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Here is how replacing your HDD on PS4 works (ComputerBild)
- Thread starter dragonbane
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Your right 1.5TB with dual 750gb platters is the largest that will fit at the moment, though I'm sure you could stick a 3TB external on it with some cables running out of your PS4 to it but it wouldn't be elegant.
TheGreyHulk
Member
hmmmm i have a 256GB SSD i want to slap into my PS4. I'm not doing a ton of digital downloads anyways....waiting for those test results
Bojanglez
The Amiga Brotherhood
Yeah this is a good plan, let the US Gaf be our guinea pig in week one, then order just in time for launch
KennyLinder
Member
On the back, is that a proper On/Off flip switch?! Didn't notice it before in press shots, I guess they always turn it On so its flush.
game2brain
Banned
love it!
the same label does the same with cars:
http://www.fotomuseum.ch/presse/0409_Dinge/040904_Dinge_P_17.jpg (LARGE!)
every piece
must be shitload of work
the same label does the same with cars:
http://www.fotomuseum.ch/presse/0409_Dinge/040904_Dinge_P_17.jpg (LARGE!)
every piece
must be shitload of work
Dark Octave
Banned
Why is the PS4 facing backwards?Look at that family:
You people really need to buy a screwdriver set so you're able to use the correct bit size, it's really not that easy to strip that screw.
Looks more like a Kensington lock to me.
I'm wondering if thats why they might have afforded the bay an extra few mm of height to at least allow for the larger 2.5" drives.
An SSD certainly does make a noticeable impact in many games with the PS3 (GTA V, for example), I expect things to be even better on the PS4 (as a system that is much more hard-drive dependant than the PS3 was).
MikeE21286
Member
$3.99 for 1TB hard drive at tiger direct
This would work right.....or do you need a 2.5" HDD?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...ffiliateID=lw9MynSeamY-9TYu0AtkPJpEDWYDZr7LFQ
This would work right.....or do you need a 2.5" HDD?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...ffiliateID=lw9MynSeamY-9TYu0AtkPJpEDWYDZr7LFQ
anexanhume
Member
The other consoles look back on the past. PS4 looks to the future.
It's official. That's the best console design I've ever seen.
narcosis219
Member
You have to take the shiny plate off? Excellent way for me to get finger prints all over dat plate
sublimit
Banned
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
*violates warranty*
Wow so they will already tear down the console. I thought this always happens after the console release, but hey I'm not complaining. That'll be very interesting... so, thread update anyone? Since they are disassembling the console, the HDD replacement was just a small portion of their article.
I believe it's to make all the logos face forward for the picture.
What you linked is a 3.5" desktop drive - you need a 2.5" drive with a maximum (standard) height of 9mm.
Mass Effect
Member
That screw. Need a ring of that or something.
Because if it were facing the other way, then you would just be looking at the bottom of it. The way it's designed is that its front is on the left instead of the right (like the PS2 and 3).
And yeah, the PS1 looks more out of place than the PS3.
Because if it were facing the other way, then you would just be looking at the bottom of it. The way it's designed is that its front is on the left instead of the right (like the PS2 and 3).
And yeah, the PS1 looks more out of place than the PS3.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
I would be very surprised if Sony gives them the exclusive on a teardown since Sony normally does this themselves for various products.
blu-ray drive
You're right, I don't really have a proper set...a couple of the sizes for my adjustable screwdriver have been lost over the years. I did okay until the last screw..I guess I got too excited.
And what do you mean, you people?!?!
anexanhume
Member
But it really is. I have like a whole room of tools and loads of experience constructing, disassembling and reassembling shit. I was still not prepared for that screw. The material was soft like a peeled banana or something. More pressure might have helped, but I already applied slightly more pressure than I'd usually do, because at that time I had already heard the stories about ruined HDD screws. Still messed it up in the first turn.
That would be great! Hopefully someone will do this. If Sony doesn't do it themselves.
Avid Reading Horse
Member
So... any idea if the PS4 HDD compatible with PS3? Bear with me for a second here... I have a launch PS3. With the original 20GB hdd. That's right, we're talking the no wi-fi model (Ethernet4Life). I always kind of planned to upgrade it, but it just never happened, Xbox 360 got most of my play-time along with almost all the multi-plats.
Now, with PS4 coming, I'll be getting on PS+ for multiplayer... so why not just take the 500GB from my PS4, shove it into my PS3 for all those PS+ freebie games, and then upgrade the PS4 storage to the 1-2 TB range, maybe a nice hybrid?
They're all 2.5" SATA drives right? I'm assuming the latest SATA is backwards compatible, but this is stuff I haven't been paying a ton of attention to the last few years...
Now, with PS4 coming, I'll be getting on PS+ for multiplayer... so why not just take the 500GB from my PS4, shove it into my PS3 for all those PS+ freebie games, and then upgrade the PS4 storage to the 1-2 TB range, maybe a nice hybrid?
They're all 2.5" SATA drives right? I'm assuming the latest SATA is backwards compatible, but this is stuff I haven't been paying a ton of attention to the last few years...
Ricerocket
Member
So close to seeing the internals!
Hahaha, I loved this part. That PS4 is SO sleek.
DiddyInAHellcat
Member
1.5 tb is the highest
Maybe they have different types of screws (or I was just lucky). My Slim screw didn't seem especially soft (not exactly hard either), but never in danger of getting stripped when screwed with the correct bit.
Wow, Computer Bild Spiele delivering the goods, who would have thought that?
Hope they really have a teardown tomorrow.
They will: "Tomorrow it gets down to business. We're gonna take a closer look into the inside of the PS4" and at the last picture they are already removing the screws which require special equipment.
Your plan will work.
DiddyInAHellcat
Member
Nope, that's just standard electronics structural integrity stuff. Hard drive cradle or whatever. Not a heatsink at all. My laptop has that on the inside too. Although it could absorb some heat, that's not its function.
Also similar:
The thing that's ABOVE the heatsink for RF shielding, but not part of the heatsink itself.
I still really want to see what Sony did with the cooling here.
No I think he means that plate underneath the HDD looking like crinkle-cut crisps which could be some kind of heatsink.
3rdamention
Member
Lol
WeAreStarStuff
Member
Look at that family:
Once you go black...
Live Free or Die
Banned
wow that screw. someone needs to shop that screw pic into the banderas gif.