Upgrading the PS3 HDD.

[dbetz23]

What is the best internal hard drive for the PS3? I'm looking at either a 250 gig or 500 gig. From what I read I need a 2.5 5400 rpm internal notebook hard drive. Has anyone in here done this? What's the best brand and place to buy them? I just bought my PS3, so no backup is going to be needed.

 

[tattooedhusker]

Seagate Barracuda is the brand of harddrive i've been using for years, and never had a problem with. From all the computers I've worked on, Maxtor hd's seem to give the most problems. Craigslist or ebay would be your cheapest route. Hope that helps

 

[dbetz23]

Thanks. I've been doing tons of research and everything I have read says Seagate is the best (Sony uses them as well in PS3s). Thanks for the input.

 

[Landlord]

make sure it's the right dimensions though

good luck and let me know how it turns out, might inspire me to do the same thing.

 

[tattooedhusker]

:yeah double, triple check dimensions. Nothing would suck more than spending 60-80 bucks on a HD and having the fu&*#r not fit.

 

[dbetz23]

I know it has to be a 2.5 inch not a 3.5. Right now I'm looking at a 500 gig for $109. That's a ton of media!

 

[strigori]

On the PS forums I think there is a stickied thread for replacing the HDD. I just use the 60gig mine came with and stream the rest from my networked PC.

 

[tattooedhusker]

:yeah