Remind me PS3 HD upgrade SATA or SATA II

thedoc46 · 2 Jan 2009 at 20:41

My friend is asking about upgrading his PS3 harddrive, and i can't remember if it needs to be SATA or SATA II... I rememeber it's arguably preferrred to be 5400rpm.

Joebob · 2 Jan 2009 at 20:43

Either should work fine as long as it's 2.5" and 5400rpm.

thedoc46 · 2 Jan 2009 at 20:47

Joebob said:
Either should work fine as long as it's 2.5" and 5400rpm.

Thanks Joebob, i see the prices are fairly reasonable.. I may even grab a new 500gb HD myself... My own 120gig HD is starting to fill itself upto the brim..

GregI · 2 Jan 2009 at 21:28

Can PS3 even do 500Gb? Last i checked the largest drive available was the WD 320GB (SATA II) for the PS3. Well it was PS3 approved anyway.

Senture · 2 Jan 2009 at 21:56

200GB 7200 here without a single hitch. No idea on the size limits I'm afraid.

msmalls74 · 2 Jan 2009 at 22:00

GregI said:
Can PS3 even do 500Gb? Last i checked the largest drive available was the WD 320GB (SATA II) for the PS3. Well it was PS3 approved anyway.

PS3 is not limited to HDD size as in GBs but rather the physical properties of the HDD. Theres a Samsung 500GB drive out thats fine with the PS3, not sure if theres a larger capacity 2.5" sata 2 drive. I'm sure theres a few people on here than use some kind of adaptor to use a 3.5" Sata drive with there PS3.

TheVoice · 3 Jan 2009 at 00:55

All drives are SATA-II these days anyway, they're fully compatible.

Stellios · 3 Jan 2009 at 01:46

Quick Q. Ive put a 320GB drive in mine, but whilst it formats at 298GB total space, even after a fresh wipe and just the barebones, I only have 260GB available to use. Its no big deal really, as its hardly the whole drive, but its quite a chunk of the HDD its decided it wont let me use!

ojste · 3 Jan 2009 at 04:07

mines the same, got around ~260gb of free space to use after a fresh install.

i got a sata 2 drive and it worked fine (got a 320gb, 5400rpm seagate). i decided on 5400rpm instead of 7200 as i didnt want to risk an increase in heat which could potenially increase fan speed (noise) and i also read that the performance boost is pretty minimal.

most important thing is to get a decent screwdriver which fits as the screws are super tight and easy to strip... i had a really crappy small screw driver and it took me like 40 mins+ to remove 1 of 4 screws, while stripping another. then i found a decent one, and the remaining ones took less than 20 seconds lol.

Joebob · 3 Jan 2009 at 08:39

IIRC the PS3 reserves a percentage of the HDD for it's own uses... can't remember what though sorry!

sunny007 · 3 Jan 2009 at 09:49

how do you back up your game saves, demos, and other stuff ? use a external drive ?

Senture · 3 Jan 2009 at 10:19

Joebob said:
IIRC the PS3 reserves a percentage of the HDD for it's own uses... can't remember what though sorry!

Took 20GB of the 186 my drive shows as.

theone91 said:
how do you back up your game saves, demos, and other stuff ? use a external drive ?

Yep, the drive has to be formatted as FAT32 though.

sunny007 · 3 Jan 2009 at 13:12

Senture said:
Quote:
Originally Posted by theone91
how do you back up your game saves, demos, and other stuff ? use a external drive ?
Yep, the drive has to be formatted as FAT32 though.

Thanks