What Hard Drives are Compatible with Ps3 Super Slim?

How to Change the New Super-slim PS3 Hard Drive

We noticed our new PS3 superslim came fitted with a 7.5mm, 500GB hard drive . 7.5mm drives are typically used in slim laptops like ultrabooks, due to being thinner than standard 9.5mm drives. That said, the PS3s hard drive slot is large enough to accommodate 9.5mm drives should you wish to use one.

Can I Use SSD in PS3 Super Slim?

1 Answer. Yes, the PS3 is fully compatible with SSDs, though not necessarily optimized for it. There are many benchmarks that compare the difference in performance of a PS3 using an HDD or an SSD. Also keep in mind that people have been running Windows XP (released in 2001) on SSDs without much problems either.

Can you Use an External Hard Drive on PS3 Super Slim?

PS3 and PS4 do not use external harddrives as game storage. Only internal 2.5 hard drives laptop can be used on Playstation consoles. External harddrives are not supported by PS3 to install games on them. And you need a 2.5 harddrive, 3.5 wont fit.

What Hard Drives are Compatible with PS3?

The PS3 is compatible with just about any 2.5-inch SATA notebook hard disk. Both 5400- and 7200-RPM drives should work fine. The physical size of the hard disk is important because it has to fit the PS3's 2.5-inch drive tray.