wirralphil

Is it worth getting the 250gb one over the 120gb one?

Can you change the hardrives in them to a larger one, ie 320gb/500gb?

Munch

Yes you can change the Hard drives ya self, its a piece of cake by the looks of it

MadMac

Buy the cheapest one with the smallest hdd drive and then get a 500gb one.

They are really easy to change as Sony deliberately made it easy to do it. Check out youtube.

But get a decent size one when you buy it, because if your like me, you will use it up in no time, especially if you get play TV and it is a bit of a pain backing up all your info before swapping in a bigger one.

Roscco

I always thought the Oringinal 60GB was the one to get (2nd hand only now) as they used hardware bluray decoding (designted components), not software (computer code)

wirralphil

Prefer to buy new then when warrenty runs out change the Hardrive if need be, is the slim much different?

MadMac

Well the original 60gb model... which I have has

Flash memory readers, no other model had these.
4 USB ports not 2
Partially software-based PS2 emulation, where as the new one has no PS2 emulation
SACD playback,
and ability to install Third-party OS

But the new ones have Bravia Sync XMB control... whatever that is

rs_cos

iTrader: (5)

the slim ones as slower with the online gaming ive been told by a friend.

hope that helps you.

charlie.

wirralphil

Way over my head.......

USB's i will need 2 at the very top

joe s

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Make sure you have something that is FAT32 formated to backup your PS3 data with. I had a big problem trying to find something big enough to take my data so ended buying another one and am going to data transfer straight across.

SS1

iTrader: (3)

As above the best version is the 60gb then just upgrade the H/D for 39.99

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/351659...ml?source=9593


Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEVT 320GB 2.5" Internal SATA Hard Drive (Sony Playstation PS3 Compatible)

MadMac

Are most of them fat32 formatted out of the box? I have a mac and if I format it I am worried about not being able to use it on the PS3 if I do

SS1

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the ps3 will do all the work for you once the new H/D is inserted

i did mine via a you tube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuyQPW3bDS0

The hardest part is removing the micro screws as theses are easy to fuck up

the trick is to use LONG NOSE pliers first on them

wirralphil

To be honest I can't see me using more than 120gb, then again how mch do games store these days?

Mainly use it for Gran Turismo when it comes out and maybe one of these shoot em up games.

SS1

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• 320GB HDD Holds:
• Up to 91,000 digital photos
• Up to 80,000 songs (MP3)
• Up to 8,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality)
• Up to 24 hours of Digital Video (DV)
• Up to 140 hours of DVD quality video
• Up to 38 hours of HD video

wirralphil

So the 120gb Ps3 Slim is worth the go ahead? Saves Ł35 then after the the 12months/2years gaurentee (sp) iff need be swap HDD's?

SS1

iTrader: (3)

TBH with the slim i have no idea

Bigger is not always better as the h/ds can get hot causing more problems than there worth

heres a linky to the slim conversion check out the report comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRkj89axOU

Chopshop85

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You'd be suprised. Seeing as every game on the ps3 has to install it soon eats up the space. Some games can take up no space at all, but others can be stupid.

Midnight club - 2.1gig
Mercs 2 -2gigs
fight night round 4 - 1.5 gigs.
GTA 4 - 5 gigs

Gran turismo prologue is 7gigs

Then you have save files and game settings which can sometimes be over 100mb each.

It soon adds up. Just buy the cheapest ps3 you can find and whack a bigger hard drive in it. Do some research on the hard drives though. I know people have tried huge sized ones and the ps3 wont read it. Also transfer speed can make a difference so dont buy a budget hard drive.

wirralphil

Thanks for the info, knew games took HDD space, might aswell go for the 120gb one.

If i need another hdd (for space) might try a 300+GB.

Thanks again.

Munch

my 60gb isn't even filled up yet & ive owned that for 3 years!

jackportd

Hi,
Oblivion is an awesome game, it's awesome on the PC, great on the 360, and not so great on the ps3, sure it's still good and I would go ahead and get it, but they cut some stuff out, graphics aren't as good. Other then that I definitely would say it's worth checking out!