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OK who's going to upgrade their PS3 Harddrive???

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  • 27-03-2007 10:11am
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    Snake Plisken
    Registered Users Posts: 12,521 ✭✭✭✭


    Reading over on AVforums that a couple of PS3 owners have replaced their 60gig with 120gig 2.5" Sata drives. Seems pretty easy to do see here http://www.gamersreports.com/article/43 I think it might be worthwhile thing to do, you don't lose your saved games profiles etc, and if Sony continue to sell full games through their website it will eat into the 60gig pretty quickly

    Snake ;)


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    LookingFor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭LookingFor


    I haven't done it yet, but plan to soon. I stuck Linux on mine (a 20GB model), and it's amazing how quickly you can run out of 10GB then. I want to get a HDD with 16MB of cache, though, since apparently they are quite a bit faster in PS3. Toshiba has a 100GB model with that level of cache, but it's hard to track down..


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    tba
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    Can you hook an external usb HD to the PS3?


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    scrapland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 374 ✭✭scrapland


    tba wrote:
    Can you hook an external usb HD to the PS3?

    I think you can.




    What version of Linux did you run LookingFor?


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    xanthor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭xanthor


    tba wrote:
    Can you hook an external usb HD to the PS3?



    Apparently, it Picked up my Pika Flycase anyway.


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    Zombrex
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    Wow, that seems really simple to do. Sony anticipated that people would want to do this and are accommodating them, albeit in a bit of a DIY fashion. You wonder why Microsoft didn't make it as easy to upgrade the harddrive


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    Snake Plisken
    Registered Users Posts: 12,521 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    Very forward thinking of Sony, they know that as future storage requirements increase that by providing this diy fix it will help the PS3 beat the 360 which will require users to purchase a new propiertory MS hd

    Snake ;)


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    LookingFor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭LookingFor


    tba wrote:
    Can you hook an external usb HD to the PS3?

    You can, but you can't install games to them. You can browse media from them, though, or backup your PS3 HDD to them (including installed games/demos, game-saves etc.)
    scrapland wrote:
    What version of Linux did you run LookingFor?

    Yellow Dog Linux.


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    scrapland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 374 ✭✭scrapland


    LookingFor wrote:
    Yellow Dog Linux.

    Is it simple to install. I have dabbled with Ubuntu 6.10.

    Do you have to feck around manually changing settings in the xorg.conf files etc ? Or does this linux distrubtion have those things (resolution etc.) auto set ?


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    SeanDoe
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭SeanDoe


    Found thhis quite helpful if anybodys in need of some info on hdd/ssd
    http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-ps3-hard-drive-upgrade-guide?
    Especially since the top links going nowhere


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    bluestripe93
    Registered Users Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭bluestripe93


    4 years old thread!


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    F1ngers
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,291 Mod ✭✭✭✭F1ngers


    Old thread.


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