Upgrading PS3 hard drive - Page 4

The Beast · 6th March 2012, 7:12 PM

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Originally Posted by RoBB22

will a 9.5mm hdd fit in?

http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products...id=2&sid=81027

ealier in the thread u guys said 9mm, wish i had bought one a long time ago, now there even dearer

There are no 9mm HDDs, they meant 9.5mm. The one you linked to will fit just fine.

Everlong · 7th March 2012, 8:30 PM

Good to know thanks. I have read that the 7200rpm drives give a bit better play tv performance, can anyone confirm/deny this? Cheers

2SHY · 7th March 2012, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Everlong

Good to know thanks. I have read that the 7200rpm drives give a bit better play tv performance, can anyone confirm/deny this? Cheers

Much of a Muchness. Just install it.

The Beast · 8th March 2012, 2:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Everlong

Good to know thanks. I have read that the 7200rpm drives give a bit better play tv performance, can anyone confirm/deny this? Cheers

I have a 500Gb 7200rpm Scorpio Blue in mine (can't remember the cache size, 16mb maybe) and Play TV is very smooth.

I installed a 750Gb in another PS3 though, and the write speeds were terrible - I think there must have been some kind of sata controller compatibility issue. The PS3 is Sata1, and some HDDs have jumpers that can limit them to sata1 which you might want to use if you're installing it in the PS3. Just a thought.

As a test, install a game that has a mandatory HDD install before you replace your HDD, then try it again with the new one to make sure it's no slower. The 750Gb I installed was noticeably slower for some reason (didn't affect gameplay though) and installing or copying anything to the HDD was painfully slow.

RoBB22 · 25th April 2012, 7:12 PM

well i finally bought a new hdd, backed up onto a external, formatted new hdd, then re launched the backup, all was going good, acept i have a few games that i purchased that will not work, it wants me to purchase them again

should i goto transaction history and re download?

mrthong · 25th April 2012, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoBB22

well i finally bought a new hdd, backed up onto a external, formatted new hdd, then re launched the backup, all was going good, acept i have a few games that i purchased that will not work, it wants me to purchase them again

should i goto transaction history and re download?

yes. the games are locked to your psn/sen, not your harddrive. odd, did you sign into psn and then try loading the game?

droopz · 25th April 2012, 11:28 PM

As a long time high end PC gamer, the load times on my new PS 3 really piss me off. Is there a real-world performance gain in throwing in a SSD?

Given I only have he console for a single game I don't need much space so a small one will be fine.

Pieface · 26th April 2012, 12:30 AM

I used an ssd for a while with gt5. Definitely improved loading times. They weren't instantaneous by any means but it was highly noticeable when I went back to using a regular hdd.

At an estimate I'd say 30-50% faster?

droopz · 26th April 2012, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Pieface

I used an ssd for a while with gt5. Definitely improved loading times. They weren't instantaneous by any means but it was highly noticeable when I went back to using a regular hdd.

At an estimate I'd say 30-50% faster?

Good enough for me. I'll grab one from work tomorrow.

RoBB22 · 26th April 2012, 7:15 AM

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Originally Posted by mrthong

yes. the games are locked to your psn/sen, not your harddrive. odd, did you sign into psn and then try loading the game?

yeah i was signed into my account

vespas · 18th May 2012, 9:59 PM

can the seagate and toshiba 2.5" external hdd be used in the ps3 if you remove the cover? i want to upgrade.

ni9ht_5ta1k3r · 18th May 2012, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by vespas

can the seagate and toshiba 2.5" external hdd be used in the ps3 if you remove the cover? i want to upgrade.

you still need to extend the sata and power connectors.

vespas · 18th May 2012, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ni9ht_5ta1k3r

you still need to extend the sata and power connectors.

are they too big for the caddy

Nightwish · 2nd June 2012, 1:40 AM

sorry if this has been asked previously but i'm wondering if putting a new HDD in a PS3 would void the warranty? I was reading somewhere that you need to tell the console to use the new HDD as a primary disc which means the PS3 won't use the old one unless you format it again

Is that true?

HyRax1 · 2nd June 2012, 2:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Nightwish

sorry if this has been asked previously but i'm wondering if putting a new HDD in a PS3 would void the warranty?

No it won't. It's a user-serviceable item.

All you need to do is download the latest firmware from Sony's website, put it on a USB stick to reload the OS files onto the new HDD when you first turn it back on with the new drive.

7th March 2012, 8:30 PM	#47
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25th April 2012, 11:28 PM	#52
droopz Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Katherine - NT Posts: 707	As a long time high end PC gamer, the load times on my new PS 3 really piss me off. Is there a real-world performance gain in throwing in a SSD? Given I only have he console for a single game I don't need much space so a small one will be fine.

2nd June 2012, 1:40 AM	#59
Nightwish Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,117	sorry if this has been asked previously but i'm wondering if putting a new HDD in a PS3 would void the warranty? I was reading somewhere that you need to tell the console to use the new HDD as a primary disc which means the PS3 won't use the old one unless you format it again Is that true?