PS3 no BD drive, can I upgrade HDD?

[jake2k8]

Hi all,

My PS3 fat model has no BD drive, I have NoBD CFW installed but I want to upgrade the HDD to an SSD.

My question is, if I take the HDD out, will I be able to use recovery mode to restore the stock firmware before then applying the CFW NoBD?

 

[lwiz]

My question is, if I take the HDD out, will I be able to use recovery mode to restore the stock firmware before then applying the CFW NoBD?

Why install the stock at all, you can install the same (or newer) CFW version when required at the boot time after HDD replacement.

SSD's are still matter of debate though in PS3 circles - several people think that missing TRIM causes issues on the long run, others haven't seen any degradation or HDD problems, myself included.

 

[K3Nv4]

Why install the stock at all, you can install the same (or newer) CFW version when required at the boot time after HDD replacement.

SSD's are still matter of debate though in PS3 circles - several people think that missing TRIM causes issues on the long run, others haven't seen any degradation or HDD problems, myself included.

I don't think It should be up for debate. A 500gb ssd is around $30 VS a $35 1tb 2.5" hdd VS a 1tb ssd for $50. I'd personally go for the 1tb for double the storage but it all depends how much OP will want to actually install on it.

https://a.co/d/jcTWOZC $35 hdd

https://a.co/d/3qmxVkz $50 ssd

Keep in mind to get into recovery you still need an original ps3 controller. I recommend updating to latest firmware, downloading evilnat onto USB and going into recovery to install evilnat update.

 

[XFoxPrower]

Will a true SSD work in PS3? I only question that because I heard 360 doesn't. I've seen performance boosts myself with an SSHD (Hybrid HDD+SSD, controller handles the cache transparent to the OS?) in PS3 though. Not sure if those still exist.

 

[lwiz]

Will a true SSD work in PS3? I only question that because I heard 360 doesn't. I've seen performance boosts myself with an SSHD (Hybrid HDD+SSD, controller handles the cache transparent to the OS?) in PS3 though. Not sure if those still exist.

...others haven't seen any degradation or HDD problems, myself included.