK-NESN (3TB) | WDBBGB0040HBK-NESN (4TB) | WDBBGB0060HBK-NESN (6TB) | WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN (8TB) |
| 5 | WD My Passport Portable | WDBYNN0010BBK-WESN (1TB) | WDBS4B0020BBK-WESN (2TB) | WDBYFT0030BBK-WESN (3TB) | WDBYFT0040BBK-WESN (4TB) |
| 6 | WD My Passport Ultra Port. | WDBC3C0010BSL-WESN (1TB) | WDBC3C0020BSL-WESN (2TB) |
| Seagate | ||
| Model Name | Model No. |
| 1 | Seagate Expansion Portable | STEA1000400 (1TB) | STEA2000400 (2TB) | STEA4000400 (4TB) |
| 2 | Seagate Expansion Desktop | STEB3000100 (3TB) | STEB4000100 (4TB) | STEB6000403 (6TB) | STEB8000100 (8TB) |
| 3 | Seagate Portable | STGX1000400 (1TB) | STGX2000400 (2TB) | STGX4000400 (4TB) |
| 4 | Seagate Desktop | STGY8000400 (8TB) |
| 5 | Seagate Backup Plus Slim | STEH1000100 (1TB) | STDR2000100 (2TB) | STDR4000100 (4TB) | STDR5000100 (5TB) |
| 6 | Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim | STDR1000100 (1TB) | STEH2000100 (2TB) |
| 7 | Seagate Backup Plus Desktop | STDT2000100 (2TB) | STDT3000100 (3TB) | STDT4000100 (4TB) | STDT5000100 (5TB) | STDT6000100 (6TB) |
| 8 | Seagate Game Drive for PS4 | STGD2000400 (2TB) | STGD4000400 (4TB) |
| Toshiba | ||
| Model Name | Model No. |
| 1 | Toshiba Canvio Basics | HDTB305XK3AA (500GB) | HDTB410XK3AA (1TB) | HDTB420XK3AA (2TB) | HDTB330XK3CB (3TB) | HDTB440XK3CA (4TB) |
| 2 | Toshiba Canvio Advance | HDTC910XK3AA (1TB) | HDTC920XK3AA (2TB) | HDTC930XK3CA (3TB) |
| 3 | Toshiba Canvio Connect II | HDTC805XK3A1 (500GB) | HDTC810XK3A1 (1TB) | HDTC820XK3C1 (2TB) | HDTC830XK3C1 (3TB) |
| G-Technology | ||
| Model Name | Model No. |
| 1 | G-Technology G-DRIVE mobile | 0G10264 (1TB) | 0G10339 (2TB) | 0G10348 (4TB) |