Official PS3 Discussion Part III...

[fishepa]

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My ps3 UPS Status has said Departure Scan from Laredo Texas on
4/25/08 for the las 3 days. Shouldn't it have went to another place by now? Its sounds like it left Texas but has not made it anywhere in 3 days.

Nope, I wouldn't worry.

[babythug23]

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Yall was right it just left LOUISVILLE,KY,. I didn't tell me it made it to KY but it has left KY. So should still be on time the 30th DAY AFTER GTA hell i just want to play THE Show again

[VanCitySportsGuy]

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I only have 1 game for the PS3, 2 demo's, and 1 movie trailer and my 40GB PS3 is already down to 25GB in HD space. When I first popped in The Show there was a long load time/install but besides that, I don't know why so much space has already disappeared from my HD.

Does each game take up a few GB's when you install it to the HD?

[Altimus]

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I only have 1 game for the PS3, 2 demo's, and 1 movie trailer and my 40GB PS3 is already down to 25GB in HD space. When I first popped in The Show there was a long load time/install but besides that, I don't know why so much space has already disappeared from my HD.

Does each game take up a few GB's when you install it to the HD?

Yes.

For example DMC 4 takes up 5GB. Lost Planet takes up 5GB as well.

This is not all games, COD only took like 40MB. GTA will take 3.5GB I think.

[VanCitySportsGuy]

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Yes.

For example DMC 4 takes up 5GB. Lost Planet takes up 5GB as well.

This is not all games, COD only took like 40MB. GTA will take 3.5GB I think.

Yikes. I'm going to think twice about installing a game if it takes up a couple of gigs next time.

[Altimus]

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Yikes. I'm going to think twice about installing a game if it takes up a couple of gigs next time.

Well, most are mandatory unfortunately. You can see on the back of the box how much the install is.

Once you install it though, you can always remove the data from the data folder. This will not affect your game saves.

[mgoblue]

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Well, most are mandatory unfortunately. You can see on the back of the box how much the install is.

Once you install it though, you can always remove the data from the data folder. This will not affect your game saves.

It's why I'm going to upgrade my HD if I go more PS3 than 360...I've got to look into whether 7200 rpm drives are really better than 5400 rpm drives for the PS3, I'd rather not spend a bundle but I'd like a size good enough to where there's no worry (and I could store some media on there too).

[Altimus]

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It's why I'm going to upgrade my HD if I go more PS3 than 360...I've got to look into whether 7200 rpm drives are really better than 5400 rpm drives for the PS3, I'd rather not spend a bundle but I'd like a size good enough to where there's no worry (and I could store some media on there too).

No reason to go with a 7200 rpm over a 5400 rpm. Just stick with th 5400 rpm since it won't have any effect on the PS3 itself. If anything, it might cause more heat.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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No reason to go with a 7200 rpm over a 5400 rpm. Just stick with th 5400 rpm since it won't have any effect on the PS3 itself. If anything, it might cause more heat.

I thought I read somewhere that they don't recommend using the 7200rpm.

[mgoblue]

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No reason to go with a 7200 rpm over a 5400 rpm. Just stick with th 5400 rpm since it won't have any effect on the PS3 itself. If anything, it might cause more heat.

I thought I read somewhere that they don't recommend using the 7200rpm.

Thanks for the heads up...I'm still a bit away from doing it, but a 200GB 5400 laptop drive isn't too crazy expensive...Gives you that piece of mind regarding installs.

[fishepa]

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I thought I read somewhere that they don't recommend using the 7200rpm.

I've been doing some research on this and the load times were indeed a little faster with the 7200rpm drive and the heat difference was negligible. Since I have the 2 year replacement plan even if it does blow up I'll just take it back.

[Altimus]

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I thought I read somewhere that they don't recommend using the 7200rpm.

Yep.

Thanks for the heads up...I'm still a bit away from doing it, but a 200GB 5400 laptop drive isn't too crazy expensive...Gives you that piece of mind regarding installs.

Just look for some deals. Sometimes places like Newegg or Tiger Direct will post a cheap 250GB HDD for like $80 or something like that.

I still can't believe MS sells their 120GB HDD for $180. Crazy.

[Scott]

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Also you may wanna try geeks.com

[The Chef]

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How tough is it to swap your HDD on the PS3 anyways? I only have the 40GB so I might be inclined to upgrade at some point but I figured it was a giant pain to upgrade the HDD so Ive avoided it so far.

[Altimus]

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How tough is it to swap your HDD on the PS3 anyways? I only have the 40GB so I might be inclined to upgrade at some point but I figured it was a giant pain to upgrade the HDD so Ive avoided it so far.

The how to is in the Sony manual. And somewhere on the website.

Here is tutorial with pictures.

http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps3/games/features/127009.shtml

Process is quick and easy.