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?

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

If I had the money I would stick one of these in mine!
Http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=HPS-64MPP&af=50

I have a WD 250 GB

Originally posted by Kelewan:

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If I had the money I would stick one of these in mine!
Http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product....P&af=50

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seriously expensive shit

Originally posted by Kelewan:

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If I had the money I would stick one of these in mine!
Http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product....P&af=50

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It says its a 64GB but it has a 32GB Capacity?

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.

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?

Originally posted by grkblood:

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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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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.

Originally posted by dragonmg:

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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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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.

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.

Originally posted by Kelewan:

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If I had the money I would stick one of these in mine!
Http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product....P&af=50

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£500 for a 64GB :O Dude you can get 500Gb ps3 hardrives for £99


Edit: Oh i see now xD

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..

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??

Originally posted by elusiv1:

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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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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?

Yeah i'll go with the 320gb, i just thought 250gb was max, thanks for you help..

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

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^^

Originally posted by okthen12:

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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^^

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Size is normally irrelevant unless the formatting has a capacity limit, which I don't think is the case here.

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).