The best HDD for PS3?

[gamer4eva]

sorry if dis question has been askd b4 i did search couldn't find nething dat answers my question

iam gonna swap my ps3's HDD for a bigger one and i know alot of ppl here have done it as well so my question is which one is da best one i know it has 2 b 2.5" 5400RPM SATA but which company do u guys recomend
and iam lookin for something like 160 GB and above cause already in like 7 months i've got 2 gigs left outta da 60. ne help would be appreciated
CHEERS!!!

[w_tanoto]

I'm sorry, but some of you might not like the sound of "Toshiba", but I recommend it. Toshiba 100GB MK1032GAX (5400rpm)
I use it for my laptop, and satisfied with it

[gamer4eva]

r dere ne higher dan 100gb????????? cause 100 gigs will fill up easy for me as iam holding back on da downloads on da 60 gigs
the t word does piss me off a bit but as long as they've got a gud product iam happy LOL

[WriteSimply]

You either get the Xecuter HDD Xtender (you won't be able to put the PS3 in the upright position) or get a female-male eSATA cable, then plug an external 3.5" HDD casing to it. You can easily and cheaply boost your capacity to 500GB.


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[Ascended_Saiyan]

I have a Hitachi 160GB. I'm happy with it. I have about 56GB left (my 100+ Bleach episodes had a good deal to do with that).

[gamer4eva]

i also searched on da net and i kinda like dis one as instead of spending money again and again a one time is easier do u guys reckon dis will be alright

http://www.bigbruin.com/2007/wdscorpio250_1

plzzzzzzzzz reply and thanx for all da suggestions b4

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by gamer4eva

r dere ne higher dan 100gb????????? cause 100 gigs will fill up easy for me as iam holding back on da downloads on da 60 gigs
the t word does piss me off a bit but as long as they've got a gud product iam happy LOL

320 GB good enough?
http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Pat...ives/MK3253GSX

[aygie]

Originally Posted by w_tanoto

320 GB good enough?
http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Pat...ives/MK3253GSX

nice find!

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by Aygie

nice find!

thanks. Toshiba is known for good harddisk quality. HD DVD and laptop??? NO, don't ever get it.

[Todd]

Originally Posted by gamer4eva

sorry if dis question has been askd b4 i did search couldn't find nething dat answers my question

iam gonna swap my ps3's HDD for a bigger one and i know alot of ppl here have done it as well so my question is which one is da best one i know it has 2 b 2.5" 5400RPM SATA but which company do u guys recomend
and iam lookin for something like 160 GB and above cause already in like 7 months i've got 2 gigs left outta da 60. ne help would be appreciated
CHEERS!!!

I have a western digial 250gb scorpio paid about 200 after tax, fit prefect, runs quite, PS3 fan seams to come on less, and it runs flawlessly, I also run 2 western digial external hdd's a 500gb usb drive and a new 1tb western digial external hdd. I tried the eSATA route but it kept crashing, I haven't given up on eSATA but I need to figure out why it was always locking up.

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by Starkiller

I wish I could remember! I just googled like crazy and looked at a BUNCH of different web sites looking for an answer. The end result was I found a few different web sites that said the same thing. One may have been Sony’s own page.

I think the download is tied to the individual PS3 and not the user. So if you have four other PS3s, you can download the game there.

Originally Posted by Todd

I tried the eSATA route but it kept crashing, I haven't given up on eSATA but I need to figure out why it was always locking up.

What do you use to connect the eSATA cable to the PS3? The Xtender or a female-male cable? Odd that the eSATA cable keep crashing.


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[Shin-Ra]

Originally Posted by WriteSimply

I think the download is tied to the individual PS3 and not the user. So if you have four other PS3s, you can download the game there.

I think you meant..

I think the download is tied to the individual user and not the PS3. So if you have four other PS3s, you can download the game there.

[WriteSimply]

Now I'm confused!


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[Shin-Ra]

If it was tied to the PS3, you couldn't take your account to another PS3 and redownload the game there. Warhawk is the one exception so far.

[Starkiller]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

I think you meant..

So I can download the game as many times as I want as long as my PSN ID is linked to a console?

Then if I upgrade my HDD I can just back up my game saves to a flash drive (which I do have) and just re-download my games? Thats kosher?

[Shin-Ra]

Per account per paid game 5 downloads from the PSN, unlimited copies via external mass media drive backup.

I haven't tried downloading a paid game 5 times from the PSN to see if the icon returns to the main store so you can buy it for another 5 downloads.

[Todd]

Originally Posted by WriteSimply

I think the download is tied to the individual PS3 and not the user. So if you have four other PS3s, you can download the game there.

What do you use to connect the eSATA cable to the PS3? The Xtender or a female-male cable? Odd that the eSATA cable keep crashing.


fuad

I was using the PS3 HDXT Xtender, the cable I used is External " L type " to " I type " eSATA cable which I connected to my western digial 500gb hdd with I type eSATA connection. I noticed that when looking at the Xmedia bar the background waving line was notably faster than normal. Drive rpm might have been a problem, or the data transfer rate of 3gb per/sec I thought that the PS3's hdd controller would handle access issues.

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by Todd

I was using the PS3 HDXT Xtender, the cable I used is External " L type " to " I type " eSATA cable which I connected to my western digial 500gb hdd with I type eSATA connection. I noticed that when looking at the Xmedia bar the background waving line was notably faster than normal. Drive rpm might have been a problem, or the data transfer rate of 3gb per/sec I thought that the PS3's hdd controller would handle access issues.

Drive RPM can't be a problem, as others have tested 2.5" drives with 7200 against 5200. A recent test said that the two drives have negligible heat issues. So speed can't be the problem. Have you tried to ask HDXT's tech support about it?


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[zoon_ii]

Originally Posted by gamer4eva

sorry if dis question has been askd b4 i did search couldn't find nething dat answers my question

iam gonna swap my ps3's HDD for a bigger one and i know alot of ppl here have done it as well so my question is which one is da best one i know it has 2 b 2.5" 5400RPM SATA but which company do u guys recomend
and iam lookin for something like 160 GB and above cause already in like 7 months i've got 2 gigs left outta da 60. ne help would be appreciated
CHEERS!!!

what could you possibly be DL'ing that would take up that much space? movies? i have probably barely used 2 GB, and I forsee that I'll probably never use the entire 60, but I bought it because of the card slots mainly.

[Todd]

Originally Posted by zoon_ii

what could you possibly be DL'ing that would take up that much space? movies? i have probably barely used 2 GB, and I forsee that I'll probably never use the entire 60, but I bought it because of the card slots mainly.

I upload every cd that I have at mp3 320k with 500 plus cd and roommates libraries, space on a 60gb hdd was gone, I bought the eSATA 500gb hdd to use as an eSATA drive then got wd250gb scopio internal hdd, then I saw wd's new usb 1tb hdd and liked it's looks, and price plus I will be reinstalling ydl 5.0 soon!