Hardware can you use ANY kind of SSD with the ps3?

[blueagent004]

so any brand & any kind of 120gb SSD drives that are 2.5inches big will fit into the ps3 console's hardrive slot right? (Slim or Super Slim Model)

i know the ps3 only supports SATA1 HDDs, but SATA3 SSDs should still work with the console right? or do i have to get a SATA1 SSD?

thanks so much for your help!

 

[Mythical]

As far as I know yes, but know that'll probably only increase load times, and read/write speed, not game performance really

 

[Jayro]

Yes, a SATA SSD will indeed help, especially with texture pop-in being far less noticeably. But in tests I've seen, an SSHD (hybrid drive) offered the best performance, most notably in RAGE and Skyrim.

 

[Shadowfied]

an SSHD (hybrid drive) offered the best performance, most notably in RAGE and Skyrim.

In what way did the SSHD perform better? That shouldn't really be afaik, unless you mean because you could have cheaper storage but still get a load time boost.

 

[Jayro]

In what way did the SSHD perform better? That shouldn't really be afaik, unless you mean because you could have cheaper storage but still get a load time boost.

It's mostly faster at texture caching. Load times are about on par with an SSD.

 

[BasedIndex]

Someone will have to step in about this but I'm pretty sure OFW doesn't have trim. In theory performance would get worse after some use.
sshd trims built in 8gb flash chips on it's own so that's an option. Some say 2.5' sshds are the worst of both worlds. It's really just a 5400rpm drive with 8gb ssd and 128(?)mb dram cache. Honestly I'd just get a beefy 7200rpm drive.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Someone will have to step in about this but I'm pretty sure OFW doesn't have trim. In theory performance would get worse after some use.
sshd trims built in 8gb flash chips on it's own so that's an option. Some say 2.5' sshds are the worst of both worlds. It's really just a 5400rpm drive with 8gb ssd and 128(?)mb dram cache. Honestly I'd just get a beefy 7200rpm drive.

Larger 2.5" drives seem to be difficult to find in 7200rpm versions for some reason.

 

[Jayro]

Larger 2.5" drives seem to be difficult to find in 7200rpm versions for some reason.

I have a 2TB 7200drive, and it was easy to find. Anything over 2TB might be difficult, I bet though.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I have a 2TB 7200drive, and it was easy to find. Anything over 2TB might be difficult, I bet though.

I was upgrading my laptop HDD a year or so back, and every single 2TB 2.5" drive I could find around here was 5400rpm. Went with a Seagate Firecuda SSHD since it was one of the cheaper ones. Not sure why they don't sell faster 2TB drives here, they must exist.