PS3 HDD Question

[RacingOtaku86]

So I have my trusty PS3 Slim with its original 250GB hard drive installed. I would like to upgrade the hard drive to a higher capacity, like 500GB, and I know traditional hard drives will work, but has anyone installed a solid state or solid state hybrid drive to their system? Have you seen improvements over the traditional hard drive? Is it worth upgrading to the newer technology?

 

[ShaZZa]

Both my PS3's have SSD's in them. Really it's only a slight increase in speed over normal drives (regaurding load times). If you have the cash I say go for it If not just get a normal 2.5 and wait a little longer while loading.

 

[Pseudopod]

Your mileage may vary. Some games will get noticeably reduced loading times, while in others it is barely noticeable.
It depends on if the cpu needs to spend a lot of time processing the data, I guess.

This has also been tested: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-can-ssd-upgrades-boost-ps3-performance

 

[Grayfox]

I would not use an SSD in a PS3.
Its hardware can not take advantage of the speed and the OS system does not support trim so the SSD will slow down and may fail sooner.