Is a 40 GB hard drive enough?

Hey, my gf says she wants to buy me a ps3 for christmas :)

Naturally, I want her to spend the least amount of money on me as possible. Here is the cheapest ps3 I found:

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=68183

It's a 40 GB. I know that you have to "install" ps3 games when you buy them, and I was wondering about how much space these games take up. Is 40 GB gonna be enough??

Thanks in advance

Might as well spend a bit extra for the slim.

I'd take the Haze guy's advice and get a slim. It would be more reliable too. Game installs can vary between 1-5 GB's, with a 40GB you may struggle for space at some point.

First of all, that didn't answer my question. Second of all, what is so special about the slim?

The slim has a lot of space, so you don't have to worry.

I'd take the Haze guy's advice and get a slim. It would be more reliable too. Game installs can vary between 1-5 GB's, with a 40GB you may struggle for space at some point.

Floppy_Jim

First of all, that didn't answer my question. Second of all, what is so special about the slim?

mECHwARRIORx2

The hdd size all depends on how many games you're going to buy. Some games require no install and then some have up to a 5gb install. Personally I don't like to delete game data and then have to reinstall when I want to revisit a game that's why when my 60gb was full I upgraded to a 320gb hdd. I have like 70 PS3 games though.

P.S. your gf is awesome. definitely a keeper

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Furi-Kun

If you don't use the HD for anything other than games 40GB is probably enough. But like others said you're better off going for the 120GB slim for reliability and less power usage alone. If you feel bad about your girl spending that much then you can offer to split the cost.

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ryrulez

With a capital K please.

Get the 40 gb, trust me, you don't need that much space. I downloaded all Grand Turiosmo 5 cars and all God of War 3 online map packs and still have 39 gigs left. 120 is blantly uneeded. Anyone who says so is lying.

Well, depending on how much games he's going to buy off PSN or on disc, also videos, demos, and game installs can come into mind. 40GB can fly by quite quickly.

Get the 40 gb, trust me, you don't need that much space. I downloaded all Grand Turiosmo 5 cars and all God of War 3 online map packs and still have 39 gigs left. 120 is blantly uneeded. Anyone who says so is lying.

Justinge3

It could be enough, just depends on what games you get. Some games don't require any install, some require small installs, and others require 4 or 5+ GB installs (MGS4, Bioshock, Fallout 3, etc)

I've got a 40 and no way is it going to be enough. I have less than 10GBs left and I really don't have that many games.

Hey, my gf says she wants to buy me a ps3 for christmas :)

Naturally, I want her to spend the least amount of money on me as possible. Here is the cheapest ps3 I found:

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=68183

It's a 40 GB. I know that you have to "install" ps3 games when you buy them, and I was wondering about how much space these games take up. Is 40 GB gonna be enough??

Thanks in advance

mECHwARRIORx2

Get the 40 gb, trust me, you don't need that much space. I downloaded all Grand Turiosmo 5 cars and all God of War 3 online map packs and still have 39 gigs left. 120 is blantly uneeded. Anyone who says so is lying.

Justinge3

Get the 40 gb, trust me, you don't need that much space. I downloaded all Grand Turiosmo 5 cars and all God of War 3 online map packs and still have 39 gigs left. 120 is blantly uneeded. Anyone who says so is lying.

Justinge3

40 gb is enough for me cuz i have a 40 gb ps3 and works just fine

40GB is a bit tight, and I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes more of a problem as time goes on. While you can delete the installs from the disc after finishing games, having a bigger disk means you don't need to deal with the problem.

That said, you can easily get by with 40GB if you don't plan on downloading many demos or PS Store games. And remember that the hard drive is user upgradable and takes standard notebook hard drives, so you've always got the option of upgrading later.

If you ignore the hard drive size, the main draw cards for the slim though are (a) lower power consumption so potentially less noise and (b) HDMI CEC support (aka Bravia Theatre Sync) which allows compatible TVs to power the PS3 on and off and issue some other basic commands (play, stop, fast forward, rewind, etc).

I have a 40 gb ps3 and so far no problems...i cant see why you would need a bigger hard drive unless you fancy downloading quite a few games off the psn store, or demos and lots of game add ons maybe. So far im doing fine with what i have, and what is all this about installing games?? You mean when you buy some games on disc you have to install all the data on the disc to the ps3 hdd?!

40gb wasn't enough for me with the 1-5gb installs. I ran out of space in around a year so.

Guess it all depends then, i dont have many games at the moment though.

i have a 40gb. yea, there's been times when there's wasn't enoguh space, but that's because i download trailers (especially from the Japanese PSN Store, their vids are like 300-500mb each but i can get them in the Canadian PSN Store for lik e57mb lmao) so i transfer them to my external hard drive. but, if you're only concerned about game installs (no music, video, etc.) 40GB is more than enough. i got Valkyria Chronicles (4Gb install), MGS4 (5Gb install), Killzone 2 (1GB?) Batman AA (3GB), etc. and i still have space to spare. oh well, Uncharted 1 & 2 don't require installs so there ya go. :D game installs range from 300mb~2GB. MGS4 and Valkyria are exceptions. they're just huge. Batman AA 3GB is optional. you can install 1Gb or 3Gb (faster load times, but it won't install 3Gb until you're near the end, when you unlock all maps). so yea, regular games on average is about 700mb~1gb installs. going by that, you can at least fit in around 10 games (or maybe even more) without any music, pics, or trailers whatsoever. free demos are also 1gb-2gb.

^ Yes your right, dont go for 40gb though if u plan on having LOTS of games and downloads etc. But if ur looking for a cheaper console, then why not?

i wouldnt have thought so, i have like 80gb left from a 320gb hdd.. you could always buy a larger hdd in the future if you start running out of space.. or just spend a bit more moneyand get the slim.

Oh i just remember a question i want to ask...its on topic so dont slate me lol. Well was gna say, if you upgrade the hard drive, will it change the performance? because i think my dad's got a 120gb one just lying around, but its quite old

Oh i just remember a question i want to ask...its on topic so dont slate me lol. Well was gna say, if you upgrade the hard drive, will it change the performance? because i think my dad's got a 120gb one just lying around, but its quite old

sn4k3_64

I ended up insalling a 500Gb harddrive in mine after installing everything it was around 100GB so I'd say if you want a good number of games you'll need the 80GB at least

Oh i just remember a question i want to ask...its on topic so dont slate me lol. Well was gna say, if you upgrade the hard drive, will it change the performance? because i think my dad's got a 120gb one just lying around, but its quite oldsn4k3_64

I've already got more than 40GB on mine. A few game installs, about 15-20 demo's, maybe 50 CD's woth of music, a bunch of photos and videos. If you're just going to play games, 40GB would probably be enough.

40GB is definitely not enough because you only get about 15GB of it to actually use. Seriously, I can store more demos, videos, add-ons on my 20GB 360 than my 40GB PS3.

I constantly need to clean out downloads/unused save files in my 40gb PS3. Also I believe the 40gb models are prone to Blu-ray lens failure, mine went out after 14 months and when it did I did some research and found it was pretty common in my model.

Get the 40 gb, trust me, you don't need that much space. I downloaded all Grand Turiosmo 5 cars and all God of War 3 online map packs and still have 39 gigs left. 120 is blantly uneeded. Anyone who says so is lying.

Justinge3

I had a 40 gig the hard drive should last you a while depends what games you get some have bigger installs then others. I filled mine up so bought a 250 gig hard drive and changed it now got shed loads of space.

Hey, my gf says she wants to buy me a ps3 for christmas :)

Naturally, I want her to spend the least amount of money on me as possible. Here is the cheapest ps3 I found:

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=68183

It's a 40 GB. I know that you have to "install" ps3 games when you buy them, and I was wondering about how much space these games take up. Is 40 GB gonna be enough??

Thanks in advance

mECHwARRIORx2

I think it depends on what you plan to do with the console and how youplay games. I personally had teh 40 gig and ran out of space quite quickly. Normally, I only play one game at a time, but lately I don't have time to play all the game I buy so I've been jumping around a lot. Since most games now seem to have a 3-5 gig install, I found I ran out of space quite quickly. And that was just for regular games and didn't include holding on to demos (roughly 1 gig or more), videos, Downloadable PSN games (incluing Burnout which was 4 gigs), etc. Plus I'm Canadian so I don't have the option to download tv, movies or the upcoming Netflix capabilitites.

If you only play a couple games at a time, or don't mind micromanaging your HDD and deleting installs for games you don't play, then go ahead.

But I personally bought a 250gig HDD and upgraded my console. So I would probably recommend getting the new slim which has the bigger HDD. But if price right NOW is an issue, get the 404 gig and you can always upgrade the HDD yourself later, if and when you need it.

Depends on how active you are with your PS3 and if you download lots of content. I personally wouldn't go with older PS3 models like the 40 GB or 60 GB especially from GameStop, they are more prone to problems. Just get yourself a Slim and buy LBP or something so you and your gf can play together.

i have a 40gb ps3 and its enough for me...but if your plane on buying alot of games for it i would buy the ps3 slim or you can upgrade a bigger hdd for the 40gb ps3 which is even better