Basically, an SSD will improve load times by a decent amount, make the XMB run faster, and speed up texture loading in large games. It will not increase frames per second though you need to overlock for that
So pretty much, if I am running CFW I just need to pop the Evilnat Update file on my USB and use it on my PS3. Pretty straight forward. Thanks for the tutorial!
sorry if this is late, but after you upgraded your ssd and reinstalled the cfw did you have to re mod the console? or does restoring a backup from usb from before you switched the ssd allow you to still use all your jailbreaks and saves from before adding the ssd
@@HikariPrime Hello there! Nah no worries, never too late ;) If i fully remember, you just have to reinstall the CFW and you should be good to go, if anyone knows more about this, please correct me if I was wrong!
@mimiperator6505 What do you mean re-install? Do you mean just install the evilnat update, or do you mean you have to do the entire process from scratch like you are hacking the console for the first time?
@@checob224 depending on how you jb the first time you don’t have to since your flash memory is already modded. all you have to do is instead of installing the update from psn; install the cfw update onto a usb and download it when it gives you the prompt after installing your new ssd/hdd
I followed your video for my first 1TB drive but now installing drive 3. How about a follow up video on what SAS drive docking station would work best. Obiously need a SAS cable from pS3 to docking station but I went with a powered docking station to use less power from the PS3 and run cooler.
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.
Can i ask you about that i can do the same your step for my silm PS3 CFW4.90 to upgrad the New HDD, bypass the step to reupdate OFW and ReJeilBrake CFW again, after Change New HDD. So i can do?
On all backwards compatible PS3s, and the CECHG models, you don’t need to reinstall the firmware since they have the whole firmware on an internal chip vs other models having some of the firmware on the hard drive itself. On other fat models, you still do need to reinstall the firmware.
Sadly no, PS3 hard drives have a file system that isn’t recognized by windows or Mac OS. In the PS3 system settings you can instead backup everything to a usb drive and restore it after upgrading the internal drive
There are those standalone HDD cloners... Not sure whether they work with PS3s file system though... Edit: psdevwiki says you can use "ATA tweaks" to read/write to the PS3 hard drive
My console is already modded, will it detect the update from the usb drive like we see at 4:46. Also, should we backup everything on a usb before taking out the old hdd?
Modded consoles should detect the update from the USB drive. Also backing up everything is necessary if you want to keep your save data and previously downloaded games, and of course you can restore the back up later.
Im running 4.89.3 DEX so for CEX, System settings backup data utility USB formatted to FAT32 and back up everything and put the new HDD in and go back to backup data utility and press restore. I’ve been doing this for a couple days now it’s been giving me issues cause I’m a DEX user, and note BACKUP UTILITY DOES NOT SHOW UP ON DEX firmwares.** Change the debug settings to CEX to get them to show. But since your running CEX you shouldn’t have any issues. Given you haven’t done a dumbass move like I did and overwrote your account ID. So I had to delete the corrupted files.
@@EvanTetroI had to rethink this over all it will do is unflash the memory and revert it back to OFW. My bad. But nah for OP you won’t have CFW anymore. And besides who doesn’t love CFW?
@@EvanTetro Can i ask you about that i can do the same your step for my silm PS3 CFW4.90 to upgrad the New HDD, bypass the step to reupdate OFW and ReJeilBrake CFW again, after Change New HDD. So i can do?
,hi there, i want to ask if my console already JB CFW 4.9, now want to change SSD, what should i do? install OFW, then re-CFW? or direct install cfw will do?
AData is THE worst ssd on the market. I don't advice ever using one. Kingston, Crucial, Samsung are all good choices. I few dollars more but well worth it!
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