Is the Seagate 1TB SSHD still the best 1TB drive on the market speed/heat wise for the PS4?
I want more space and speed, but I don't want to introduce any more heat than the stock drive.
do ssd's still rot ?
i have no interest in a tech that does not last long..
Speed and heatwise the HGST would be about as good and avoid the higher failure rates of Seagate drives. The hybrid drive's nand doesn't make much of a difference in the long run, particularly if you're running different games frequently. a 1TB 7200RPM HGST should be just right. Seagate makes a 2TB external that can be taken apart and put into a PS4, but, again, it's a Seagate. I've seriously considered giving them a second chance but I'm not certain I want to take that risk.
They will always rot, it's a nature of the medium. The rot you're thinking of, most likely, is incredibly small these days. Given the not-always-on nature of the systems and how much less frequently they write to a SSD compared to a PC it's definitely a non-issue.
Make sure you are using the full firmware download (700ish meg) not the update (250ish meg)So GAF I'm having a bit trouble figuring.out how to get my old laptop HDD to work on my PS4.
This is the HDD, AFAIC everything checks out to work on the PS4.
I wiped it with a program called DBAN, formatted it on my new PC to exFAT because it wouldn't let me do FAT32, downloaded the clean install onto a drive, backed up my saves, swapped it, "Could not start PS4"; OK, initialize PS4, "CE-34788-0 This update file cannot be used."
Been getting this error time after time.
Tried forcing FAT32 format through DOS cmd prompts but failed after a while.
What am I doing wrong?
Make sure you are using the full firmware download (700ish meg) not the update (250ish meg)
I ordered the 2TB Spinpoint. Samsung has a good track record for HDDs which hopefully wasn't tainted by Seagate.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I8O6OQ4/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Does the trick where you copy the PS4 backup file to your PC then back again still work? I'm gonna use this same drive in an enclosure to back up the PS4, copy it to PC, put the drive in the PS4, then use the stock 500GB drive to restore the backup data.
Guys and gals, I'm bout acquiring a STD for the PS4. Which STD do you folks recommend? I'm hopin for something not too expensive.
Guys and gals, I'm bout acquiring a STD for the PS4. Which STD do you folks recommend? I'm hopin for something not too expensive.
Looks like he already has an STD.itchyass86
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Is the 7200 RPM hgst drive louder then a 5400 drive? Not sure it will be a issue since a lot of games kick the PS4 fans into high gear these days but I am just curious.
I got a deal on the Seagate 2tb external drive and stripped it and been using it for about a month.
Using it without issue but it beeps sometimes.
Googling says its to do with the HDD not getting enough power and a decent number of people on PS4 have the same issues. Dont know if its a faulty drive or what. It works fine but still... Its a but worrying.
Plus reading other people have bigger issues with that HDD a few months down the road makes me think I should maybe downgrade to a 1tb from a more reliable maker.
Is the 7200 RPM hgst drive louder then a 5400 drive? Not sure it will be a issue since a lot of games kick the PS4 fans into high gear these days but I am just curious.
Not to say "I told you so" to anyone about the Seagate drives, but I figured this would happen eventually. Seagate is known for failures and a 2TB that fits into that thin a shell means they did some weird shit to make it work. I know 2TB is really tempting, all things considered, but reliability is more important, IMO.
Not to say "I told you so" to anyone about the Seagate drives, but I figured this would happen eventually. Seagate is known for failures and a 2TB that fits into that thin a shell means they did some weird shit to make it work. I know 2TB is really tempting, all things considered, but reliability is more important, IMO.
I have been running the HGST for over a year now with no issues what so ever.I ordered the HGST 1tb 7k1000. Will be here before metal gear in time to spare.
Still think I'm going to get a 1TB hybrid. Or I wait until there's one of those funky adapters that let you use an external HDD with it, like they had with the PS3.
Ah, forgot about that! Interesting that rest mode doesn't work, though. But ATM I'm thinking it's worthless to get much more over 2TB, even then you're splitting hairs between the performance of a 1TB SSHD vs. storage of a 2TB.There's already this thing
It does seem to slow the transfer rate down a bit though, but then you can use a massive 4TB drive.
I got a deal on the Seagate 2tb external drive and stripped it and been using it for about a month.
Using it without issue but it beeps sometimes.
Googling says its to do with the HDD not getting enough power and a decent number of people on PS4 have the same issues. Dont know if its a faulty drive or what. It works fine but still... Its a but worrying.
Plus reading other people have bigger issues with that HDD a few months down the road makes me think I should maybe downgrade to a 1tb from a more reliable maker.
Is the 7200 RPM hgst drive louder then a 5400 drive? Not sure it will be a issue since a lot of games kick the PS4 fans into high gear these days but I am just curious.
do ssd's still rot ?
i have no interest in a tech that does not last long..
Anyone that has had this for a while care to chime in on the reliability and speed? As long as it's as fast or faster than stock I'm fine.
Samsung Seagate HN-M201RAD Momentus SpinPoint ST2000LM003 2TB 2.5-Inch SATA III Notebook Hard Drive 9.5MM https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I8O6OQ4/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Was thinking on going with the data bank but screw that I rather just go with 2TB drive and go internal.
Don't mean to quote a month old post but mine recently started doing this. Is it really a issue or is it something the drive just does.
Maybe you put it in the wrong way bud, because my 9.5mm 2tb drive fits fine
OK wow I feel like a complete idiot. I thought I made sure to note which way the drive was facing but I guess not. It works now... thank you!
Maybe you put it in the wrong way bud, because my 9.5mm 2tb drive fits fine
So the PS4 and XBO don't benefit as much as one may expect from SSDs, and in the PS4s case there was this weird SATA II to USB internal bridge for the hard drive which may have limited SSD Gainz even more than the SATA II bus alone may have, even if USB can carry the full bandwidth it may be adding CPU overhead (and particularly if it's going accross that weaker than expected ARM chip handling IO that was apparently too weak to do standby downloads without the APU)
http://www.ps3devwiki.com/ps4/MB86C311B
So this may or may not have been the issue, and it may or may not have been removed in the 1200 model, or it may or may not have just been moved onto the southbridge.
So I've just been curious, did anyone test the CUH-1200s performance in here? Either with SSDs or without. Just curious if it benefits more from faster drives than older models were able to.