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Recommendation for a larger HDD for 60gb PS3

  • 25-02-2010 1:56am
    #1
    DaveTwenty7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 236 ✭✭


    Hi all,
    Attemping to repair my YROD ps3 tomorrow so figure I may as well upgrade my HDD as well. Can someone please recommend me one.
    thanks


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  • #2
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    do ya mean YLOD, theres no ring on a ps3, anyway, fix it first and make sure it works before buyin a hard drive, ya can go upto whatever size ya want but would ya actually need it

    is ur 60gb nearly full, do ya have videos and music on it?


  • #3
    F1ngers
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,683 Mod ✭✭✭✭F1ngers


    DaveTwenty7 wrote: »
    Hi all,
    Attemping to repair my YROD ps3 tomorrow so figure I may as well upgrade my HDD as well. Can someone please recommend me one.
    thanks

    I upgraded to this one.

    You will be told this more than once in this thread, BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE SCREWS. They are like butter, only softer...


  • #4
    cabrwab
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭cabrwab


    Thinking the exact same i only really use the PS3 for gaming but i've started to reach the 40GB so looking at upgrading at the moment.

    Everywhere you go tells you about the screws!
    PZ0 screw driver i think that right?


  • #5
    L'prof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,046 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    cabrwab wrote: »
    Thinking the exact same i only really use the PS3 for gaming but i've started to reach the 40GB so looking at upgrading at the moment.

    Everywhere you go tells you about the screws!
    PZ0 screw driver i think that right?

    Yep, think I messed up 3 of them! It's the hard drive casing you have to be careful with. It worked out ok in the end but, hopefully I never have to take the hard drive out again!


  • #6
    Mr. K
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭Mr. K


    What other HDDs have people used? F1nger's one looks pretty good, but I'd like to see a couple! Does swapping take long?


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  • #7
    L'prof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,046 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    Mr. K wrote: »
    What other HDDs have people used? F1nger's one looks pretty good, but I'd like to see a couple! Does swapping take long?

    Backup takes longer than the swap and the screws could be the most time consuming part of the swap.


  • #8
    L'prof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,046 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    This is the one I used.


  • #9
    cabrwab
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭cabrwab


    jasonorr wrote: »
    Backup takes longer than the swap and the screws could be the most time consuming part of the swap.

    The reason it keeps getting put on the long finger, the time consuming part of formatting and backing up. That and needing to get a big enough external HD too!


  • #10
    IrishPhoenix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭IrishPhoenix


    This is a good 500GB HD. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Scorpio-500GB-Internal/dp/B001JSSDGU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1267124386&sr=8-1


  • #11
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    This is the one is used
    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=358193
    But there was no 500GB option at the time :D


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  • #12
    L'prof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,046 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    eddhorse wrote: »
    This is the one is used
    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=358193
    But there was no 500GB option at the time :D

    Dunno about buying one of the 7200 RPM ones, I've heard you don't get any benefit from them over the 5400 RPM ones in the ps!


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