I'm not the kind of DIY guy . It's okay , I'll just look around and do it myself . Any recomenndation on HDD ? I know it's basically all you can use but any ''better'' one ?

I think pretty much any SATA HDD will do fine, but fortunately the PS3 isn't too picky on HDDs. So any good 5400RPM SATA will do fine.

If you want, maybe try getting WD or Seagate.

I'm looking for a 7200rpm actually . Does it matter at all ? Apart from speed ... As in compatibility

Its all good, in fact - ppl would recommend the 5400rpm as it SUPPOSEDLY produces LESS HEAT.

But in the end, you have the final say in this anyway.

Hmm , I didn't know that ! Thanks for the heads up ... Summer heat is too hot in here ... Haha , I'll get 5400 then @,@

Sure thing, glad to be of help mate.

Just upgraded mine to 320GB yesterday (WD 2.5" SATA 320GB 5400RPM 8MB)

Tips:

1. Make sure you have an external HDD ready (formatted in FAT32)
2. Prepare proper screwdrivers (sharper the better). Those screws are machine-tight!
3. Prepare the latest PS3 firmware file (PS3UPDAT.PUP) because you'll need it for the first installation. Put it into a USB thumb drive or external HDD. Again, must be FAT32!
4. Backup using the Data Backup utility to the external HDD.
5. Replace the HDD
6. After replacing, plug in the USB disk or HDD that contains the firmware and press SELECT+START
7. Then, hold START for 5 seconds to confirm formatting the new drive.
8. Run the data restore utility to restore all the settings, game data, game saves (some games cannot be backed-up) that you have backed-up earlier.
9. Done. Enjoy your gaming on the new HDD.
10. If you have any games downloaded from the Playstation Network, you need to reactivate them again. (No need to redownload and install). Go to your Download History under the Account Management settings in your PSN menu, select the game that you have downloaded earlier, press DOWNLOAD. You will see the screen which says "Activating, please wait...". Once this is done, the download screen will pop up. In this step, you can just skip it because all you want to do is to activate the game. If you don't activate the game after restoring them from the backup drive, you will receive an error saying that the "Copy-protection information is invalid"

This post has been edited by geekster129: Dec 13 2009, 01:28 PM

+1

just upgraded to 250 GB. thanks for the heads up. I almost panicked when the system asked for manual firmware update after changing the hdd. glad i have it in my pendrive.

this hd sata is laptop sata or pc sata hd?

mine is 500GB ... wakakakaka !!! But almost full edi ~~~~

Forgotten to mention. Laptop SATA HDD (2.5")

Got Q here:

1. What is the max storage?

2. Can we copy the game from BD to hdd?

Thx in advance.

Got Q here:

1. What is the max storage?
So far I have only seen people go up to 500GB in practise. Haven't seen any higher than that yet. That being said, I didn't attempt to try getting larger than 500GB just to be on the safe side. 1 tera anyone? But in theory (DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEANS FEASIBLE), since the PS3 supports FAT32, so theoretically it should be able to support up to 4TB (if such HDDs exist)

2. Can we copy the game from BD to hdd?

For BD Games, NO. The PS3 will copy only a portion of the game data in the BD to the HDD to allow the game to load faster.

Games that are stored entirely in the HDD are PSN games distributed in digital(downloaded) format.


Thx in advance.

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Added on December 13, 2009, 3:37 pm

/cabut

This post has been edited by geekster129: Dec 13 2009, 03:41 PM

thx for the info geekster129

thanks

so i should go to the shops looking for laptop hard disk correct? previously i tot it was the the ones used in desktop pc

Yes. Just get a laptop internal hard disk and you're doing fine.

This post has been edited by geekster129: Dec 14 2009, 07:24 AM

Guys~ i planning to upgrade soon~ haha~
just wanna confirm here bout the hdd spec :

it is 2.5" laptop hdd with any 5400/7200rpm speed?
the connector is SATA / IDE ??
Any hdd capacity also allow to use in PS3?

from soo

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Added on January 1, 2010, 5:35 pmThankx geekster129~
i just copy your guide on how to change the hdd~ haha~

This post has been edited by kc_soo: Jan 1 2010, 05:35 PM

sata 2.5" 5400rpm HDD

GamersFamilia~ can i get 7200rpm hdd for better performance?

from soo

sure