PS3 Hard drive upgrade

[xtop]

Originally Posted by soapdishbandit

Careful with the 7200 rpm drive. I think the heat that it creates might not be soo good, especially if you have an older model that creates a lot of heat.

hard drive heat wouldn't be something to worry about

[Pike]

How fast should the new HD be? 1.5g/s or 3.0g/s?

[Nismobeach]

Originally Posted by ps3andlovinit

Should be fine AFAIK..be aware there is a 205GB (not 250) limit to the PS3 partition right now..if that bothers you in terms of $ per GB .. then a 160GB is an option. I used a 250Gb since the price difference wasn't that big due to a sale on the 250GB...and I wanted the extra 40GB ..

Not true, there is no 205GB limit. You didn't get the whole 250GB available on your drive, because the file system takes up space after formatting occurs. This is true with ANY hard drive.

There are plenty of people who have connected 3.5 500GB drives via sata cables in external enclosures to PS3s and have had no problems with getting the PS3 OS to recognize them correctly.

http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=59938

[Pike]

Originally Posted by Pike

How fast should the new HD be? 1.5g/s or 3.0g/s?

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[Trioxin]

I just went with a 500Gb external drive since my music collection would in no way fit on any 2.5 drives. Works flawless for less money. Just wish the PS3 had USB ports on the back of the system.

[Todd]

Originally Posted by ps3andlovinit

Should be fine AFAIK..be aware there is a 205GB (not 250) limit to the PS3 partition right now..if that bothers you in terms of $ per GB .. then a 160GB is an option. I used a 250Gb since the price difference wasn't that big due to a sale on the 250GB...and I wanted the extra 40GB ..

I don't know what hdd you are using, I have a western digital 250gb scorpio and under settings after partitioning and formatting my hdd yielded 232gb of free space maybe my PS3 60gb was different than yours. also this hdd is quiet, I aslo run 2 external western digital hdd's the first one is a 1tb wd and the other is a 500gb wd I personally have never had any reliability issues with wd hdd and don't put any hdd rated above 5400 rpm it's just to much heat.

[j_rocca42]

Originally Posted by Todd

I don't know what hdd you are using, I have a western digital 250gb scorpio and under settings after partitioning and formatting my hdd yielded 232gb of free space maybe my PS3 60gb was different than yours. also this hdd is quiet, I aslo run 2 external western digital hdd's the first one is a 1tb wd and the other is a 500gb wd I personally have never had any reliability issues with wd hdd and don't put any hdd rated above 5400 rpm it's just to much heat.

I used a wd 160gb scorpio in my ps3 and I love all the extra space. but why that hell do you need so much space???

[donutman925]

I know thats what I'm saying all that extra space is crazy. I have a pretty big music collection of about 80% of the songs i like thats takes up about 5 or 6 gb's on my computer. I plan to transfer that to my ps3 and still have a ton of space left over. I will probably never fill the harddrive.