Poll: Which PS3 is better and Opinion of Upgrade PS3 Hard drive?

[e_brugal]

Just want to ask you if any of you guys have upgrade your PS3 hard drive?
It works great, without problems? Want to know your opinion

I'm planing to buy a PS 3 and upgrade the hard drive to 1TB

Thanks

Edited: add a Poll of witch PS3 is better

[Dravenae]

Youtube/Google, is your friend. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcSBjGYnPB4

[sheep2001]

I upgraded the hdd's in my 20 gig fat ps3 and my nephews 60gig backwards compat launch ps3.  Both worked like a charm.  Haven't done a slim or super slim, but there shouldn't be any issue - they were all designed with that ability in mind.

[Arseen]

Done phat and slim, both as easy to do.

About the size read this: https://www.facebook.com/notes/jeff-dranetz/maximum-logical-drive-size-for-ps3/10151679084920238

[scarmullet]

You are going to have an issue doing 1TB. 1TB laptop hard drives are a tiny bit taller than smaller capacity drives. You'll have to do some cutting on the systems chassis to fit.

[tiktektak]

Had no probs with my 500GB 2.5" drive. I would not go for 7200rpm though as it could get a bit hot then.

[Arseen]

I think 750 gig 5400rpm 2.5" is the best max option.

[e_brugal]

Thanks guys for your opinion, videos, and pages, help a lot 

I just add a Poll

Thanks again

[MisterDaSausage]

Just giving my personal experience, I've had a Phat PS3 and a Slim.

The Phat one did crap on me, it worked great until it started acting weird with only blu-rays (be it games or movies) I had to replace the drive.

My slim on the other hand, never had any problem with it at all, been working like a charm for the past 2-3 years!

[Arseen]

Just giving my personal experience, I've had a Phat PS3 and a Slim.

The Phat one did crap on me, it worked great until it started acting weird with only blu-rays (be it games or movies) I had to replace the drive.

My slim on the other hand, never had any problem with it at all, been working like a charm for the past 2-3 years!

This.

My Phat one works otherwise perfect but it does not read any discs.
Slim works perfect.

I would not buy super slim as the disc door looks too easy to break.

[AxelSteelBMX]

If you still have a PS2 plus all of your old PS1 and PS2 memory cards, then go for the Slim. My launch (Phat) PS3 60 gig eventually did take a shit on me after about 5 years of solid and fruitful gaming, and from what I've gleaned it's an issue that will eventually claim the lives of all the launch models (provided you actually play games on it regularly, as my friend's launch model that he barely ever uses is still going strong). It worked flawlessly up until the point where it stopped booting up, and it wasn't due to negligence on my part. It was a huge bummer. But my Slim has been a champ, and I haven't felt the need to replace the 160gb hard drive on it yet (despite my robust collection of Rock Band DLC). Literally the only things I miss from the Phat are the 4 USB slots in the front (which can easily be made up for with a multi-tap), and the backwards compatibility (which isn't as big of a deal if you've still got a working PS2, which I do).

Can't speak one way or the other for the Super-Slim. No one I know has one.

[Arseen]

Oh one more thing I have against super-salim is that the Phat and slim models spit the disc out forwards, but super-slim the disctray opens upwards and in tight places it will be hard to get the disc out.

[sheep2001]

I've got a white super slim -  horrible plasticy finish, but it does run extremely quiet and cool (although you can hear the blu ray drive when it's searching data on the disc, as there's no sound dampening on the lid).  I also think the slims look awful.  Unfortunately my fat needs a repair job.

[Blumpkin]

I have an old fatty PS3. It's quiet and runs great. I just wish that it was backwards compatible with PS2 titles, and wasn't such a giant eye sore.

[e_brugal]

From what you all are saying fat and slim are much better that the super slim.

Lets see how this ends