PS3 Upgraded HD - Can i use this?

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Do you have to use SATA or SATA II as they all seem to be SATA II, im unsure which one to go for and just want to check im not getting the wrong one, can anyone help?

Seagate or Fujitsu, does it matter or as long as its 5400RPM?

Thanks
 
SATA II is ideally what you're after, both brands are good so i'd just go for the one that has the longest warranty/is cheapest. 5400rpm is indeed what you want, obviously it also needs to be a laptop drive, not a standard desktop one.
 
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Just get the largest SATA II drive you can get your hands on, watch the physical size though..

think is something like 9.5mm anything bigger might not fit the HDD cradle.

I'd recommend a Western Digital 5400RPM 500GB blue drive, about the largest you can get for the money.

some have said the 7200RPM do work, but concerns about heat, but me I don't think that'd be an issue... But performance wise, 5400RPM - 7200RPM you'd not notice any difference TBH.

If you're mr money bags, then SSD might be worth a look, but honestly, a 500GB SATA II 5400RPM will be just fine..

You'll have about 465GB usable, so not bad really....
 
Oh and when you install, please do be careful with the screws on the cradle...use a good fitting screw driver, and apply some good force but not too much... PS3 cradles are know for having tightly fitted screws, so you need to crack them open before attempting to actually turn to un-screw..

you don't want to thread the existing screws, otherwise that'll make the task a lot harder...

A lot of folks are threading the screw heads... oops.!!
 
Streeteh said:
SSD is very much the law of diminishing returns when it comes to the PS3, the reduced loading times are barely noticeable.
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Yeah I guess it wouldn't be that much of a return.... 5400RPM SATA II would be enough, its all I've got. The extra space does come in well handy.

Seeing as Blu Disc game titles are now installing up to 4GB of data to the HDD... Its crazy, no wonder it takes 20 mins to get a new game up and running....
 
Streeteh said:
SSD is very much the law of diminishing returns when it comes to the PS3, the reduced loading times are barely noticeable.
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Works brilliantly for games that run install/run straight to/from the HDD (mostly PSN games and demos), but not much of a difference for anything else.
 
My parents laptop is dying and as of next month they will be using my laptop as I move onto using a netbook, can I just take the drive out of that and pop it in then?

Pretty good, the ram and hard drive are both fine in their laptop so I'll be able to salvage those and use elsewhere. Getting a 160Gb drive to replace my 40Gb for free would be nice.

Never seen a laptop hard drive in the flesh before, bloody tiny.
 
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