The word T500 does not finish the choice
Micron’s T500 launch record distinguishes a version with a heatsink, designed for platforms including PS5, from the version without one. That is a meaningful package difference. If the purpose is console expansion, do not let a familiar drive-family name hide the cooling decision.
Measure the assembly, not the uncovered board
Sony requires effective heat dissipation for a PS5 M.2 SSD. Its listed envelope includes the cooling structure: up to 25 mm wide and 11.25 mm thick overall. A cooler added to a bare board must be considered within that complete shape, not as an accessory whose size no longer counts. The table also separates the allowance above and below the board, so total thickness alone is not the entire fit question.
Two sensible starting points
For a new purchase intended for PS5, the manufacturer-described heatsink version is the more direct package to investigate. Confirm the exact offered version against Sony’s current requirements. A bare T500 already owned is a different situation: first resolve a suitable cooling assembly and its complete dimensions, rather than automatically buying the same storage capacity again.
The opposite assumption is no better: owning the bare drive does not make any separately chosen heatsink appropriate. The cooling-inclusive fit and the exact SSD requirements have to agree. Sony’s specification list is also not a promise that every qualifying drive gives identical operation or performance.
Let the missing part decide
Choose around what is actually missing from your console-expansion plan: a drive-and-cooling package, or cooling for a known bare drive. That produces a clearer purchase than selecting from an advertised transfer-speed number and leaving the physical assembly until delivery.
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