Can this be used to upgrade the hard drive in a ps3?
1193528
From the reviews I've seen on Newegg, yes, this drive can upgrade a PS3 since it's 9.5mm height. I plan on buying one this week to upgrade my 120GB slim so I have more storage for the new wave of PS Plus games coming out
1413085
The short answer is, yes, it will. The PS3 uses a Serial ATA for the sixty gigabite drive that default modle came with. The longer answer is, yes, but its kinda overkill: the PlayStation has a max disk I/O of `bout 3 Mb and this disk will support up to 6 Mb. You could probably find one cheaper (look for a SATA II) `round here; but this should work too. As far as replacing the disk itself, check out this Gamespot article: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-to-upgrade-your-playstation-3-hard-drive/1100-6176090/ as it seems to cover all the basics.
381663
Yes it does. This was the sole purpose for me purchasing the drive and it works great. As long as you follow the instructions on reinstalling the PS3 firmware onto the drive, you should have no issues. You'll notice a substantial speed increase for system boot and installing/running games. The capacity helps as well.
264467
No. You will need a 2.5 inch drive, this one is 3.5. There are instructions online for how to replace the HDD in the PS4.
2220989
Not sure it is formatted for PS3 as a Fat 32 flashdrive. I would just use a 2TB samsung internal drive for a little more $ personally
435416
It depends on what you mean by "will this work." If you mean "could I put the original ps4 hdd in this, put in a bigger drive, then use this as additional storage on my PS4?" I have no idea. If you mean "can I take the original PS4 hdd out and use this as an external drive for my computer?" the answer is yes.
221509
It sure will. I've got this in mine right now, and it works very well. There's a video online on how to change out the HD: basically you just pop off the shiny black part of the PS4 cover, remove the playstation screw, slide the old drive out and remove the tray, then put it back together with the new drive. You need to reinstall the OS, which can be done by downloading the 1.5 update from playstation's website and placing it on a thumb USB drive. Use the instructions from here: http://us.playstation.com/support/systemupdates/ps4/pc_update/index.htm#installationSteps
819757
Yes. My PS3 is a 1st gen. Works great. Both 1st gen. and slims use the same hard drives.
819758
Based on Sony's upgrade instructions, it looks like a 2.5 inch SATA drive like the WD will work in any PS3 model (https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/362/~/upgrade-the-hard-disk-drive-(hdd)). I have not had any trouble with the drive since installing it in my formerly-160BG PS3.
2240393
If you want to use this as an external drive for the PS3 then you will have to get an external drive case to hold this 3.5" SATA drive. Before that, I suggest you go to http://www.ps3mediaserver.org and ask your question from the experts and see what their thoughts are regarding the Seagate drive.
1232665
Yes, you can. That's the main reason I bought it. Just make sure your HD is 2TB or less. It works great!
1448279
I used this to back up my PS3 to a WD5000 drive with no problem. Just be aware that the drive needs to be formatted to FAT32 for the PS3 to recognize it.
1947008
yes. you'll need to backup any prevous data off the old drive you want to keep. but i've been running mine in a ps3 and it works great.
2179375
This is a SATA III 6Gb/s hard drive. The PS3 has a SATA II 3Gb/s connection. Here is a list of hard drives that should work. Copy and paste the url below into your browser address barhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/R3J292OYJK7HAF
1440365
The ps3 comes with a bracket to mount the hard drive already. I didn't need anything else but a screw driver.
522706
I wouldn't unless you know that the ps3 internals use a sata 2 data and power cable and you would also need a copy of the Sony PS3 OS in order to make the swap, so in all yes but research a lot.
2179376
I use the hard drive for my Asus laptop so I have no experience using the hard drive on a ps3