The Playstation 3 Slim Thread

mame · 21 Aug 2009 at 12:37

ic1male said:
Save yourself a tenner and go for the WD Blue instead of the Black. 7200rpm vs 5400rpm doesn't make much difference in the PS3.

The video guide I saw mention more than once to only use 5400rpm

Deleted member 651465 · 21 Aug 2009 at 12:52

Deluxe1 said:
Do i not need to back anything up off the origonal drive first tho before putting a new one in?

Depends if you want to keep any save games?

If you're just replacing a drive in a fresh PS3 a straight swap is all that is needed. The system will auto-reformat the drive if it needs to.

Deluxe1 · 21 Aug 2009 at 12:53

Cheers,thats what i needed to know.

rp2000 · 21 Aug 2009 at 12:56

Somewhere is already offering the Slim for 249.99 including a game. Shame the games are:

Far Cry 2
Quantum Of Solace
Assassin's Creed

I am not even sure if this is a better deal than the place selling them for £244.95 as you would be lucky to get a fiver cash for any of those 3 games?

The 80gb phat seems to be going for 249.99 with 2 decent games or more. Trading those games would make the price of the unit drop to the mythical £200 that a lot of people claim they would buy the PS3 at.

rp2000

rp2000 · 21 Aug 2009 at 12:59

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/ps3-slim-bitsreams-dolby-truehd-and-dts-hd-ma-audio-at-last/

Slowly, ever so slowly we're beginning to learn about the internal differences between Sony's new PS3 Slim and its chubby ancestry. We already knew that it supported BraviaLink while talk of "faster gaming" was introduced (suspiciously) yesterday; something that remains very much in doubt until we can confirm. Now we hear that the fatboy gone slim supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio bitstream output to your receiver. Hear that audio nerds? Bitstream. See the HDMI chip on previous generations of the PS3 didn't support bitstream output of the new(ish) high def codecs like Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA. As such, the PS3 had to decode it internally before sending it over to your receiver via LPCM. A process that could garble the lossless audio depending on your setup. Even though the vast majority of people will never notice the difference (or even care), PS3 Slim owners can still kick back in smug satisfaction each time the TrueHD or DTS-HD MA indicators light-up on their receivers.

Don't own an amp or no fancy speaker system so useless to me.

rp2000

Deleted member 651465 · 21 Aug 2009 at 13:02

I've already pre-ordered one, but if the rumors that the PS3 slim does true HD bitstream is true then that's really going to sweeten the deal

I've already chucked my 60GB on eBay in anticipation.

rp2000 · 21 Aug 2009 at 13:08

EVH said:
I've already pre-ordered one, but if the rumors that the PS3 slim does true HD bitstream is true then that's really going to sweeten the deal

I've already chucked my 60GB on eBay in anticipation.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14723807&postcount=599
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/ps3-slim-bitsreams-dolby-truehd-and-dts-hd-ma-audio-at-last/

I dunno if you already read this or the source from Engadget.

Incidentally, after fees and all costs, how much do you think a 60GB would fetch? Mine still has a 11 month warranty so I am not likely to sell it on, but it would be nice to know

rp2000

james.miller · 21 Aug 2009 at 13:08

D D Danneh said:
Yeah I know, I believe it only really helped with web browsing.

nope, it was also used to cache the game in to ram so the umd wasnt used so much.

mame · 21 Aug 2009 at 13:12

Theres 2 threads going on here with same discussion. It's a pain keeping up with both

Deleted member 651465 · 21 Aug 2009 at 13:25

rp2000 said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14723807&postcount=599
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/ps3-slim-bitsreams-dolby-truehd-and-dts-hd-ma-audio-at-last/

I dunno if you already read this or the source from Engadget.

Incidentally, after fees and all costs, how much do you think a 60GB would fetch? Mine still has a 11 month warranty so I am not likely to sell it on, but it would be nice to know

rp2000

Yeah read that this morning, cheers though.

All the completed listings I saw for 60GBs were fetching £200+ but you could always offer buy it now, or sell it on a best offer auction.

You aren't suppose to, but I will take the listing down if someone were to offer a good price.. negating the comission, leaving me with £2 listing fees.

I'll let you know how I get on in any case.

wwwebber · 21 Aug 2009 at 13:25

rp2000 said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14723807&postcount=599
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/ps3-slim-bitsreams-dolby-truehd-and-dts-hd-ma-audio-at-last/

I dunno if you already read this or the source from Engadget.

Incidentally, after fees and all costs, how much do you think a 60GB would fetch? Mine still has a 11 month warranty so I am not likely to sell it on, but it would be nice to know

rp2000

Well, I'm thinking of renewing / rebuilding my HC setup and if this is true then I'm in the market for a PS3 slim !!.

Robert1986 · 21 Aug 2009 at 13:37

I sold my 60gb BC PS3 for £250 on ebay plus £20 p&p. Only had the listing up a few hours and it was sold.

I also bundled in 5 PS2 games and 2 PS3 games. lol. :/

rp2000 · 21 Aug 2009 at 14:11

Robert1986 said:
I sold my 60gb BC PS3 for £250 on ebay plus £20 p&p. Only had the listing up a few hours and it was sold.

I also bundled in 5 PS2 games and 2 PS3 games. lol. :/

My concern would be fees etc that you get charged later. What was the total after you paid all fees postage etc.? Edit: I am assuming this was not recently, possibly when 60gb was more in demand?

Just seen PS3 phat + Resistance 2 + inFamous + Killzone 2 + Motorostorm 2 for 264 at a catalogue store (for collection only).

Again, flog the games you got the console for £200

Crazy deals going on today.

rp2000

Teaf · 21 Aug 2009 at 14:21

Holy merger Batman!

Just seen PS3 phat + Resistance 2 + inFamous + Killzone 2 + Motorostorm 2 for 264 at a catalogue store (for collection only).

That is seriously good, actually made me think twice about getting a Slim or going for that.

rp2000 · 21 Aug 2009 at 14:24

flibby said:
Holy merger Batman!

That is seriously good, actually made me think twice about getting a Slim or going for that.

Indeed, I am not normally one to plug deals, but those are 4 good games, and I have played/owned all of them.

rp2000

Deleted member 651465 · 21 Aug 2009 at 14:36

Ahhh does anyone know a good way to backup Killzone 2, SF4 saves without doing an entire HDD clone via the backup utility?

I really can't be bothered doing them again, and don't fancy cloning a drive as I'd rather start afresh on a new console.

Teaf · 21 Aug 2009 at 14:41

rp2000 said:
Indeed, I am not normally one to plug deals, but those are 4 good games, and I have played/owned all of them.

rp2000

Just found also you can remove the PS3 + Killzone 2 and just get Resistance 2, inFamous and Motostorm Pacific Rift for £20 total !! I could eBay Motorstorm for pretty much that and get the other two for basically nothing

note: also this is kinda borderline competitor hinting, so this is my last post on this subject, in case dons are browsing

Robert1986 · 21 Aug 2009 at 14:42

epic thread merger.

Now all the pics/info are impossible to find. OP needs updated badly.

Thread merger fail

benwoodcock · 21 Aug 2009 at 14:44

Sadly infamous is OOS at my local, otherwise I'd have been on PSN tonight

Things change I've changed · 21 Aug 2009 at 14:51

Robert1986 said:
epic thread merger.

Now all the pics/info are impossible to find. OP needs updated badly.

Thread merger fail

I'll update the original post now with some new pics and specs etc, I'll even link to your comparison post to keep you happy

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