The Half-Terabyte Playstation 3 (500GB PS3)

[dk3dknight]

Originally Posted by bdLuvr

what about the RPM? 5400 good enough?

The one in the ps3 is 5400 rpm..

For laptop hard drives 5400 rpm is normal except on desktop computers, 7200 rpm is always preferred, of course they do make hard drives that hit 10000 rpms... but at this point you would need to worry about heat distribution, obviously a hard drive that spins slower would probably produce less heat then one at 7200 rpm, and one at 10000 rpm would generate even more heat.

Im not saying that would actually cause a problem nor giving analysis to suggest that just perhaps throwing that thought out to the wilderness.