Decisions, Decisions.
GameStop is having a sale going on right now where ANY refurbished PS3 (yes, ANY, this includes the 500GB super-slim) is $150 and comes with a free game.
The offer is tempting. However, much like how I opted to get a 4GB Xbox 360 slim and add a hard drive to it, I was thinking about getting that $200 MSRP 12GB super-slim, and adding a 500 (or larger)GB hard drive. I've got a few 2.5" hard drives lying around anyway.
Is it worth the extra $50 though? GameStop doesn't seem to have any refurbished/used 12GB systems at all, at least not on their site.
If you put a hard drive in one of those (and I understand you need a mounting bracket), do you still have the ability to use the 12GB PLUS the hard drive space? Or does it just not use that flash memory once you put a hard drive in?
My goal, really, is to put a 3Key or other ODE in there, so the size of the internal hard drive might not matter much anyway (except for games that have mandatory installs maybe?)
The main thing I'd like to know is what happens if you put a hard drive in one of the 12GB units. I know for a fact that with the Xbox 360 you'll now have 320+4GB (assuming 320GB hard drive), so you can put things like your profiles on the internal memory while having games on the hard drive. However, I don't know of such a "storage" menu on the PS3.
GameStop is having a sale going on right now where ANY refurbished PS3 (yes, ANY, this includes the 500GB super-slim) is $150 and comes with a free game.
The offer is tempting. However, much like how I opted to get a 4GB Xbox 360 slim and add a hard drive to it, I was thinking about getting that $200 MSRP 12GB super-slim, and adding a 500 (or larger)GB hard drive. I've got a few 2.5" hard drives lying around anyway.
Is it worth the extra $50 though? GameStop doesn't seem to have any refurbished/used 12GB systems at all, at least not on their site.
If you put a hard drive in one of those (and I understand you need a mounting bracket), do you still have the ability to use the 12GB PLUS the hard drive space? Or does it just not use that flash memory once you put a hard drive in?
My goal, really, is to put a 3Key or other ODE in there, so the size of the internal hard drive might not matter much anyway (except for games that have mandatory installs maybe?)
The main thing I'd like to know is what happens if you put a hard drive in one of the 12GB units. I know for a fact that with the Xbox 360 you'll now have 320+4GB (assuming 320GB hard drive), so you can put things like your profiles on the internal memory while having games on the hard drive. However, I don't know of such a "storage" menu on the PS3.