I'm still stuck with my 80GB capacity HDD in my PS3 system. Currently left approximately 10GB. With a few games coming up in the last quarter of year 2010, I think I'll be changing to a larger capacity HDD soon. Most probably in the month of December 2010.

RM190 for a 500GB HDD? It's a pretty decent price. Will the price drop further?

RM169 was the latest I heard of. I'll see it through until December when Gran Turismo 5 eating my remaining HDD capacity.

This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Sep 17 2010, 11:43 AM

WOW! I didn't know it dipped till RM164 as of today! If I'm not mistaken, internal HDD price fluctuates from time to time, right? It could go up either, if I'm not mistaken. Anyway, December awaiting!

I see you have a personal assistant at home. NICE!

Huh? Yours is a 120GB HDD system, right? It came off as a 120GB as stock, right? What makes it "laggy" when it comes to play certain games? The more we discussed matters here, the more things I've learnt from time to time. Hmmm, should I just stick to 500GB HDD when the next round comes in December?

It's not a question of getting the largest capacity HDD available in the market. It's much concern about compatibility, cost to performance ratio. If you are slinging for a HDD, it's safe to get a 500GB HDD for a start.

500GB HDD is locked and loaded in the list. Currently doing some reading and when it is time, I'll pry open the HDD and give it a new heart. 16th of November will be Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. It's either end of this month or in December. Right before Gran Turismo 5 launch. Talk about time, eh?

HDD 2.5" W/Digital 500GB 5400 8MB SATA

The above can be used?

Scrap the above. I bought HDD 2.5" W/Digital 500GB 5400 8MB SATA at Low Yat Plaza for a generous RM152.00. Later this evening, I'm going to slot it in! WAHOO! Wish me luck. Oh wait...I forgot about the Philips screwdriver. Damn it! Sigh...Have to go out again to get the screwdriver.

This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Nov 9 2010, 03:12 PM

The blue coloured screw is really "soft". The thread kind of peeled off a little.

To be honest, without any data shove in it, it's still not 500GB being allocated. There's seems to be less than that...Anyway, 500GB works fine and is definitely enough for me. Period.

What problem are you encountering? Care to elaborate? Maybe there's someone that can help you with it.

The PS3 is compatible with just about any 2.5-inch SATA notebook hard disk. Both 5400-RPM and 7200-RPM drives should work fine. I went for 5,400-RPM because I couldn't find any with 7,200-RPM. Works fine for me till today.

Answer will be SATA.

A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. SSDs are distinguished from traditional hard disk drives (HDDs), which are electromechanical devices containing spinning disks and movable read/write heads. SSDs, in contrast, use microchips which retain data in non-volatile memory chips and contain no moving parts.

Excerpt quoted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive

Think of it as a BIG ARSE FLASH DRIVE!

It is not necessarily a "clean" external hard disk drive (HDD). You can use the one that you have stored some data in the said HDD. The system will create a file for backup from the PS3 to your HDD.

Please make sure it's 2.5" HDD that you are getting.

There's no need for re-installation if you already installed previously. If I'm not mistaken, once you press install for any game that you had installed, there will be a prompt window stating that you have already installed and a new installation is not needed.

This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Jan 22 2011, 02:31 PM

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