250gig HDD for ps3!

[jaxmkii]

if im right this is the biggest HDD avalabe for ANY console...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136123

looks like im gunna make an elite PS3

[LaLiLuLeLo]

Dang yo. Mine is 160, but it wasn't 200 bucks.

[jaxmkii]

^well its 189...
only 10usd more than a certain 120 gig HDD we all know

[LaLiLuLeLo]

Shhhhh. ;)

[GTShotoKen]

Do 5400rpm drives do well in the PS3?

That's kind of slow compared to todays harddrives. Damn, I wish they made 10,000 rpm notebook drives, but I guess the recent advancements in solid state storage are gonna make that possiblity highly unlikely. I believe there are 200 and 250GB solid state drives in development (if not in the market already). I wonder if they will ever get efficient pricing though?

You can get 200GB 7200rpm 2.5" drive, but it will cost you a pretty penny.

[jaxmkii]

5400 rpm is the OEM (recomended) speed for the PS3

i hope its going to work cause i just orded it.

[Segitz]

Do 5400rpm drives do well in the PS3?

That's kind of slow compared to todays harddrives. Damn, I wish they made 10,000 rpm notebook drives, but I guess the recent advancements in solid state storage are gonna make that possiblity highly unlikely. I believe there are 200 and 250GB solid state drives in development (if not in the market already). I wonder if they will ever get efficient pricing though?

You can get 200GB 7200rpm 2.5" drive, but it will cost you a pretty penny.

I dont think, the RPM matter much. My laptop has a 5400 RPM hdd and my external one (also 2.5'') does 7200 RPM. Internally, both do about the same (less than 10% difference, only the seek times are noticeably slower).

There were tests done with different HDDs in the PS3 via linux. The results were nothing major. There were differences between 4200 and 5400, but the difference between 5400 and 7200 was minute.

[pollux]

^ The conclusion of the tests was that the CACHE mattered a lot, and the RPM almost not.

[Sephiroth_VII]

I dont think, the RPM matter much. My laptop has a 5400 RPM hdd and my external one (also 2.5'') does 7200 RPM. Internally, both do about the same (less than 10% difference, only the seek times are noticeably slower).

There were tests done with different HDDs in the PS3 via linux. The results were nothing major. There were differences between 4200 and 5400, but the difference between 5400 and 7200 was minute.

An external HDD is limited by the USB cable, so that's not a fair comparison.

[Smokey]

^ The conclusion of the tests was that the CACHE mattered a lot, and the RPM almost not.

[Segitz]

An external HDD is limited by the USB cable, so that's not a fair comparison.

Thats why I tested them INTERNALLY, thats also what I said^^ I am a linux guy, I love playing around with hardware (esp since my external HDD enclosure has eSATA^^)