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Posted - 2012.11.25 02:42:00 -
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Best thing to get for PS3 is probably a Hybrid SS HDD. That way you get decent capacity and don't spend an arm and leg. Smaller SSD's aren't an option for anyone who has a lot of games installed. Meaning you'd have to spend $160 minimum for a 256GiB SSD, least one that has any worthwhile io performance. Best option to use in PS3 would be a Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive, can get a 500GB/4GB SLC version for $80ish, or a 750GB/8GB SLC version for $130.
You have to remember for a regular SSD to work properly it has to have OS support which PS3 doesn't have. Those two hybrid drives work regardless of OS. I'm planning on getting one of those hybrid drives for mine next time I have the extra cash. They're both 7200rpm drives. |
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Noc, that Seagate hybrid drive has 8GB of SLC Nand in it. Meaning it doesn't have the wearing problems that modern MLC and Nand does. If the OS isn't optimized properly to run a SSD, it completely trashes the wear leveling, and makes the drive wear out faster than it would, say if it were in a WinXP+ PC.
Read the Reviews for the Momentus XT 500gb and 750gb drives. They perform pretty similar to SSD as far as boot times go, especially after the firmware optimizes for the things you run normally. About the only thing they don't do is saturate the bus throughput, like an SSD can. But, if all you do is play DUST it'll likely have 90% or more of the game loaded into it's NAND at which point you're playing off an SSD.
SSD's are great for PCs where you can have a second large HDD for storage. Not so much for the PS3 that can really only have 1 drive. Most people aren't going to buy an SSD to put into their PS3 that costs more than the console itself. Which is something you would need to do if you have more than just a few games. For example, my PS3 had the 160gb hdd, it would be a storage downgrade for me to put anything less in it, just for faster boot times. Meaning in order to upgrade I'd need to spend closer to 200 for a 256gb SSD. If I spend that much it's going in my PC, not my PS3. At which point my 128gb Samsung 830 is going to my mothers computer. |