Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA 2.5 inch Internal Hard Drive OEM, 5400RPM 8MB Cache, Sony Playstation PS3 Compatible

When it comes down to it there are basically two "budget" manufacturers to chose from when replacing your PS3's HDD, Western Digital and Seagate. Performance and reliability wise there is literally nothing between them, both have their share of "bad batches", but then the life span of ANY HDD is basically an unknown quantity.My advice when selecting a replacement HDD is to first have a look at the one already in your system and buy a direct upgrade to that make and model (Sony have used a few different manufacturers).The write speed used is generally 5400rpm and frankly going for 7200rpm will make no discernible difference and could in fact be detrimental to performance, but it is a personal choice, as is the storage capacity.Replacing your HDD is a fairly straight forward operation, although some systems have a slight problem with over tightened and "soft" caddy screws (the small Philips head screws that hold the HDD into the PS3's caddy). Be sure to use an appropriate sized screwdriver for the job. If you strip the heads of the screws you'll still be able to remove them with careful plier work, but it's best not to get yourself into that situation in the first place. Remember not to over tighten when replacing them.Make sure to back up your content on an external HDD using the systems back up data utility (be prepared for a wait, It took me an evening to transfer 60GB).In summaryI have found the Seagate Momentus 500GB 5400RPM to be:- Quiet- Great value for money- Ample storage- Reliable (fingers crossed)All in all, a worthwhile upgrade.

I got this for upgrading my old Fat PS3 40gb.It was easy to fit and with instructions of the web I got my ps3 upgraded and the hard drive is working fine and I have 412gb free space.You need a flash drive and use this with your laptop or computer, then go to the Sony PlayStation website and download the latest update, you will need to create a new folder on the flash drive named PS3 in caps then open the new folder and create new folder inside and rename it UPDATE in caps, then save the update from the website inside the UPDATE folder.If you have any save data you want to keep put this on a flash drive as normal.If you are fitting one of these hard drive to a Fat 40gb PS3 follow these instructions.1 turn your PS3 off and remove all leads, then put console on a table or floor to work on.2 unclipped the hard drive cover at end of the console.3 remove the blue screw from hard drive case then pull out hard drive in it's case.4 remove the 4 screws holding hard drive in it's case.5 remove the hard drive and put new hard drive in reversing steps 4, 3 and 2.6 plug all the leads back into the console.7 plug in your flash drive with the update on it, and plug your controller in.8 turn on the console with the on button on the front of the console and hold the button down for several seconds until you hear a beep.9 then follow the onscreen instructions.10 the console will format the new hard drive for you and install the update from your flash drive.You will have to reinstall your game data from your current games, and then set up your internet conection so you can use your original user name to reconnect back to the PSN, then you can sync your trophy info.This can take about 3 hours depending on how many games you want to install and updates depending on your internet speeds.I completly stripped my console aswell to clean all the dust out as my console is about 4 years old.If you want to do this make sure you remember where you have taken the screws out from and take pictures of every section you do, and be carefull not to damage anything.Stripping the console took about 1 hour.

Delivery was quick (came within 4 working days), and was packaged securely enough. Since getting it installed, my laptop is working much smoother as well as faster. Such a relief to notice the fan is working a lot quieter too. It really was noisy beforehand, so quite a big difference there. Haven't noticed the motherboard getting hotter than usual. It came with a year warranty, hoping it will last, and won't need to send it back for a new one. Even though it's very early days to judge its performance (hence the 4 star), still very pleased with the purchase so far and delightfully recommend it..

The upgrade process (I have an older, full sized PS3) is very easy but if you're backing up the data on an existing drive, bear in mind that any removable drive you use must be formatted as FAT32 as the PS3 won't recognise NTFS. I had to use a free download app to do this as the removable drive was too big for DOS to format (it only told be after waiting nearly an hour for DOS to do it!)Your username and login info seems to be stored in flash memory so it's not lost when replacing the drive.To replace the drive, remove the thin cover on the side at the opposite end to the Blu-Ray disk drive, remove the blue screw, slide the caddy which holds the drive to the right and pull out to remove (there's a small handle to help with this).Undo the 4 mounting screws and replace the drive and reverse the process. On switching on the PS3 it will prompt to allow it to format the drive. This should be quite quick. Job done, then you can restore any backed up data from your removable drive if required.As the meerkats would say... "Simples!"

Acheté pour remplacer un disque dur en fin de vie il remplit parfaitement son rôle dans mon vieux macbook pro.

Todo correcto, como siempre. Disco duro compatible con portatil HP Pavilion. Recibido en perfectas condiciones y sin problema. Muy reconendable.

Die Seagate ST9500325AS Momentus 500GB FP (5400rpm, SATA 3Gb/s, 8MB) habe ich Mai 2013 gekauft, weil die Festplatte von meinem ASUS X70A Notebook leider signalisiert hatte, dass sie ausgetauscht werden muss.Zum Glück konnte ich alle Daten noch rechtzeitig sichern, bevor nichts mehr ging. Der Einbau der Seagate gestaltete sich völlig problemlos, ebenso die Installation des Betriebssystems. Alle Programme und Funktionen konnten wieder hergestellt werden.Sie läuft schnell und angenehm leise und das seit 2,5 Jahren. Ich bin sehr zufrieden und deshalb von mir 5 Sterne und eine absolute Kaufempfehlung für dieses Produkt. Es sollte allerdings auf den Preis geachtet werden, der sich zwischenzeitlich fast verdoppelt hat.

So I received this HDD yesterday as a replacement for my 160GB Slim. I marked the rating as a 4 for two reasons. 1 because I just installed it I want to give it some more time before I give it a perfect 5 and that the packaging was a bit laxed In my opinion. It just came wrapped in thin bubble wrap in the silver type enclosed bag most hard drives come in with some air pouches inside. I was expecting a box or at least it tied down in the box so it could not move around.As for the HDD itself so far it's working just fine after installing it. If you have never replaced your HDD in your PS3 Slim it was a very easy process. This is a 500GB HDD that equates to 465GB once installed due to how the system reads it. After the PS3 takes up its own internal space you are left with 412GB for games etc. But that now pure space you have left to use up where a 160GB PS3 left me with about 112GB give or take.As far as the install it was very easy into the PS3 slim, in my opinion even easier than the old Fat PS3. However new to the slims is once you replace the HDD make sure you have the latest PS3 System update ready to go on a USB drive or else you will not be able to restart your PS3 and sign on to do your restore of data that you backed up.It seems fast, very quiet so far and in about a month I will update once I it's been used for a little bit. The Price is great for this HDD which I saw for about $20 more a few other places.UPDATE 20 June 2013- So its been about 7 months since I installed this HDD on my PS3 and it runs like a champ. Still have close to 300GB of space after Downloading many games from PS+ instant game collection. Its very quiet and has never once had any issues. I would highly reccommend this drive to anyone looking for an upgrade.

I bought this drive as a cheap improvement to my PS3 (was a TOSHIBA 160GB SATA 5400) and it's great so far! The PS3 backup process took an entire day, literally 10+ hours, but the installation was a snap and the drive works like a charm. Though it's a 5400, it's still a snappy drive and loading times differ from a 7200 by mere seconds per application. It runs so quietly in my system that the silence in some movies is as deafening as it should be :)Now to play all those games I couldn't fit on my old drive! :D