Installing a cheap 1 TB SSD in my PS3 for a performance boost

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I'm back in the game with a PS3 that I purchased recently. I was not happy with the 80gb storage and the speed the games were loading. I purchased a cheap SSD and installed. Follow up video: • How well does a 1TB SS...
Although I installed custom firmware on it, the SSD upgrade can be done on a retail PS3. The PS3 I have is a CECHL01 North American console.
Here is the 1TB SSD SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive
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Modded Warfare • How to Jailbreak the P...
MRMario • [OLD] How to Jailbreak...
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
03:08 Cleaning
04:30 SSD Install
06:45 First Boot
07:23 SSD Disk Initialization
08:12 OS Firmware Install
12:30 FTP Copy Games
13:52 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze
15:37 Conclusion
This video is for educational purposes and modifications done to your console are at your own risk. The description may contain affiliate links which helps support the channel. Thank you for your support.

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@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

Thanks everyone for the awesome comments. I made a video comparing load times between the two drives. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/esdzmM6c17fcgJ8.html

@PracticalBibleStudies Жыл бұрын

I got a Backwards Compatible PS3 from Goodwill for $100. It had 3 games and two original controllers. It had never been opened up. Fantastic system.

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

That's awesome. I think right now is a good time to pick up deals on the PS3.

@edbeasant9494 Жыл бұрын

Until it yellow lights

@PracticalBibleStudies Жыл бұрын

@@edbeasant9494 Still hasn't. I've done several 24 hour download and install sessions.

@edbeasant9494 Жыл бұрын

@@PracticalBibleStudies it will that's the point the old ps3s all will fail eventually they just weren't put together very well.

@poncho828 Жыл бұрын

Ive owned 3 backwards compatible ps3s and they all eventually got the yellow light of death. I'd rather have the slim they are more durable.

@laron.henderson Жыл бұрын

I still have my PS3 Slim from 10 years ago! Still works great. It came with 120GB HDD. I upgraded it to a 1TB after I got my PS4.

@princegroove Жыл бұрын

Same, but it’s almost 100% full of games already. 😂

@nonyabiz9340 Жыл бұрын

Excellent work! Thank you for sharing your experience and guide!

@LNCRFT Жыл бұрын

Sadly, the old consoles tend to fail a lot more than Slim models, so the best thing to do would be to delid the IHS of both CELL and RSX (If necessary) and repaste both to ensure decent temperatures. I had a PS3 dying due to overheating where one of the capacitors failed. Just make sure to run the console in a rather cool room (about 68°F or lower is more than fine) and you should be good for the most part. For the best PS3 experience while still maintaining CFW support, use an early PS3 slim model (CECH-20xx), but if you wanna have full game compatibility with PS2 games, get a CECH-A01 but that one needs some precautions to run with no issues.

@TussalDragon344 Жыл бұрын

What if I play PS2 games digitally (files not PSN), and still want CFW/ Debug tools? Which model should I focus on?

@LNCRFT Жыл бұрын

@@TussalDragon344 You should still focus on the original backwards compatible models if you want the best compatibility and performance.

@TussalDragon344 Жыл бұрын

@@LNCRFT So only FAT?

@sonyx5332 Жыл бұрын

You need to take care of it and clean it from time to time. I own about 7 of them. And when done playing, I'd recommend not turning it off right away and let it cool down on the XMB menu.

@goclunker Жыл бұрын

Misinformant. The problem are the defective 90nm rsxs.

@markjones5024 Жыл бұрын

I got a B/C PS3, clean and still sealed, from goodwill. Works fine, fan was a bit loud. I swapped in a 256gb ssd, and first thing I noticed was the fan noise dropped. I think its worth changing just because an ssd will draw less power and run cooler, thereby lowering system temperature. It may not improve system data speed, but its still better than the ancient original hdd.

@jasondillon2462 Жыл бұрын

I recently bought myself a backwards compatible model and I'll definitely be upgrading the hard drive to an SSD soon. Not only is it faster but it won't run as hot since SSDs have no moving parts! I'll get the same one you got! I didn't know you could get a 1TB for that cheap!

@wdunn06 Жыл бұрын

Hey man. First time watching one of your videos. I enjoyed it. I've took many of these apart and delidded more than I can count. My advice would be download and install webman so you can view the temperatures and control the fan. I would open the console sooner rather than later to give it a deep clean and at least replace the thermal paste above the IHS plates. If you decide to delid the cell & rsx just do plenty of research and practice on some dead boards. That's how I learned. I recommend using 0.08mm molybdenum wire instead of the painters knife technique. Take care

@danijelvrebac Жыл бұрын

Are you a repairman? My PS3 Super Slim started this high frequency, whisper-like noise when it's turned off, about a month ago. I've run the game to test it, and it worked fine. I've read on the internet that some people with similar problem had burning plastic smell also. So i've been keeping it unplugged, ever since, as i am not comfortable keeping it plugged in. I've plugged it in a few minutes ago, to test if the noise was gone, it sounded like cartoon fall noise kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h82oYLqA056ndHU.html , i unplugged it immediately. My guess is that the power supply is dying. Have you encountered with this, is it safe to use PS3?

@claudio_sergiacomo Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this tutorial... Please can you explain how to backup the downloaded games I have already in the HDD so that I can then transfer back to the SSD??

@cyphaborg6598 Жыл бұрын

You're limited by the ancient SATA connection within the PS3. The SSD will virtually make very very limited difference.

@truthseekersthenewomega97 Жыл бұрын

I was about to make this point lol🤣 SSDs do not give ps3s perfermance boosts. The best you can do to atleast get a better download speed and upload / maybe slight enhanced loading in game speed would be a hybrid sata HDD. I currently have a 1.5 TB sata hybrid drive and it's amazing 😅.

@truthseekersthenewomega97 Жыл бұрын

Btw the PS3 can only take 1.6 TB of internal storage. One can find old SATA 1 SSD 1.6 TB hard drives on Amazon, but you would have a steep price to pay. They work extremely well but the PS3 is also known as a hard drive/ssd killer so be careful.

@johnpsy4129 Жыл бұрын

@@truthseekersthenewomega97 Thats not true in the slightest, they cant "kill" drives

@princegroove Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I swapped out the HDD in my PS4 Pro with a 1TB Samsung gen 3 SSD, and it made a huge difference for sure.

@truthseekersthenewomega97 Жыл бұрын

@@princegroove on a PS4 it's slightly a different story as the PS4 is using USB - SATA connector where as the PS3 is PATA - SATA.

@socom2wasgreat542 Жыл бұрын

Those vents are spotless I wouldn't open in it until one of the parts fail. Seeing it that clean outside will definitely give you a good enough idea of what the inside looks like. Great find.

@L4ftyOne Жыл бұрын

Hmm I would open it and deep clean and new MX4 thermal paste it, its just a seal and also it will hopefully be in his collection forever

@linkssz1699 Жыл бұрын

Keeping it clean inside will prevent parts from failing, the vents may look clean but the heat sink could still be caked in dust.

@socom2wasgreat542 Жыл бұрын

@@linkssz1699 that's extremely uncommon for the exterior vents to look brand new and th heatsink caked. Unless something fails it's not worth opening period end of discussion.

@linkssz1699 Жыл бұрын

@@socom2wasgreat542 it's not uncommon, all heatsinks get clogged with dust if they aren't cleaned for ages.

@socom2wasgreat542 Жыл бұрын

@@linkssz1699 but the dust would.come thru the vents you goof it doesn't just appear in the heatsink. Drop it, make your own comment thread.

@BP1gaming Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video! I've also a jailbroken PS3 and I wondered how it will be with a SSD. Thanks for that!

@sonyx5332 Жыл бұрын

It is much better and less heat for the system. Those SSD also work great in the PS3 for games always loading big maps, having rendering issues or pop-in issues.

@luvdady Жыл бұрын

Your limiting factors are going to be a sata 1 interface speed. So your going to be limited to the fact that it'll never really be that much faster than 1gbs

@truthseekersthenewomega97 Жыл бұрын

@@sonyx5332 not exactly true as stated above... The PS3 is limited and only a sata 1 type drive will help you achieve this. I own a SATA 1 hybrid drive on my PS3 and it is actually much better then a SSD as I've tried many SSDs and most are above the SATA 1 connection so there is no real benefit. Matter of fact having any SATA 2 or SATA 3 hard drive or SSD . The PS3 with time will kill it much faster then the HDDs or SSDs lifespan really is as the PS3 is already bottlenecked and it only adds to the problems.

@BpzBlinkk Жыл бұрын

i've been on my ps3 console recently but it seems kinda laggy with sorten games.. or is that how it is now with all games?

@robinmichael2260 Жыл бұрын

I didn't everything you said with my PS3 creating account I mean. I did generate a password but gets a message that says " you cannot sign in using another person's sign in ID (e-mail address) ' what is the problem? I don't have another console. I tried with different email account also . Still the same

@luvdady Жыл бұрын

Pro tip just by a new hdd saddle save headaches and striped screws. Plus sata speeds are locked to sata1 1.5 gbs max. So don't spend extra money on sata 3 or whatever gimmicks Also be sure to back up your save files several times. As ps3 reformatting the drives is a thing when installing

@TheMcrico84 9 ай бұрын

I recently got a cech a01 which is the fully backwards compatible ps3. I opened it ,cleaned 100%, delid, reapplied thermal paste, made so.e holes for extra airflow in the bottom, and jailbreak it. It is an amzing machine. I also added a 1tb ssd but mine is a samsumg. Awesome console. Some games look dated on my 4k tv but still amazing machine

@pathfindercast 9 ай бұрын

Really cool. PS3 had so many good games and great to have especially when many of the games are not available on Sony's newer generations.

@hexticdev 3 ай бұрын

Bud, the ps3 max output is 1080P no matter what tv you’re on

@mrcobra509 Жыл бұрын

can you post a link to the site you downloaded the ps3 games from

@yoyomismo2052 Жыл бұрын

Take apart change termal paste (the latest games push the grafic to maximum generated a lot off heat) and the battery all have what 20 years old.

@richardm1015 Жыл бұрын

Cool video. I upgraded a 40gb to a much bigger HDD few years back. Only issue with PS3 is it’s been dead for years. Can’t even sign in. Don’t know if that’s just mine for some reason. I never messed with it like jailbreaks or anything. Still it’s great for playing old single player games and playing blue Rays. I think the 360 has aged better just because Xbox is more user friendly when upgrading. I think Sonys approach to storage though does create more options. You can stick pretty much anything in. 👍 I upgraded a PSP storage to use as an MP3 as well.

@dawarahmad9302 Жыл бұрын

How long does it take to load the last of us?

@Derwin0 Жыл бұрын

I put a SSD in my old PS3 several years ago (fyi, the max size a PS3 can handle is 1.5 TB). Didn't really notice any speed up though.

@product_of_august Жыл бұрын

Some videos have revealed that is not too much of a boost =

@amdintelxsniperx Жыл бұрын

i need another phat i have a ps slim which works but it just doesnt feel as nice

@Finnvox616 Жыл бұрын

my stupid city's thrift stores never sell old game systems at a low price its always ebay prices.

@PantusiaGaming 10 ай бұрын

That Has The Power Port That Was Used In iMac And Mac Pro And Other Monitors And Desktops!

@Bigmike8754 Жыл бұрын

You should replace the thermal paste I guarantee the pace that's on that one is probably dried out a good cause overheating or fire

@ChrisRaghoobar Жыл бұрын

I wanna go back in time and show the first 5 seconds of this video to someone who's camping out in front of a Best Buy for an entire week for a PS3

@princegroove Жыл бұрын

The fat PS3 will always be in my top 3 favorite consoles - its design, features, and games are awesome. I own three launch day 60GB models, a MGS4 limited edition bundle, and two other fat models.

@martinreinhart8483 Жыл бұрын

Yes you should take it apart and clean it the right way and replace the thermal paste

@semakieramokoka5498 7 ай бұрын

can i ask does this hard drive also work in a playstation 3 slim

@pathfindercast 7 ай бұрын

It should. The drive compatibility is the same across all the ps3 models.

@tyronebryant9147 Жыл бұрын

How did you initialize your hard drive? Is it in MBR or GPT?

@truthseekersthenewomega97 Жыл бұрын

The PS3 will usually do it for you. However the max capacity for the PS3 is 1.6tb so anything over this limit will not format the drive once inserted to the PS3...

@anwaralston7 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@iamMcLovinLuigi Жыл бұрын

I remember when i thought 80gb was huge compared to 20 or 40 now 825gb seems limited ;)

@thenumber1mailman Жыл бұрын

How’s the ssd working out? I saw it was pretty cheap I’m thinking about buying the same one!! Is it plug and play or do I have to buy an extension?

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

The cheap SSD has been working great so far. I've got quite a few games backed on the drive and been playing through The Last of Us. No adapter needed. I just remove the 80 gb drive from the brackets and put the new one in. I wrote PS3 with a sharpie on the original drive in case I forget what it was from.

@thenumber1mailman Жыл бұрын

Ok cool I just bought it thanks!!!!

@doctorsilva1345 Жыл бұрын

@@thenumber1mailman I also have an SSD and it does make a difference. Escpecially when you are in a game and press the PS button to bring up the XMB, everything loads super fast.

@gordonjeffrey231076 Жыл бұрын

I would replace the thermal paste. These bad boys run hot as hell. Especially if fans kick in right at start of game or even in the xmb.

@rustytanks Жыл бұрын

Since I've jailbroken my Superslim I haven't touched my PS4, I actually sold it, I love my single player offline games, and I missed out on the PS3 craze when it was launched, I missed out on so many good games, of which now I can enjoy for years to come, that was a very good price you paid for your Phat PS3, a $100 and more are usually charged

@ftbl_shorts9212 Жыл бұрын

good job

@AkaiAmeUltsch Жыл бұрын

Can I ask if your PS3 was one of the Backwards Compatible versions? You had said that you loaded a PS2 game onto it, which piqued my curiotisty.

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

I do not have a BC model. However when Sony released the CECHL01 they provided some backwards combability using emulation. They then removed it with a later firmware release. However by installing the custom firmware CFW 4.89, the backwards compatibility was added back in. I have not really explored which games work or don't work as I have been focused on playing PS3 games right now. Great question!

@AkaiAmeUltsch Жыл бұрын

@@pathfindercast I would definitely love to see which PS2 games work and which ones don’t, since I have the CECHL01 model, and have been wanting to do something with it rather than have it collect dust in the corner of my entertainment room.

@rafacoupe11 Жыл бұрын

I purchase 1 for 65 at 1 pawnshop and I'm really happy it works perfectly the only think is it was fixed or repair it because the og seal was removed and put back .. but they do a really good job no over heat nothing I'm happy 🥳🥳🥳

@fairplayracingleaguege Жыл бұрын

Got my PS3 since 2008, which was the 40GB version. In 2010 I've upgraded my ps3 with a 500GB HDD, which was definitely a lot back then. (Especially in terms of the average game sizes back then. I think only Gran Turismo had over 80GB during the time. Most games were 40GB or even less ... A little later a friend has upgraded his system with a SSD, which was definitely very expensive back then. Similar to nowadays M2 units prices ... I dont really use my PS3 anymore,, but maybe it's an idea to make the same you just did.

@mangstah1987 Жыл бұрын

Ps4 2008 :D

@fairplayracingleaguege Жыл бұрын

@@mangstah1987 oh ... of course I meant PS3

@imangenerous3321 Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, i use my ps3 in december 2022 and collect some old trophies

@Eheth1958 Жыл бұрын

Ps3 making a comeback with ssd! Love it!

@playgame-xu1xs Жыл бұрын

저거 저도 한번 시도를 해본적 있엇는데.. 그렇게 빠르다고 판정은 못할 정도로 쫌 일반 하드랑 비슷한 속도 였습니다. ps3 에 1tb ssd dram이 탑제된 제품을 사용해도 이상하게 빠르다기 보단 오히려 느려진 모습을 측정 하였고. 그다지 효과는 없었던 것으로 봤습니다. 참고로 제가 사용한 제품은 s사의 한국 정식 새제품인데도 불구하고 느렸습니다. 제가 잘못 사용하고 있는거라면 채팅으로 도움좀 주십시오.

@iceman89231 Жыл бұрын

where did you get the firmware for ps3 after you replace hdd

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

I got the link from the Modded Warfare video that I linked to in this videos description. Here is a direct link to though www.psx-place.com/threads/cfw-4-89-evilnat-cobra-8-3-cex.37294/

@dutchgamer842 Жыл бұрын

If you don't want to mod it, the fat Playstation3, automatically downloads it. Otherwise it's on the Playstation website

@denzelkrocker1673 Жыл бұрын

3:08 it's better to just open it up and remove the dust, using compressed air will just blow the dust further into the device.

@dmo848 Жыл бұрын

I bought the team group Vulcan z for 27 and for 26 I got a silicon power a55

@japyoo2248 Жыл бұрын

I soft modded my PS3 like 4 times now every time sony brings out another update and i gotta do it again

@jfitnesshealth Жыл бұрын

Subbed!

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy the channel.

@Titanic4 Жыл бұрын

9:35 - it seems that the are 2 English text labels telling you to plug in the controller via USB. The second one was supposed to be in Polish language, as evident by the language specific button name at the end.

@tijpetx3080 Жыл бұрын

Perfect! This was exactly what I was planning to do to revive my old PS3! Along with the jailbreak to add retrocompatibility and emulations etc... any insight on how to install/emulate PS1 and PS2 games? Googled around but there's (not) surprisingly very little information on the matter, and still confusing... Thanks! Keep it up!

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

You can copy over ftp the bin/cue and iso files to the PSXISO (for PS1 games) and PS2SO (for ps2 games). Then open multiman and go to the retro menu and the games should show up and from there you can launch. I briefly mention it around timecode 13:00 in the video.

@Infin1ty2403 Жыл бұрын

I'm a lucky guy, bought a PS3, modded, added games, played it for 2 weeks and then YELLOW LIGHT OF DEATH !

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

Oh no, that really sucks. It seems like both the xbox360 and PS3 are plagued with these problems.

@edwardgarner7498 Жыл бұрын

I personally wouldnt use an air compressor like that. I have seen before airline have a tiny oil in them as it passes through the airline.

@CuteTransGirlxD Жыл бұрын

Is it possible to jailbreak a super slim? I rather keep my 2 fats normal

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

Yes you can use Ps3 Hen on a super slim. I have a super slim that boots up but locks up when I play games on it. I plan on doing a video on in the future where I tear it down completely and try to fix it and then install Hen on it.

@CuteTransGirlxD Жыл бұрын

@@pathfindercast awesome thanks

@otter25702 Жыл бұрын

I upgraded both mine an my brothers PS3's to a 1 TB SSD an wow what a difference in speed it makes. I've loaded 40 of my games onto it from disk to ISO and now I don't have to load the disk ea. time. I would say average speed to transfer the game 15 to 20 minutes an on FAT32....that is fast!! All the other reads I've made say that it don't make that much of a difference but it does and I recommend it if it's in the budget.

@truthseekersthenewomega97 Жыл бұрын

It helps to a certain degree however if you were worth to downgrade to SATA 1 hybrid HDD with some SSD compatibility the PS3 is much faster then the SSD as the PS3 has a SATA 1 connector. So anything above give it no real benefit yes you'll see faster upload and download times and some faster performance, however in a couple of months you won't be saying that when the SSD dies or starts to get slower as the PS3 is a HDD and SSD killer . Only hybrid drives work properly and can give the PS3 a real performance boost.

@truthseekersthenewomega97 Жыл бұрын

Also hybrid drives last longer on the PS3. Ive killed 2 SSDs in the last year-2 years. I switched to a hybrid drive this year and so far it's been good. Just make sure to make a backup of everything.

@XantheFIN Жыл бұрын

@@truthseekersthenewomega97 "PS3 is a HDD and SSD killer".. So how long your estimate is for HDD last in PS3?

@truthseekersthenewomega97 Жыл бұрын

@@XantheFIN it really depends on the HDD or SSD you are using and how much are you downloading or uploading ... I've had SSDs and HDDs die on me in 6 months another one died on me in a year so it really depends... Since I've been using a hybrid drive it's been about 1 year now since i switched from a Samsung SSD to a Seagate hybrid drive... The hybrid drive has been working great...

@XantheFIN Жыл бұрын

@@truthseekersthenewomega97 I have had PS3 fat model (not the oldest one though) with its original 80GB drive running now 24/7 solid over year as uptime with self build linux system so i was curious.

@masterofspinjitsudoom2645 Жыл бұрын

The ps3 can actually clean itself, just turn it off from the switch, hold the eject button and while the eject button is still pressed turn on the console from the switch on the back

@endlessgaminghorizons8467 Жыл бұрын

do u remember how u get the ssd to work on the ps3? put it in and received an error

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

From what I recall, first I had to plug it into a windows computer and format the drive (see timecode 7:23). I also had to download the PS3 firmware and put it on a USB thumb drive and plug that into the front of my ps3.

@endlessgaminghorizons8467 Жыл бұрын

@@pathfindercast ok cool. i figured it out thanks

@therabidscorpion 5 ай бұрын

Recently jailbroke my PS3 slim. Backing up all my data as I type this to put a 1TB SSD into it.

@pathfindercast 5 ай бұрын

That's really cool. Enjoy your Ps3 upgrade!

@mr.cheesecake9410 Жыл бұрын

If I mod/jailbreak my ps3 system as you did will I get banned?

@nyaa104 Жыл бұрын

Just don't connect to internet after jailbreak

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

That's a tough question to answer. Eventually you will likely get banned, but I also don't think Sony is really investing any effort with PS3 and banning consoles lately. That can change at any time and I don't connect mine to the PlayStation network. Eventually Sony may just discontinue support altogether and unofficial replacement solutions will appear similar to what happened with the original xbox and wii options that are now available.

@MartinVonReichenberg Жыл бұрын

Not anymore...

@wrusst Жыл бұрын

Needed info on speeds pre and post SSD install

@beardymcbeardface69 Жыл бұрын

I've upgraded PS3s and PS4s with SSDs and the speed difference was negligible. This unfortunately is to be expected, because PS3s and PS4s all use internal SATA bridges which bottleneck performance to a little faster than the performance of a 2.5" SATA HDD. In the PS3 a PATA-to-SATA bridge is used and in the PS4 and PS4 Pro a USB-to-SATA bridge is used! No matter how fast the drive is that you use, it cannot be used any faster than the limits of the internal bridges that Sony used for these consoles. Thankfully Sony put this madness behind them with the PS5, finally providing it with massive storage performance for both the soldered-in SSD and the internal NVMe upgrade option.

@wrusst Жыл бұрын

@@beardymcbeardface69 I have seen people record faster speeds and make games such as driving in day z from unplayable to playable . I thought PS4 used sata 2 and going from 140mb/s to around 300mb/s. Also digital foundry recorded many improvements

@beardymcbeardface69 Жыл бұрын

@@wrusst Yes faster speeds are achievable, but not _significantly_ faster. Only up to the performance limit of the SATA bridges used. There's two sides to those bridges, the drive side (PATA for PS3 and USB for PS4) and then the PS3/PS4 internals side. The performance limit of that bridge IC is the limiting factor.

@wrusst Жыл бұрын

@@beardymcbeardface69 I don't know 40% in some loading times and making certain games playable seems significant to me

@UnjustifiedRecs Жыл бұрын

Ps3s can't utilise the full speed of ssds, they do make a small difference but don't expect to get the performance the drive states.

@beardymcbeardface69 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. PS3's internally use a 1.5Gbps PATA-to-SATA bridge to provide internal SATA connectivity, bottlenecking transfer rates to around 180 Mbytes/second. Which is *_WAY_* slower than the 500Mbytes/second read and write performance of a SATA SSD.

@PSHomebrewOfficial Жыл бұрын

@@beardymcbeardface69 thats why getting a 7200rpm hardrive 2.5inch is perfect

@spicynips8466 Жыл бұрын

God I remember when 80gb on a ps3 was a LOT of space. Now 1TB is barely enough for like 6 games

@dxtremecaliber Жыл бұрын

yeah in PS5 1TB is nothing but in PS4 you can squeeze 20 games not all triple A games ofc

@c0smicc4nc3r4 Жыл бұрын

Installing is the only thing that feels the same as a hdd, everything else runs fast and smooth definitely worth it ssds are like 20$

@demonfox560 Жыл бұрын

A lot people still don't know you can upgrade the PS3 with a 1TB hard drive HDD or SSD

@dutchgamer842 Жыл бұрын

Thought is common knowledge

@henrik1743 Жыл бұрын

ah I remember when I switched over to just a hybrid disk in my ps3 and ps4, HUGE performance differnece and that's not even a full fledged SSD

@user-gi5yx4kx3z Жыл бұрын

You should definitely tear this console down and change thermal grease to be sure it won't be overheated

@Jaze2022 11 ай бұрын

I just got a ps3 myself! From what I understand, you should definitely tear it down and replace the thermal compound and thermal pads at a minimum. Then up the min fan speeds. I can feel the heat pouring out of mine after a few minutes of turning on. That's why these fat ps3 dies! Don't let yours die!

@pathfindercast 11 ай бұрын

That's awesome. I agree that I should do the teardown maintenance on it. Maybe in a future video. If the heat is blowing out of the back then I think that is a positive sign that the cooling is working properly. These cell processors heat up and the key is the get the heat out as fast as possible. If you weren't getting a lot of heat escaping then I would start to worry that the thermal paste is making poor contact.

@hydro172 Жыл бұрын

What the max amount the ps3 can hold?

@XantheFIN Жыл бұрын

1.5Tb or 1.75Tb via slight hackery and tricks. I have had personally now some years 1.75Tb (2Tb with hidden sectors via certain ofw) in one of mine PS3's.

@Lavoss05 Жыл бұрын

Definitely change the thermal paste the Cell and RSX will die with old 10+ year old paste. I would highly recommend using Artic MX6.

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

Good Idea. I will work on that.

@knyaz3v Жыл бұрын

Actually I don't recommend using cheap SSD despite it won't be heavy loaded, in about 2-3 years they tend to have a lot of "green" blocks with access time about 1.5 seconds which may cause real slowdowns which is really bad for either games or OS. Well at least this is from my experience, I have a lot of Adata SU650.

@dmo848 Жыл бұрын

Ssd are so cheap I mean why not. Paid 20 something for mine. I jus might throw it in the ps3. Was going to use it as extra ps5 storage

@kostassarakinos3062 Жыл бұрын

Sadly the phat models have a lot off heat issues especially the nand model don’t remember the model number but it’s the one with the card reader..I own serval and all of them sound like jets and run extremely hot 95+ C I never plug it it’s just here for collection I only use my slim ps3 that has good thermals and no issues…I tried to de lid one I was successful on the gpu but I destroyed the cpu while doing it and I don’t want to ruin an other ps3 just cuz I don’t have the skills to delid…I remember I bought it the first day it came out and I payed 600-700 euros crazy loved it though it was a nice blue ray player too until the drive died and then I did my first swap and married the drive to the motherboard!!! Lovely times

@stephenxs8354 Жыл бұрын

Well know brand name 1TB ssd is almost just as low as that "random brand" linked. Example PNY CS900.

@bigmeat7272 Жыл бұрын

Nice video but you've missed showing the actual loading times on video...(even tho it wont be that much difference)

@zkmaxxxxx Жыл бұрын

its not gone its on ur t-shirt 😂😂😂

@amdintelxsniperx Жыл бұрын

the absolute last model of the ps3 has sata 2 so 300 mbps

@goclunker Жыл бұрын

Keeps slapping the console into the scissors. Bruh, just clean it with scissors

@CurtisHoareau Жыл бұрын

Umm.. Yeah.. You said you were going to give some load times before an after... Where it at?.. Good video though.

@deslardesslok Жыл бұрын

7:28p.m. 11/28/2022

@Stormlywing Жыл бұрын

I has buy PS3 slim from Cex ( few mouths ago ) and Guess what when wrong?

@xenoeidos9931 Жыл бұрын

no comparison?

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

I am wrapping up a comparison video this week. It took bit more effort to put that together. Thanks for asking about the comparison.

@powerfulaura5166 Жыл бұрын

the solid state drive drive

@Hitokiri926 Жыл бұрын

You talked about a performance boost and comparing numbers with the loading of Minecraft but never did. Opting instead to talk about a game you’re excited for.. That would be fine, but why title this as a performance boost if you don’t actually cover the performance boost?

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this comment and question. I pinned a comment of a follow up video where I do some performance comparisons.

@jameslarryaaaaaaaaaaaqasaa1233 Жыл бұрын

I love ps3 the bc version is my crown 👑 jewel

@delscoville Жыл бұрын

Just need to make certain the SSD has TRIM built-in. Usually have to pay a little more than that. The PS3 doesn't do any TRIM, so an SSD may not last very long. Also, keep in mind the PS3 uses SATA II, so at best a SATA III SSD will only be used at half it's bandwidth, which may not be much faster than a hard disk.

@PietroSoft Жыл бұрын

An SSD even on Sata 2 destroys a common hard drive on speed. I used my first SSD with a PC that only had Sata 2 ports. And, yeah TRIM is very important.

@delscoville 11 ай бұрын

@@muneebrehman6288 I wasn't certain if it was SATA 1 or SATA 2. But with SATA 1 it would be too slow for any advantage of SSD to be seen.

@learningchannel3850 9 ай бұрын

@@muneebrehman6288it does make a difference though. Especially if you play rpgs and play most games off of the SSD. Most of my RPGs play a lot better and my God Skyrim is actually playable for once. There are differences

@dmo848 Жыл бұрын

Use mother's rim paste to polish. U will be amazed I sware to God. Just try it. 5 bucks at Walmart it will cost you. Just do it

@NIXIEPIXIE Жыл бұрын

hi friend new subscriber ifixit has some good teardown videos theres also a guy on ebay who offers a legit cpu and gpu delidding service for a reasonable price a delid is the way to go if you want this to last

@mrizaldi7199 Жыл бұрын

your SSD bandwidth are limited to old SATA interface, so it's basically useless if you want more performance, brand new 2TB HDD are more viable for cheaper price

@TheTruthBeToId Жыл бұрын

You didn't show us the speed difference that you told us you'd show us :/

@lilnikitoska4056 Жыл бұрын

Блин, захотелось купить ps3, тем более что ssd туда запихнуть не так сложно

@supernovasavage2734 Жыл бұрын

Jesus christ that fucking thing is huge like ive never seen an og ps3 before

@dutchgamer842 Жыл бұрын

It's about half the size of a Playstation 5

@supernovasavage2734 Жыл бұрын

@@dutchgamer842 💀

@LennyQUMFIF Жыл бұрын

@@supernovasavage2734 PS5 is bigger by a bit. But the OG ps3 is still really huge and heavy, believe me i've seen both a PS3 and PS5 🗿

@Tanzu15 Жыл бұрын

A thrift store? Where?

@pathfindercast Жыл бұрын

It was a goodwill. I am surprised what people will give away sometimes. I have seen xbox360's there before but this was the first time I found ps3.

@Tanzu15 Жыл бұрын

@@pathfindercast my god people get so lucky.

@TonyMontana-ys5xz Жыл бұрын

Jailbroken ps3 is the best jailbroken system tbh

@predador007100 Жыл бұрын

Não é soprando que limpa, tem que abrir 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ só espalhou poeira pelo interior do PS3

@HoLDoN4Sec Жыл бұрын

when the video started i thought to myself "an SSD would have no effect whatsoever on the performance, nearly all PS3 games run directly from the BluRay disc" but then you said you're going to jailbreak the PS3 and it all made sense lol, yeah the original HDD in all PS3's was a cheapo laptop grade 5200rpm HDD, even reading from the BluRay disc was faster than reading from the HDD on PS3's. however i'd never buy any of these cheap Chinese SSD's. they are unreliable and WILL break on you when you least expect it. i'd go with a Crucial/Samsung/Kingston SSD everyday over any of these horrible unreliable Chinese SSD's.

@MrMosebysLobby Жыл бұрын

if you want the console not to die, buy a PS3 slim and rob the rsx chip off of it. not the superslim. Have someone replace it for you and boom, no more ylod bullshit. make sure the console is updated.

@jayleng9630 10 ай бұрын

I use webman too blow out the dust

@pathfindercast 10 ай бұрын

😆😆😆

@alucard0712 Жыл бұрын

you need to try Gran Turismo 5. this game is destroying HDD.

@mikekanner2156 Жыл бұрын

It’s not the SSD that makes your games run as great you see on Xbox series X PS5 or PC it’s the graphics card for PC they have the Nvidia 4090 graphics card but for consoles you can’t change or upgrade your graphics card so I say you wasted your money the PS3 doesn’t deserve the SSD card you should of done it to your PS5 or PS4 PC xbox one xbox series X the PS3 xbox 360 run games laggy not worth to spend $150 on a weak console