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Which custom hard drives have you got in ps3
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Sharpy321
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7. May 2008 @ 11:20 |
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a few weeks ago i made a thread asking if out of a certain selection of hard drives which should i get. I got zero responses so now for a different method of attack. Has anyone here installed a new hard drive? what size/make was it? any problems in load times/copying times etc?
Or in just general which hard drives are best avoided or have a good reputation?
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8. May 2008 @ 05:00 |
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i know this is going to sond stupid but i read some where that you can only use seagate harddrives or that they recommend using seagate
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Kelewan
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8. May 2008 @ 09:18 |
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saynt
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9. May 2008 @ 14:25 |
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I have a WD 250 GB
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psplvanub
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11. May 2008 @ 15:16 |
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11. May 2008 @ 20:35 |
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11. May 2008 @ 21:31 |
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yea, i just checked out that hard drive. i could never see myself paying that much for that. i care more about capacity, not how rugged it is. I dont plan on throwing my PS3 off a cliff anytime soon.
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dragonmg
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11. May 2008 @ 21:36 |
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You can put any laptop SATA Drive that you like, but...
1. 250 GB is the max (RUMORED)
2. 5400 RPM is recommended for heat considerations
I have a 200 GB Western Digital Hard Drive in mine, 5400 RPM, works like a champ.
It really is ridiculously easy to upgrade. Make sure you back up your game saves.
Can anyone confirm the 250 GB limit?
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11. May 2008 @ 22:07 |
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Originally posted by grkblood:
yea, i just checked out that hard drive. i could never see myself paying that much for that. i care more about capacity, not how rugged it is. I dont plan on throwing my PS3 off a cliff anytime soon.
Solid state isn't only about ruggedness, it's about seek times. Putting one in a PS3 would make the load times almost non existent. Solid state will be the future of hard drives but they're too expensive right now to be worth wile to consumers.
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12. May 2008 @ 17:39 |
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Originally posted by dragonmg:
You can put any laptop SATA Drive that you like, but...
1. 250 GB is the max (RUMORED)
2. 5400 RPM is recommended for heat considerations
I have a 200 GB Western Digital Hard Drive in mine, 5400 RPM, works like a champ.
It really is ridiculously easy to upgrade. Make sure you back up your game saves.
Can anyone confirm the 250 GB limit?
I have a 320GB in my PS3. Formatted it comes to 298GB. Therefore the 250GB rumor is just that: a rumor.
This is the one i got:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...:MEWN:IT&ih=005
It took less than two minutes to swap out the 60GB for this 320GB.
The ps3 does not get quicker load times with a 7200RPM drive, so don't waste your money on one. I never thought about the extra heat of the 7200RPM. Perhaps the firmware will only let the drive spin up to 5400RPM. That may explain why there is no gain with a 7200RPM drive.
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12. May 2008 @ 18:11 |
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Put a 160/gb seagate in mine, no problems what so ever.
Backed up data from orginal drive, popped in the new one, done in less than 5 min's.
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okthen12
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13. May 2008 @ 12:15 |
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Fat PSP: 3.03 oe-c (will update when i have time :P)
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saynt
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13. May 2008 @ 15:27 |
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unless your connecting an external drive via USB, 320 is the biggest 2.5 inch drive available currently... they don't make 500GB's in 2.5" yet..
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13. May 2008 @ 16:17 |
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Hi guys, i'd like to update my 60gb and 40gb like the rest of you guys.. I'm going to go with a 250gb 5400rpm drive but i have a question about formatting the drive.. After you install the hard drive do you just use the format option on the PS3 menu??
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enligh10
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13. May 2008 @ 16:36 |
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Originally posted by elusiv1:
Hi guys, i'd like to update my 60gb and 40gb like the rest of you guys.. I'm going to go with a 250gb 5400rpm drive but i have a question about formatting the drive.. After you install the hard drive do you just use the format option on the PS3 menu??
That's what i did. Just installed the drive, turned it on, and the PS3 prompted to format the drive.
Why not pony up the extra $40 and get the 320GB drive?
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13. May 2008 @ 16:57 |
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Yeah i'll go with the 320gb, i just thought 250gb was max, thanks for you help..
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Sharpy321
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18. May 2008 @ 11:46 |
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ok made my decision on to this little baby(I'm English hence price in pounds)
2.5" 320gb sata-300 5400rpm
all i need is play tv and that is the perfect multimedia device EVER
www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-WD3200BEVT-Scorpio-SATA/dp/B0013E0A0M
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okthen12
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18. May 2008 @ 12:37 |
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Me too, btw if a 2.5 1TB hard drive was made would it work on the ps3 or do "something" to it?
^^Play tv come out dammit^^
Fat PSP: 3.03 oe-c (will update when i have time :P)
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18. May 2008 @ 12:43 |
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Originally posted by okthen12:
Me too, btw if a 2.5 1TB hard drive was made would it work on the ps3 or do "something" to it?
^^Play tv come out dammit^^
Size is normally irrelevant unless the formatting has a capacity limit, which I don't think is the case here.
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dawnman
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20. May 2008 @ 02:33 |
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I only used seagate Momentus because that's what it came with so, I replaced that with a 250GB Seagate Momentus. For external HDD i have a WD myBOOK 250GB (must format to FAT32).
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