PS3 hard drive help!

Mr.Mccoy · 10 Mar 2012 at 22:16

Hey there everyone,
I would like to know if there are any hdd's that are sold by OCuK that will work in a ps3 slim.

Thanks.

chaparral · 10 Mar 2012 at 22:22

Maybe one of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-010-CR&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427

The__Malteser · 10 Mar 2012 at 22:25

Any 2.5 inch will work

EDIT: DO NOT USE AN SSD. They hinder the performance.

Mr.Mccoy · 10 Mar 2012 at 22:30

The__Malteser said:
Any 2.5 inch will work

EDIT: DO NOT USE AN SSD. They hinder the performance.

What do you mean by hinder?
Make it slower, more prone to crashing?

Heliospherez · 10 Mar 2012 at 23:06

I believe if you use an SSD, the acccess times gradually get "slower" - more slower than a mechanical drive in fact - as there is no operating system taking care of trim, wear levelling etc. needed with an SSD. It may be fast initally - but after a few days of use, tests have shown that they are actaully a lot slower in PS3s (and there are a few websites detailing the tests)

The PS3 doesn't do anything that a PC would - so essentially the data on the SSD starts to degrade over numerous write/read cycles.

m_cozzy · 11 Mar 2012 at 09:11

Hmm interesting. I have had a 120gb ssd in my ps3 for many months now and the gt5 load times are staggering compared to friends with mechanical drives.
Certainly not noticed any kind of slowdown.