Hi guys
This actually pertains to the Playstation 3, but I guess it's relevant for any HDD based game system, or PC. I'm looking to upgrade the HDD, for no other reason than I want more speed, and I love to mess around with things. I've got a shortlist of two 2.5" HDDs that are good all round performers, but I got wondering, what is an important attribute in a HDD for gaming? For example, a low access time is more likely to benefit a game system than a high sequential read rate, but how do things like I/Os per second factor in?
The two I am looking at are:
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 250GB
Western Digital WD Scorpio Black 320GB
They are compared here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/...compare,1110.html?prod[2433]=on&prod[2431]=on
Interesting that the WD did so much better at simulated video editing. I guess that's down to the lower access times?
So the question is, which would be the best drive for the PS3, and what makes it better than the other? The thing that bugs me at the moment is the lengthy install process for demos and content. First it downloads the content and installs it straight after, so it ends up copying/moving/extracting data from one part of the drive to another. Kind of like unzipping a big archive.
Eventually I'm hoping I will be able to install games to the HDD. If this works Ok and brings a decent improvement, I may consider cracking open an Xbox360 HDD and see how I go on with replacing that.
Thanks guys. If you have any suggestions for other drives that may be even better, I'd be glad to hear them. Maybe you guys know about some non mainstream HDD that is pretty kick ass (like a 2.5" equivalent to a WD Raptor).
This actually pertains to the Playstation 3, but I guess it's relevant for any HDD based game system, or PC. I'm looking to upgrade the HDD, for no other reason than I want more speed, and I love to mess around with things. I've got a shortlist of two 2.5" HDDs that are good all round performers, but I got wondering, what is an important attribute in a HDD for gaming? For example, a low access time is more likely to benefit a game system than a high sequential read rate, but how do things like I/Os per second factor in?
The two I am looking at are:
Seagate Momentus 7200.4 250GB
Western Digital WD Scorpio Black 320GB
They are compared here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/...compare,1110.html?prod[2433]=on&prod[2431]=on
Interesting that the WD did so much better at simulated video editing. I guess that's down to the lower access times?
So the question is, which would be the best drive for the PS3, and what makes it better than the other? The thing that bugs me at the moment is the lengthy install process for demos and content. First it downloads the content and installs it straight after, so it ends up copying/moving/extracting data from one part of the drive to another. Kind of like unzipping a big archive.
Eventually I'm hoping I will be able to install games to the HDD. If this works Ok and brings a decent improvement, I may consider cracking open an Xbox360 HDD and see how I go on with replacing that.
Thanks guys. If you have any suggestions for other drives that may be even better, I'd be glad to hear them. Maybe you guys know about some non mainstream HDD that is pretty kick ass (like a 2.5" equivalent to a WD Raptor).