7200 RPM hard drive coming to the PS3?
Category: PlayStation 3, Posted: 10/03/2007 at 03:10PM CDT by Frank Ling, Editorial Director
Some PS3 fans have been tinkering with their machines in order to increase the game console's performance. Various reports on the internet have shown that swapping out the 5400rpm hard drive for a 7200rpm model will imrprove the overall speed of the PS3 under certain conditions.
A rumor reported by ps3center.net claims that Sony maybe thinking along the same lines by replacing the slower drive with a faster one.
Increases in the PS3's speed are said to cut 10 seconds off of download times from the PlayStation Network and about 2-5 seconds off of game loading times.
Whether this will come to pass is still in question, but if Sony is indeed thinking about upgrading its PS3 to the 7200rpm drive, it will probably mean one thing for consumers...a more expensive PS3.
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Let's buy a console so we can tinker with it to get the smallest increase in performance, and void the whole warranty in the process. Let's not forget throwing more money into the machine as well.
Yeah what moron spends that kinda money on a console and then fuxxors it all up let alone with in the first year of release >.<
Hate to burst your bubbles, but they aren't voiding the warranty by swapping out a HD. It actually says in the manual A) How to remove the current HD. & B) That it will not void the manufacturer's warranty. Also the easiest way to test out the 7200rpm HD is by removing the 5400rpm one and just running the SATA cable from an externally cased 7200rpm drive without ever inserting it into the PS3.
Now you are informed.
HAHA! WRONG!http://vgstrategies.about.com/od/ps3cheatsandcodes/ss/PS3HDDUpgrade.htmread carefully. unauthorized hardware does have the potential of voiding warranty.