Playstation Plus

[QualityChimp]

I have a 20Gb launch unit that's always full with hardly anything on it.

How do I upgrade my hard drive?

Is it complex?

Will I lose backwards-compatibility?

Once they make Styrofoam, what do they ship it in to stop it being damaged?

[buster_broon]

Got a 320GB in the living room that's pretty much full and a 500GB upstairs that's getting there

Could only put hit man on one of them and it took a day to download

[85 78 73 81 85 69]

...and Ni no Kuni is now ?20 in the latest sale.

Even better, only ?17:99 on Plus. I've been waiting since launch for this but it's still just under ?35 in most places online, mad!

[hudson]

Ico & SotC HD, Demon's Souls and Kingdoms of Amalur are free on PS Plus in June.

I desperately need a bigger HDD. Can anyone recommend me an affordable whopper. Also, if I do change HDDs, will I lose any content in the process?

[doodledude]

You can create backup to external USB disk and then replace HD and then restore from backup on new disk. I've done it a couple of times and not lost anything that I can remember. Changing to a new PS3 however is a whole other ball ache

[hudson]

You can create backup to external USB disk and then replace HD and then restore from backup on new disk. I've done it a couple of times and not lost anything that I can remember. Changing to a new PS3 however is a whole other ball ache

Ah cool.

Now to find a big cheap and sturdy HDD. It's one of those items that you need, but I find boring to spend money on

[fuse]

What's the required criteria for a PS3 HDD? Presumably physical size (2.5?), but anything other than that? If anyone has tutorials on the end-to-end process that'd be grand.

[wakka]

Any 2.5" SATA drive will work. Ebuyer and Dabs have good prices on them.

[djtickle]

June update confirmed

Leaving PS Plus in June:
29th May: Hitman Absolution
29th May: Joe Danger 2
29th May: Dead or Alive 5
5th June: Sine Mora
12th June: Velocity Ultra

Entering PS Plus in June:
29th May: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
29th May: ICO and Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection
29th May: Demon’s Souls
5th June: Rayman Origins
5th June: Coconut Dodge Revitalised

[hudson]

Is there a limit to the size and speed of HDD I can put into my PS3?

[Brad]

I think there's a limit to how much advantage of it it'll take. I've got a 700+ gig one in mine but it's still only 5400rpm I think.

[wakka]

I don't think it's worth spending more to buy one faster than 5400rpm. Some people use SSDs, which I'm sure has a performance advantage, but not enough for me to justify the dramatically increased prices lol.

[ETC]

What's the required criteria for a PS3 HDD? Presumably physical size (2.5?), but anything other than that? If anyone has tutorials on the end-to-end process that'd be grand.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0053YLTBC

this is what's in mine its spot on

[QualityChimp]

Would any of these be OK?

http://www.box.co.uk/products/cat/Components%7eB%7eHard+Drives%7eB%7eDesktop+SATA/refine/a~ct

[MisterBubbles]

Only this QC, Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB 2.5"/9.5mm Laptop SATA Hard Drive, has to be 2.5 laptop HDD. ETC is a good bargain for a 1TB HDD QC,