About the hard drive space on a ps3

[ric0chet06]

what is the hard drive on a ps3 primarily used for? I dont download movies or music, so whats wrong with getting a 20gb ps3? And is 20gb enough for gran turismo 5 game saves?

 

[Inspector Jihad]

demos and downloadable games take a lot of space. ofcourse 20 gigs is enough for saves

 

[mlm]

PSN games and game caching will eat up that 20GB very quickly. The meatier games and demos have been averaging around 1GB each.

Oh, and the 20GB drive is noticeably slower with PSN games.

 

[randay]

im getting by so far with the 20gb, actually 10 since i have linux installed. but i did max out this weekend when i was showing demos to my friends, of course i just deleted some and downloaded more, wasnt too much of a hastle but i think i will upgrade soon. thats the nice thing about the ps3, upgrade your HD yourself with no hastle from sony.

 

[ric0chet06]

can it be any hard drive or some special fancy one?

 

[davidsi]

demos! they come out with like 2-3 a week. each demo is 600-900mb oh and hte 60gb ahs wifi. def worth it for the 60gb.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: ric0chet06
can it be any hard drive or some special fancy one?

any laptop drive will work

 

[DaveSimmons]

Must be a SATA not the older PATA/IDE type laptop drive though, IIRC.

 

[purbeast0]

if I coulda have found a 20Gb for $100 less than I paid for the 60Gb I would have done it in a heartbeat.

The 20Gb on Xbox360 (13 of which is actually usable) is more than enough for me, so I know the 20Gb on PS3 would be more than enough for me.

I don't really see any point in keeping demos at all. I can tell whether or not I like a game after playing a demo a few times. I Just delete them afterwards.

 

[mlm]

Apparently the slowdowns are pretty bad for the Stranglehold demo on the 20GB model.

 

[ric0chet06]

120gb laptop hd is only like $70, im definetly getting a 20gb, and if i run out of room ill just buy a new drive. Save some money!

 

[tdawg]

Originally posted by: ric0chet06
120gb laptop hd is only like $70, im definetly getting a 20gb, and if i run out of room ill just buy a new drive. Save some money!

JUst want to make sure you didn't miss the other response that you miss out on built-in wifi if you go the 20gb route vs the 60gb or 80gb route.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

heh.. I replaced my 60 gig hdd w/ a 400 gig SATA using this:
http://www.mrmodchips.co.uk/ca...fo.php?products_id=451

so I have an external enclosed 400 gig seagate HDD, w/ YD linux installed on a separate partition.

I did this mainly because you can install the entire UT3 game onto the HDD, and there will be mod support for the PS3 version as well. I can't wait!!!!

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
heh.. I replaced my 60 gig hdd w/ a 400 gig SATA using this:
http://www.mrmodchips.co.uk/ca...fo.php?products_id=451

so I have an external enclosed 400 gig seagate HDD, w/ YD linux installed on a separate partition.

I did this mainly because you can install the entire UT3 game onto the HDD, and there will be mod support for the PS3 version as well. I can't wait!!!!

can i see a pic of ur ps3 w/ that setup please? i wanna see how it looks