Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

PS3 Hard drives

  • 13-03-2008 10:29pm
    #1
    Conor108
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭


    If you swap the standard PS3 HDD out do you have to replace it with one thats 2.5 inch? Or will 3.5 work fine? And can it boot off an external HDD?


Comments

  • #2
    Dont be at yourself
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,595 ✭✭✭✭Dont be at yourself


    You need a 2.5inch SATA harddrive. It will only boot off the internal hard disc. However, it will read media from external drives.


  • #3
    _PCahill_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭_PCahill_


    you could replace the internal one with any SATA drive - but there is physically only space for a 2.5" drive in it. You could technically leave a 3.5" hanging out the side of your ps3 if you wanted to do that for some reason. The 2.5" drives have plenty of storage space these days anyway - no big disadvantage to them anymore.


  • #4
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,447 ✭✭✭ongarite


    You can't connect 3.5" drive unless you have external power supply to run it.


  • #5
    Varik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,508 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    2.5" are up to 500GB now just get one,

    also only get 5k rpm not 7k as they cost way more and you will have no increase in speed on a ps3


  • #6
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    yep on pretty much everything above. get a decent sized 5400rpm 2.5" sata drive and if you want more storage get an external USB one. one thing worth mentioning tho, is that it will only read from fat32 formatted disks, not ntfs ones. just something to watch out for.


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    can i get a link to where you can get 500gig ones?

    320 is the biggest i've seen for sale


  • #8
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,899 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Cremo wrote: »
    can i get a link to where you can get 500gig ones?

    320 is the biggest i've seen for sale
    (going by GoogleNews)
    Best bet would be the Samsung Spinpoint M6 -- it's 9.5mm height unlike the Fujitsu/Hitachi drives so should definitely fit.

    Price is around $300 so dunno what it'll be when it shows up on Dabs/Komplett...


  • #9
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    ahh just got the tone of his post that there were already available.

    i don't trust samsung 2.5 drives ever since i bought a 250gig one and took 24 hours to install mac OS X.


  • #10
    Varik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,508 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    get it from Komplett, had to return stuff to them and but they were great and as hdd are very sensitive, so getting it from them or a shop(the offline kind) is you best bet.


  • #11
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    i dislike buying off komplett, the complete rip off for dhl delivery is absurd.

    i've also had horrors of GLS leaving my macbook in a neighbours tree house :rolleyes: and if i use an post some fecker in galway will receive a hard drive.

    i have a 250gig i want to put into my ps3 but i want to get a 500gig for my laptop and just thought they were out by the way you were talking in your previous post.


  • Advertisement
Advertisement