I will forever be in limbo about whether or not this drive would be worth it in my slimps3 or should I just get a standard 7200 rpm drive?
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This drive is much faster than a normal drive on boot up and closing. I am very happy with it
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I use it in a MacBook Pro, so far so good. But I don't do much gaming on my computer.
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It takes a few weeks for it to really speed up your work because it "learns" which programs you use the most then stores them on the ssd for faster access. If you really want to speed up your machine you can add RAM too.
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Sorry, not worth it for the ps3 since very few games would take advantage of it, especially so late in the PS3's life cycle. Also, the PS3's blu-ray drive is extremely slow (2xCAV) compared to the PS4's so it would bottleneck the SSHD anyway. It might be worth it if you only play digital games though.
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Great question. Simple answer, performance will be about the same, so go with the lower cost with higher reliability drive. For me, the choice was easy as it was quite a bit cheaper than the 7,200 models. A year later, I still love this little drive so I don't think you will have any issues if you follow in my tracks.
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MJ@NeweggRating: Review Date: 07/21/09Great drive works well with ps3Cons: Not any yet and hopefully never. Pros: This is a really good drive and comes already formatted in FAT32 so you can plug right into the ps3. It is really small and quiet. Comment:
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I don't think I use it any more. It has been awhile, but I recall having problems with it...but I can't be sure. Truth is you will see no real ("butt dyno in car-nut speak&lt;G&gt;) difference between the different specs in real world experience, so it is not worth pursuing IMHO. If on a system drive, go with an SSd -- even w/Sata2 the difference will wow you. 120GB is plenty big enough unless you had hundreds of application, then 240. $150 or less. Keep data off the boot drive.
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I believe the Western Digital Passport series qualifies for the 7200 rpm speed but this USB powered drive is powered from the USB port with no means to power it with an external power source. If you must have an externally powered drive you might consider purchasing a external hard drive enclosure that supports that feature and a bare drive with compatible specs and then assemble them yourself.
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I've installed it on my PS3 (original 60GB model) and the Seagate Momentus XT 500GB works just fine. Boot times are faster and so are read times. Installs (write times) are just as fast as any other 7200RPM drive I've used before. Before you remove your old drive, reboot it and time it just to get an idea of your boot times. Then install the new drive, boot it once then reboot it again. You'll notice a nice improvement over your old drive.
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You should email them. The Red drives that they put in these units are not 7200RPM.
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This is too slow to use for surveillance applications by itself. You want at least a 7200 RPM spin rate to keep up. I have one and it drops frames. I'm leaving the OS on this one and will get WD RE 3 TB Enterprise Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA III, 64 MB Cache for video database. Much more expensive, but should get the job done right. If you have this in a high speed RAID enclosure then the slower write speed is masked by performance boost of the RAID.
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Performance wise, it's worth every single penny. When I purchased mine I swaped it for a 1TB M500 SSD and the boost in performance was phenomenal. Nothing sucks more than having a very powerful PC but a slow HDD. Doesnt really work well!
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I just got one of these to back up the data on my Win8 laptop. It's as slow as MUD. I connected an external hard drive to the SAME USB port, and it was FAR faster. Avoid at all cost.I'd suggest this as the best alternative (get the 64GB for $50 rather than the 32GB for $45): Mushkin Ventura Pro 64 GB Flash Drive. It is USB3 but works very well on USB2 (and it's fast there too). One Xbox 360 user said it works perfectly (read the comments). Here's the link: Mushkin Ventura Pro 64 GB Flash Drive - MKNUFDVP64GB (Black)
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In youtube there is such a video. A dude connects a flash drive into this and jumps to further velocities compared to 7200 rpm seagate backup plus
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Here's another question: Does the PS/3 and/or the PS/4 actually use the Solid State Hybrid technology? In other words, is the PS/3 (for example) faster using this Hybrid drive than it would be if one were to use a non-Hybrid 540 RPM drive?
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It uses a 7200 RPM drive. Version 1 used a 5900 RPM drive. Both are SATA III with 64MB cache.
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I got this 3 TB drive. Personally it is no different from the 2 TB other then the obvious 1 TB extra. One thing to note since this drive is larger then 2 TB it will have to be formatted with GPT (GUID Partition Table) not MBR (Master Boot Record). You OS mush be able to support that, Windows 7 and up.
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There is no way I can tell you that with out dismantlement I can tell you the Fantom GreenDrive3 USB 3.0 in question has faster connectivity then any other drive I have ever used and transfer rates as high as 5.0Gbit/s. as far as I can tell 7200 RPM is what it is all i was able to find Newest Generation USB 3.0 Interface PC + Mac compatible Quiet fan-free design Easy Installation RoHS Compliant - No lead construction Hardware Specifications: Form Factor : External Unit Power Supply : 110/220 V (Universal Power Supply) w/ on/off switch Product Weight : 2.4 lbs Drive Type : External Unit Available Capacities : 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB, 5TB Buffer Format : NTFS Host Interface : USB 3.0 / 2.0 Package Contents : GreenDrive3 External Hard Drive, Drive Stand, Power Supply, USB 3.0 Cable, User Manual OS Support : Apple Mac OS X 10.5 or later | Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7 | Windows Server 2003, 2008 NOTE: Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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It's 5400RPM, so access times are "slower" than a 7200RPM drive. It has an 8meg cache vs. a 16m cache. I'd venture to say that neither of these are noticeable to the typical user. It's hot-pluggable SATA II, which are current capabilities. The 7200RPM/16m version is only about $5 more.
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Camilia, The extra storage compartment on the PS3 is for a 2.5" drive. This one is an inch too large.In addition, according to the orignal specs, you'll need a 2.5" Sata 5400 RPM HDD which are 8MB, 12 ms, 3 Gbps. Going to a 7,200 may cause your PS 3 to overheat. In rare cases, the damage might be unrecoverable.
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Absolutely. there are always SOME weird motherboards and some NAS's that don't like certain HDD's, so it isn't guaranteed, but it's a real nice, solid, good working drive. Read some reviews on it. In RAID 0, by the way, you can make up for the 5400 RPM and make these things scream and still have the low heat, low power consumption.