Upgrading ps3 hard drive advice?

theothers108

Guys could someone please give some tips on getting 320 gb hard drive onto my ps3.I am mostly looking for a good website to buy one,what size (or specs) or what make should i get and is it hard installing ?

solarith

google!

http://uk.gamespot.com/features/how-to-upgrade-your-playstation-3-hard-drive-6176090/

http://www.gamefront.com/how-to-upgrade-or-replace-your-ps3-hard-drive/

http://vgstrategies.about.com/od/ps3cheatsandcodes/a/PS3HDDDriveSwap.htm


Any SATA 2.5" HDD is good. Solid State Drives aren't.

Otacon

I did this recently.

The HDD I upgraded to was a 1TB Samsung. I worked a dream. If you want to search for a different HDD, just make sure that 1. it's a 2.5" SATA and 2. it's a 5400 RPM drive.

Then follow the guides above.

theothers108

Thanks guys for the advice just one question is it difficult to transfer all your data from old hard drive to the new one

F1ngers

theothers108 wrote: »

Thanks guys for the advice just one question is it difficult to transfer all your data from old hard drive to the new one

You have to back up your data* to an external drive and then re-transfer it back to your new drive.

I did it with my ipod, took ages though.

If you have PS+ use it to back up your saves.

Any games you downloaded off PSN can be re-downloaded, so no need to transfer them.

*Some game saves cannot be backed up to an external drive(Demon's Souls being one).

theothers108

Thanks guys think ill get this one http://www.memoryc.com/storage/internalharddrives/1tbsamsungspinpointm8satalaptop95mm.html

Should do the job shouldnt it?

F1ngers

theothers108 wrote: »

Thanks guys think ill get this one http://www.memoryc.com/storage/internalharddrives/1tbsamsungspinpointm8satalaptop95mm.html

Should do the job shouldnt it?

Should do the job lovely.

Taltos

Nice price as well, can't seem to find anything better than that.

Might be following you down that route shortly as space is also becoming an issue for me. Just need to see if all is well as the fan gets v noisy after playing for a while. Time for a vacuum and who knows - might be joining you in expanded HDD land - 1TB - nice.

solarith

Taltos wrote: »

Nice price as well, can't seem to find anything better than that.

Might be following you down that route shortly as space is also becoming an issue for me. Just need to see if all is well as the fan gets v noisy after playing for a while. Time for a vacuum and who knows - might be joining you in expanded HDD land - 1TB - nice.

It's a shame that PS3 doesn't support SSDs & Install to SSD! Would be sweet to have no loading times.

Taltos

solarith wrote: »

It's a shame that PS3 doesn't support SSDs & Install to SSD! Would be sweet to have no loading times.

ssshhh - don't leak the PS4 yet...

Seriously though 1T - checking bank balance now.... Thinking "what the wife doesn't know won't hurt..."

Otacon

Taltos wrote: »

Thinking "what the wife doesn't know won't hurt..."

...says the mod of Separation and Divorce. :pac:

Taltos

OP - found this link listing the HDDs that are OK - seems the one you are looking at is good.

http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Harddrive#Replacement_Internal_HDDs_for_PS3

Samsung | Spinpoint M8/HN-M101MBB | 1000 | SATA-300 |8MB| 5400| 9.50 mm | First 9.50mm 2-platter 1TB

Myrddin

Where are you all getting the idea that SSD's don't work in the PS3? http://www.tomshardware.com/news/playstation-ps3-ssd-upgrade-loading,11811.html

CastorTroy

Otacon wrote: »

I did this recently.

The HDD I upgraded to was a 1TB Samsung. I worked a dream. If you want to search for a different HDD, just make sure that 1. it's a 2.5" SATA and 2. it's a 5400 RPM drive.

Then follow the guides above.

May go with this myself. Any reason for going with the marketplace seller over amazon?

Taltos

OK - well the wife found out. Should have known better - just moved from the laptop for a moment.
Ah well...

In terms of the SSD - 2 things - capacity and price - otherwise I would love to get one.

Cheers OP for posting this up.

solarith

EnterNow wrote: »

Where are you all getting the idea that SSD's don't work in the PS3? http://www.tomshardware.com/news/playstation-ps3-ssd-upgrade-loading,11811.html

I read a big article somewhere that it messes up some games. I have no idea why a game would perform differently on an SSD, but there you go. The wonders of the cell processor, maybe. They went in dept with various games.

@price - it's gone below the €1/GB threshold now, so I bought one for the MacBook and it's definitely the best purchase I've ever made. It's astounding, to be honest!

James__10

Sorry to derail this thread but can the ps3 play MKV files?

Otacon

No.

If you want a workaround to play them, the easiest option is: http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/

little big planet 2

is it possible to transfer data from one hard drive to another because my 80gb one is as good as full and want a 320 gb one but i dont want to lose all of my data

F1ngers

little big planet 2 wrote: »

is it possible to transfer data from one hard drive to another because my 80gb one is as good as full and want a 320 gb one but i dont want to lose all of my data

It sure is.
Did it myself.

Otacon

little big planet 2 wrote: »

is it possible to transfer data from one hard drive to another because my 80gb one is as good as full and want a 320 gb one but i dont want to lose all of my data

F1ngers wrote: »

It sure is.
Did it myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZkgmDjAIWo

He does it on a phat PS3 but its the same principal.

solarith

That's nuts, from all I read online a while ago it wasn't possible, something about the HD was tied to the mobo of the PS3. Goes against everything I know as a comp sci student but I accepted it as everyone was saying it. Also couldn't read the PS3 format on my PC when I plugged it in via adapter!

Otacon

Each PS3 encrypts its HDD so, for example, if you took a HDD from one PS3 to another, it wouldn't work. However, as you are backing up and restoring to the same PS3 with the same encryption, it works fine.

In order to copy data from one PS3 to another, you need to have both PS3's plugged in and directly connected using an Ethernet cable.

Taltos

So upgraded to the 1T last night.
All went quite well - no issues.

Only thing that surprised me was that I had to install the latest firmware after turning on before being able to do anything else.
Simply downloaded from the PS site and put to the USB memory in the correct folder and away it went.

All told very happy now - nice not to worry about space for a while again.

Cheers OP for this one.

theothers108

Same here no problems so far got the 1tb version and ya cant beat it.I got psn plus aswell and omg i cant stop downloading all these games (LBP, infamous 2,motorstorm,dues ex)with so much space:D