Ps3 Hard Disk (internal Or External?)

[Ricky C]

I have an 80gb PS3 and have filled up the drive mainly with divx videos. I am looking to add storage to the system and am wondering would it be better value for money and easier to add an external hard dive to the system. I am looking to spend up to

[WhenKittensATK]

To let you know. If you add an external hard drive to the PS3. It has to be FAT32 and cannot store files above 4GB. Or you can add in a bigger hard drive to the PS3 and use the 80GB as an external like I did. The PS3's OS lets you store file sizes above 4gb. You only need that if your putting hd backups on there. Regular divx movies should be fine with FAT32.

 

I did:

Internal PC 400GB hard drive + sata external case and plugged in the sata external to PS3 internal port. So the external PC hard drive became my main OS drive. (prices are much cheaper now, but laptop harddrives are still expensive, they passed the 320gb cap now though)

Bought a external case for the laptop 80gb ps3 drive and use that for storing my tv shows.

Edited November 16, 2008 by Krazyxazn

[Dr_Frankenstein]

I got myself an external drive to add space you can find my review of it here they seem to have gone up in price since I got mine from Scan

[WhenKittensATK]

I bought a cheapo one from Newegg, $10. Came with its own power supply and sata in and out. All you need for just the bare mini reqs.

Edited November 16, 2008 by Krazyxazn