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How to put 500GBs in your PS3

September 02, 2008 in Guides comments 13

Gamepro goes through a step by step guide on how to put a 500GB hard drive into your PS3. Complete with a video and working proof. All in all it doesn't even seem that difficult.

Is that measly 40GB hard drive keeping you from downloading all your favorite movies and games from the PlayStation Store? Here are five easy to follow steps to supercharge your PS3 to a whopping 500 gigs for all your downloading pleasures. Watch the video walkthrough to see how it's done.
Deathsythe via gamepro.com »
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  • 0
    Goldva_X Sep 2, 08
    Well, will you look at that! The system almost takes up 100GB!
    • 2
      Tiger of Wu Sep 2, 08
      How do you figure that?

      *anyone got $230 they can give me?*
    • 3
      Onvacation Sep 2, 08
      If you would bother to read and do basic maths before you go around criticizing, it actually has 52GB taken up. And who knows if that's the system files (which i highly doubt) or something else they have on the drive.
      • 1
        Xenctuary Sep 3, 08
        It's also due to "500GB" actually equating to roughly 465GB. This is due to hard drive manufacturers treating a kilobyte as 1000 bytes when selling products. A binary kilobyte is 1024 bytes, hence the huge difference between what is advertised and what you recieve.
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    Deathsythe Sep 2, 08
    As far as HDD's go, newegg and microcenter probably have the best deals, with tigerdirect pulling in around the top too.

    Still going to be a bit expensive though... hundred or two bucks.
  • 0
    tidus04 Sep 2, 08
    Nice to know if I even need a bigger HD but 60GB is good enough for me at the moment as I don't even use 20GB's of it up XD
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    Jak66 Sep 2, 08
    This does cancel out the warranty of the console by doing this right?
    • 0
      iLLmatic Sep 3, 08
      No it does not. Sony practically encourages you to do so. The system was designed for it.
      • 1
        Xenctuary Sep 3, 08
        Yep, it's just the same as changing the portable hard drive on the top of the Xbox 360. The only difference is that Sony let you use pretty much any laptop hard drive at the expense of a little more time and effort. It's certainly not as portable, but it costs less money.
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        Deathsythe Sep 3, 08
        Sony has always been great about letting people hack their stuff - in a way they thrive on it.

        Unlike Microsoft and Nintendo- Sony has rarely if ever hindered the path of hackers and modders of any nature. And it always plays out in their favor in the end.
  • 0
    Jak66 Sep 3, 08
    You could practically buy a new Playstation 3 for the price of this 500GB Hard Drive. I was excited about this until I saw the price on the HDD. Day ruined.
    • 0
      Koloth Sep 3, 08
      Hardly, a used Wii maybe. If you could actually find one.

      Still no need to go whole hog and get the 500GB right off the bat. There are 300GB drives out there for a reasonable price. Around $150 or so.
    • 1
      iLLmatic Sep 3, 08
      I didn't look at the price of this particular drive, but that's not true at all. I have a 200GB in my PS3 that was only 74 bucks. No way a 500GB drive should cost the same as a PS3.

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