Solid State Hard dirve for ps3?

[chrisshea]

with all the new solid state hard drives coming out i was wondering if any1 had tried to make 1 fit inside a ps3
or of such a thing was possible

i know those things are prety expensive and dont run like normal drives

[Whatstreet]

Originally Posted by chrisshea

with all the new solid state hard drives coming out i was wondering if any1 had tried to make 1 fit inside a ps3
or of such a thing was possible

i know those things are prety expensive and dont run like normal drives

Too expensive for a media machine. Best use is for a boot drive and for a working drive for video editing.

[WriteSimply]

If its 2.5" and SATA, it'll work. Expensive but it'll work.


fuad

[canonbomb1987]

There are some out there that will work with the ps3 but like everyone above me has said they are kinda expensive. Wait a little bit till there are cheaper and with bigger capacities.

[Marquoz]

Cheaper to buy an external and back up your PS3 regularly. Would save a ton of money and give just as much protection.

[chrisshea]

i was just wondering if it would run faster
like load times and such

[ADRiiAN`]

Originally Posted by chrisshea

i was just wondering if it would run faster
like load times and such

Much faster.
It doesn't use disk platters that spin, which is what really holds the performance of the HDD.
But don't expect it to be amazingly dramatic like those SSD vs. HDD videos on Youtube because those are laptops and not a game console.
But you will find a better performance.

Hopefully someone will do a whole comparison soon like they did with 5400RPM vs. 7200RPM for the PS3

[chrisshea]

http://www.gamespot.com/features/619...om_clk=topslot

hehehe not 2 weeks afer i ask they have acticle on it ehehe

[dk3dknight]

Originally Posted by ADRiiAN`

Much faster.
It doesn't use disk platters that spin, which is what really holds the performance of the HDD.
But don't expect it to be amazingly dramatic like those SSD vs. HDD videos on Youtube because those are laptops and not a game console.
But you will find a better performance.

Hopefully someone will do a whole comparison soon like they did with 5400RPM vs. 7200RPM for the PS3

Sadly that comparison was done, and it had slower instalations of games, but faster load times...

chrisshea posted the article but did not paste what it said so I do that now as a helper to those who browser here at work.

---Game Installation Time - Minutes---

Devil May Cry 4 - Stock Drive
---------------------21.2
Devil May Cry 4 - SSD
--------------------------------32.5
Grand Theft Auto 4 - Stock Drive
--------8.1
Grand Theft Auto 4 - SSD
---------9.83
Assassin's Creed - Stock Drive
---3
Assassin's Creed - SSD
----4.5

---XMB to Game Menu Load Time - Seconds---

Devil May Cry 4 - Stock Drive
----------------------------------------40
Devil May Cry 4 - SSD
------------------------------------36
Grand Theft Auto 4 - Stock Drive
-----------------------------------------97
Grand Theft Auto 4 - SSD
-------------------------------------93
Assassin's Creed - Stock Drive
-----------------------------------------58
Assassin's Creed - SSD
------------------------------47

---Save Game Load Time - Seconds---

Devil May Cry 4 - Stock Drive
------6
Devil May Cry 4 - SSD
------6
Grand Theft Auto 4 - Stock Drive
---------------15
Grand Theft Auto 4 - SSD
------------12
Assassin's Creed - Stock Drive
----------------------22
Assassin's Creed - SSD
----------------16


"At a cost of $400, it's hard to justify purchasing a solid state drive, especially when you consider that the money could buy you a whole new console. The argument becomes even more difficult to push when the benefits of said drive aren't universal. Load times improved, but installation times increased tremendously. More expensive SSDs have faster write speeds, but at almost four times the cost. There certainly are benefits to upgrading to a solid state drive, but we wouldn't recommend doing so until the prices and speed are more in line with performance expectations. Fortunately, solid state drive prices seem to halve every year, and performance is improving. We shouldn't have to wait much longer for SSDs with larger capacities, better performance, and lower prices."