Upgrading PS3 Hard Drive

Bamelin

Hi guys,

I just bought a new hard drive for my PS3, but I'm unsure if this one is decent or not. I knew I needed a 2.5 Sata drive and 5400RPM was better than 7200. The one I purchased is a Fujitsu drive:

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10099566&catid=#

I was thinking it's ok but at the back it said "A drive bay with capability to accept 9.5 mm form factor 2.5 disc drive." The 9mm part I wasn't sure about?

There was another Seagate one at Best Buy but it was going to cost almost 70 dollars more.

I'm not sure if there would be any notable difference between the two aside from price? Hoping you guys can advise me before I open it.

AceRimmer

Wait, how is a slower drive better than a faster drive?

Bamelin

AceRimmer wrote: »

Wait, how is a slower drive better than a faster drive?

I'd heard the 7200 can cause heat problems, and for PS3 purposes there is barely any difference between the 5400 and 7200 ...

0blique

I don't recommend either futureshop or best buy for hard drives, unless you know for sure you're getting a good deal. I find they tend to be overpriced compared to computer specialty stores, or even tiger direct, but you've already bought it, so I guess it's too late.

The seagate hard drives are usually more expensive than comparable counterparts, and I don't know if there's a good reason why. Hard drives are largely all equivalent these days, so if they have the same specs, you should get similar performance and reliability.

AbsoluteZero

I think the 9.5mm part is just how thick it is, I wouldn't worry about it. If it don't fit, return the drive.

bloodyroarxx

Bamelin wrote: »

AceRimmer wrote: »

Wait, how is a slower drive better than a faster drive?

I'd heard the 7200 can cause heat problems, and for PS3 purposes there is barely any difference between the 5400 and 7200 ...

Never heard about heat issues, but yea there is ZERO performance gain from a 7200 RPM drive whats most important for the ps3 is the cache size.

BakerIsBored

BloodyRoarXX wrote: »

Bamelin wrote: »

AceRimmer wrote: »

Wait, how is a slower drive better than a faster drive?

I'd heard the 7200 can cause heat problems, and for PS3 purposes there is barely any difference between the 5400 and 7200 ...

Never heard about heat issues, but yea there is ZERO performance gain from a 7200 RPM drive whats most important for the ps3 is the cache size.

Check out user reviews from newegg about sata drives that run at 7200 RPM. Most of the reviews say they run hotter. Which makes sense, it's spinning faster, working harder, more energy = more heat.

But yea, I would say 7200 RPM isn't worth the extra money, as others have said, you're really not going to see any benefit from it on the PS3.

Bamelin

I don't have an external drive to back everything up, so I'm planning on using a USB key to get my saves and going to redownload everything else.

I'm wondering when restoring those saves on the new hardrive to I use the backup utility or do I have to install the saves manually in one of the submenus?

Interpreter

Bamelin wrote: »

I don't have an external drive to back everything up, so I'm planning on using a USB key to get my saves and going to redownload everything else.

I'm wondering when restoring those saves on the new hardrive to I use the backup utility or do I have to install the saves manually in one of the submenus?

I think you would have to copy the files manually. Not sure, as when I installed my new drive I just said 'hell with it' and got rid of everything(but, at the time I didn't have much in the way of saves or installs). Alternatively, you can probably just go through and delete everything that isn't your gamesaves(you said you're going to redownload anyways) and use the backup utility once it's down to a size that will fit on the USB key.