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I'm looking to upgrade my [fat] PS3's 40GB hard drive to at least 1TB.
From what I've researched, the restrictions in choosing a hard drive seem to be as follows:
- needs to be a notebook hard drive (i.e., it needs to be 2.5", otherwise it won't fit in the PS3's HDD tray)
- certain notebook hard drives are still too tall, as some are taller than 9.5mm (so I check user reviews on Newegg to be sure the HDD will fit)
- going higher than 5400 RPM is reported by many users to be unnecessary
The best candidate I've found so far is the Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD10JPVT 1TB 5400 RPM , which goes for $130 on Newegg.. or $112 on Buy.com (and eligible for a $5 off coupon = $107).
Is the $107 on Buy.com my best bet for a 1TB PS3-compatible hard drive?
I'm not in a rush to make a purchase, so if anyone has any suggestions for sites to watch that might put one on sale in the future, please feel free to post them. I've been checking Newegg's e-mails for a while now, and they have some decent sales on notebook hard drives, but nothing on 1TB unfortunately.
From what I've researched, the restrictions in choosing a hard drive seem to be as follows:
- needs to be a notebook hard drive (i.e., it needs to be 2.5", otherwise it won't fit in the PS3's HDD tray)
- certain notebook hard drives are still too tall, as some are taller than 9.5mm (so I check user reviews on Newegg to be sure the HDD will fit)
- going higher than 5400 RPM is reported by many users to be unnecessary
The best candidate I've found so far is the Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD10JPVT 1TB 5400 RPM , which goes for $130 on Newegg.. or $112 on Buy.com (and eligible for a $5 off coupon = $107).
Is the $107 on Buy.com my best bet for a 1TB PS3-compatible hard drive?
I'm not in a rush to make a purchase, so if anyone has any suggestions for sites to watch that might put one on sale in the future, please feel free to post them. I've been checking Newegg's e-mails for a while now, and they have some decent sales on notebook hard drives, but nothing on 1TB unfortunately.