PS3 HDD Upgrade - advice?

D5T · 11 May 2009 at 12:12

Morning
Looking at upgrading my HDD for my PS3. I currently have a 320Gb external USB HDD but hate the sight of it - I'm picky like that. I also want more storage.
I read recently that the max capability was 320Gb? Can anyone (preerably from experience) confirm or deny this? i did also read something about this being lifted with a firmware version that was imminent?
Ideally I'd like either a 500Gb or 1Tb HDD upgrade. From what I've read I should go for a 54000rpm drive rather than the 72000 due to increase in cost and (more concern) heat?

Anyone care to offer some good advice from when they did this?
Cheers

ikillbears · 11 May 2009 at 12:29

from stuff ive read from cheeky googles 320GB was the largest that people would put in there machines. 72000 do work but I don't think you really see any performance increase for the extra price, and as you said heating might be an issue.

If you google about you'll find some great tutorials

vanandjuanunited · 11 May 2009 at 12:37

500gb will work - not sure about others

danielanthony · 15 May 2009 at 09:32

Any more info on this, the tutorials I can find online are pretty old. Can it support 500Gb? Is 7200rpm ok?

orderoftheflame · 15 May 2009 at 10:02

Just buy the biggest cheapest 2.5" 5400rpm drive you can.

7200 seems to have hardly any performance increase on the PS3.

You can't buy a 1TB laptop drive at the moment as far as I know. So I'd just grab the cheapest 500GB one you can get your mits on.

Dutch Guy · 15 May 2009 at 13:47

When you get a drive >320GB make sure the height is 9.5mm and not 11.5mm
7200rpm will not be much faster and can cause overheating faster.

edGfaCTor · 15 May 2009 at 14:10

I think there's a list on the PS3 site saying which hard drives they recommend which might help with the larger 500+ drives

ojste · 15 May 2009 at 16:32

the most important thing is to make sure your screw driver fits the screws properly, they are on seriously tight and are real easy to strip!

james.miller · 15 May 2009 at 16:37

if a drive in any way caused a ps3 to overheat then that ps3 would have to be so close to the egde in the first place that i would consider it faulty. that or its being run mid-day in the middle of the sahara. 7200rpm drives run a few degree's hotter, at worst. the extra heat they put out is negligable.

just get the biggest drive you can, bang for buck. you wont go wrong with any drive as long as its the right size, as noted.