Sony has confirmed to us that, as with all previous PS3 models, the PS3 Slim’s hard drive is fully upgradable, meaning you can swap out the existing 120GB for a higher capacity drive.
Over email, I asked Sony two questions: Is the Slim’s hard drive still upgradable? And will Sony be supporting this upgrade option at retail?
Here’s what they said: “Yes, the new model PS3 has a fully upgradeable hard drive. In regards to your question on support at retail, the situation remains the same as with the current model – it’s up to the individual retailer to offer the upgrade service in store, or the consumer is able to do it themselves.”
Good news while we wait for that rumoured 250GB model to hit retail.
chuloopa
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 2:06 PMwouldn’t that mean we could just buy it and whack a terabyte HDD in there for under $200???
Pardon my naievity.. but i don’t know much about what type of hard drives a ps3 supports
Andy
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 2:39 PMYeah, basically, but it takes a 2.5″ laptop drive as apposed to the normal computer drive. I think currently they only go to 500gb.
plmko
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 2:32 PMThey wouldn’t dare take that feature away, it probably one of the bigger selling points.
Zhabroah
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 2:39 PMNot like it’s hard to do it yourself. Plus, probably works out cheaper to buy your own like 500GB harddrive to sink into it. First week that I got my PlayStation 3 that is what I did.
MasterCyl
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 4:18 PMCan you put a SSD HDD in the PS3, and see significant speed gains.
MasterCyl
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 4:24 PMTurns out that’s a Yes but it’s a pricey objective.
MrSheffield
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 4:27 PMdoes sony use 5400 or 7200rpm HDDs?
NegativeZero
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 5:12 PM5400 RPM, but 7200 RPM should work fine. It’ll just be noisier and draw more power.
Arthur McChesney
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 7:57 PMSony use 5400 rpm HDD’s, it makes no (tangible) difference what you change to.
ChrisB
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 5:50 PMDoes replacing the HDD void the warranty?
annonie
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 6:48 PMbetween a ssd or 5400 or 7200 rpm drive the load times only decrease by a second or two. Not worth the extra $$.
scotty
Friday, August 21, 2009 at 6:45 AMyeah its all great having a slim model but how about sony getting sum good games first.
loo75
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 9:47 PMwhere can you get them i have looked at some places but nothing. does anyone know?
B-junior
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 1:31 AMthe ps3 slim has a 5400 rpm or a 7200 rpm hard drive? because idk..