Pump up your Playstation 3 Hard Drive to 320GB

For anyone wanting to beef up their Playstation 3 hard drive from the standard 60GB (or whichever model you have) to 320GB then there's good news - Western Digital have just launched a 320GB 2.5 inch Scorpio SATA hard drive. Priced at a reasonable $200, the drive is PS3 compatible.

So, what could you fit in 320GB? Well, probably enough Metal Gear Solid 4 and Final Fantasy XIII saves to last for a lifetime. Since Sony's new format, the Blu-ray brought some extra storage space to the new age disk, hard drives are forced to evolve as we're heading towards a "downloadable future", which will see the DVD, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD only being used for music and films, while the games are made available through online services.

The freedom to upgrade your space without buying a completely new console is a fantastic option for gamers.

[Rama26285]

I'm glad Sony decided to allow us to upgrade our hard drives with any make/model as long as it's 2.5 inch. This is unlike Sony, so a pat on the back is deserved. Imagine having to buy an official accessory which is only limited to what size the company releases and at an inflated price.

I think I'll wait for one this size to come down in price a bit, then my PS3 will be sorted for many years to come....

[Lionsguard]

Too bad it's not 7200rpm but I might pick this up.

[vaan]

Give it six or seven months and that puppy will be on sale for around a buck fifty and I'll swipe it up. Sony's choice of industry standard is another great strentgh of their PlayStation brand. (USB,Blutetooth,SATA, SD, Compact flash etc..)
It also ensures full compatibility, consumer choice and longevity. Other *cough* consoles force you to buy their cheaply made proprietary crap.

[HeartlesskizZ]

I have 300 gb external HDD and 120 internal so Im pretty fine with that =)

[deadshark1]

here if you buy this how do you make it compatible for your ps3 and how can you have 120 gb and 300gb????????????????? help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! em if u have to reply plz reply and not type somwherelse lol$ thnx

[mark09]

to use the 320gb one in this story you just pop out the one you currently have, and insert the new one (theres vids on youtube that show you how) its great because its very easy, what the guy above you is saying is that he has a 120gb harddrive in his ps3 and also connected a external harddrive, which can be just about any harddrive in the world as apposed to being limmited to 2.5 inches (it wont fit in your ps3 tho, its connected trough a series of cables). There are also videos on how to do this on youtube.

[HeartlesskizZ]

im not so much of a techy but all I know it that all laptops HDD work for the ps3. BUT! you must check the speed. maker sure you have same speed as the ps3 or better for the HDD. and for externals. you can only saved stuff like music,videos,pics,game data. but you cannot save demos or full games in an external HDD =)

[athlon770]

All of the above is correct, any 2.5 sata drive will work, not just any laptop drive. Also, you need a OS to format the drive FAT32. XP will not work, it will not format a hard drive in fat32. Also, Win2k will format fat32 but only up to 32gig. The external drives are the same, need to be formated as fat32, and just connect to the PS3 throught the usb connection. That is how he has a 120 internal and 300gig external. I think FAT32 allows up to 1TB, am I correct on that?

[Kleptic]

I thought the PS3 had a format utility anyway?...meaning you just pop in the 2.5" HDD and the PS3 OS prompts you to format it...is that not true?

my 60 gig is down to about 14 gigs left...I have a ton of videos and most of the good demos...so I am ok for a while, the DLNA stuff works perfectly for streaming (just which an update allows for album art streaming)...so I my 120gig laptop keeps track of my music library just fine...

[Gordii]

I just bought a 160Gig for that price...

[Lionsguard]

owned

[kewlkat007]

Doh!!!

[Gamespot-equals-EGM]

You got so ripped off! I bought a 160gb about 8 months ago for $110. You need to start buying your sh!t on newegg.com, they have great prices and pretty fast delivery.

160gb's are now selling for about $95. $200 is way too much.

http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

[ATLRoAcH]

Dude thanks.I going to get that Toshiba HDD.$90 is a good price.And Toshiba is quality.

[Kururo]

lol i can get a 500gb for 150$ so why would i get this?

edit: yeah sorry i read that wrong. :P

[Lionsguard]

your 500gb is not a 2.5in laptop drive.

[Rama26285]

You can get a 500GB 2.5 inch hard drive for $150? I didn't even realise they exist, let alone at that price. Show us a link, I might just have to buy one! (that is, if you're not getting confused by the size of the hard drive)

[happyjimmy]

Pretty soon we will be at 1 terabyte while 350 is stuck at 120 without any method of changing to a larger hard drive

[athlon770]

Just to keep things fair, the 360 can use a external drive just like the PS3, and for the same stuff, music, movies, saves, just not downloaded content I believe. It also must be formated to FAT32.

[razer]

MS has a limit on what the 360 will see even on external which is 120gig and even if you wanted to put in a 120gig drive MS signs it so you need a special security sector added so it's possible but a PITA.

The PS3 is a lot easier and cheaper to upgrade the HDD.

[solidt12]

I have a 20 gig PS3 but Im gonna hold out as long as possible before i update my hard drive. I have 80 gig USB drive that I move videos to when my drive gets full. At this rate i might be getting a 320GB drive for around $150 in January 2008.

[mighty_douche]

ive had the 60gb from launch and im not even close to filling it.

still this is good news for people who like to save alot of media on their playstation.

[deadshark1]

ive had ps3 since a day after it came out and ive got 27gb left its annoying so i want a new harddrive but how does it work

[solar]

gamepro had an article where they showed u how to swap it out. also they did a time test between a 5400 rpm vs. 7200 rpm hard drives. not much difference between them.

[gamesblow]

Look, it's super easy man... You buy a compatible drive, like the one above and you pop the side panel off of your ps3 that says "HDD" you unscrew a blue-bolt... Slide the metal tab to the right, slide your HDD out and pop your new one in. Replace the bolt, replace the side panel. Turn the system on... It'll ask you to format "yes and or no" pick yes and you're done.

I've got a 250 gb Ps3 and I love it.

[athlon770]

I didn't know it would format it for you...I have only messed around with my external and fought with the whole FAT32 format, but if the PS3 does it for you, heck that makes things a whole bunch easier!

Sweet!

I too have the 60gb modem which I set up Linux on and getting my external to work with the PS3 was a bit trying as I only had XP machines around the house.

[Xemnas]

hmm i was going to get the 250 gig but nvm now O_O *goes to get $200*

[MrWonderful]

i got a 20gb and upgraded to 160gb. but as soon as my white ps3 gets here i will go for this 350gb when it drops in price.

[DiGiTaL Ki11eR]

you don't need that much space. you don't even need 60gb.

[ravinash]

I've got the 60GB drive, and still have a ton of space left on it.
I'm sure this will change over time when more software comes via PSN and other services like downloadable TV come on line.
But by the time these services come round, I'm sure there will be better drives out there to use by then.

[MikeGdaGod]

just say YOU don't need 60gb.

i put 120gb in mine a few months ago and i'm already down to 45gb.

speak for yourself.

[scheme_a]

I'm sure YOU don't need that much space while I have to delete few PSN games to even fit R&C install data!

So yeah, even 120 would be helpful for me right now.

[ravinash]

If you have the space, you'll use it...but the average person does not really need the space unless they go filling it with music, photos and videos.
Most films are probably what’s downloaded from PSN, do you really need to hold on to those?
I guess its all down to your personal habits to how much space you need.

[Blabbermouth]

that in the future larger HDD is gonna be very useful since its already obvious that demos are getting larger. R&C demo is already 1.6GB. And with games like KZ2 where its 2GB per level I can see that demo being over 2GB. I can see anything over 2GB is gonna be the standard for demos. Let alone the services Sony is gonna add later.

[Baba1906]

yeah i dont think u really need that much space, at least not for gaming. sure if u put a lot of pics and videos on it u might someday need more, but even 40gb is enough i think.

[Chug]

Ok, if was to upgrade, can anyone tell me if and how I would be able to transfer my saved data from my current hdd to the new hdd? Thx.

[scheme_a]

You might wanna buy (if your PS3 doesn't have memory stick slot) an external memory stick reader and back your data in there.
or you can just read 21.1. I think that's more reasonable.

[gololo]

that's pretty neat...even though I agree with some of you that say that 60gb is enough, it is always good to have the option to upgrade...specially if the PS3 brings iptv (or whatever is called) the extra space would come in handy when recording tv.

[PStriple703]

Can't Wait!

[mithril]

I update my 60GB for a 120GB for 79$ in june.
and buy external case for the 60GB. And my external case have a case for insert to PC is SATA, look image.

120 it's ok for me, i use tversity for stream video and film from my PC with 2 320GB.

tank's Sony for allow us to upgrade our hard drives, other company sell 20GB disk for 99$ ;)

[zsscommand]

This is nice, Ill have to watch NewEgg for a good deal on this drive.

[MIAMIFROST]

Say I buy this new Hard drive and install it.

How do I get my already saved data transferred over to the new hard drive?

example: games saved data, downloaded games (Warhawk, Joust, etc) ???

HELP PLEASE.

[MikeGdaGod]

when you upgrade, get an external case for the old HDD. then hook it up to the PS3 with a USB and copy it over.

[-SIXAXIS-]

When you go into settings, there is a thing called Backup Utility in System Settings. Run that and save everything on a USB drive. Then when you get your new HDD, your run the Restore Utility.

[KINGDRAMA]

this definitely needs a higher rpm to consider a MUST BUY.

[-SIXAXIS-]

Yeah, but according to some people who upgraded to a higher RPM drive, there was higher temperatures and the PS3 doesn't really take advantage of it. I think they tested it on the THPG demo and it only took 8 seconds quicker to install.

[MIAMIFROST]

Ty

[lov2bugu]

its true that its a 5400 rpm. BUTit says SATA 3 GB/Sec. while all others are 1.5 Gb/sec does not that double the speed?

[plexdk]

depends whether the ps3 has a SATAII og SATAI controller... Could someone check that in linux? :)

[vilmer]

Good stuff. I need to upgrade my HDD soon :)

[-SIXAXIS-]

Why just 320GB? You can just buy a standard SATA 2.5" HDD and put it in. Simple as that. I might get a 500GB.

[xplosneer]

500GB SATA 2.5" Drives don't exist...

[xplosneer]

Considering there are $200 250GB HDD's out there. nice, I need a new one for my 20GB PS3, this might be it.

[jinn]

you don't need that much GB since the PS3 has nothing to offer.

[Cynical-Gamerzus]

Screw 320GB ! Give me one of thoose 100MB persecond sustained read, super I/O,Solid State Drives that are soon coming out! and lets have a firmeware update to suppor them Sony!!
YES SIR!
!!NOW were TALKING!!
hey 360 cheap skate fanboys go trade your 360PC in for a pc.LOL

[ROCCOZILLA]

OH I GOTTA HAVE THAT!

[freakyzeeky]

I might have to upgrade soon, though I must say 320gb is probably more than I'll ever use... It may be useful for storing HD movies though. :)

Maybe then I might consider getting one of these.