Hey all, I was looking into upgrading my PS3's storage capacity here pretty soon. I find myself with a lot of digital titles (mostly due to PS+ free games and games on sale), and I need more space for all these games!

So, does anyone know what the largest HDD is that can be installed in a PS3?

I currently have a 500GB one in there right now, and it's practically filled! Can I slap a 2TB drive in there? Does one even exist that will fit? Any help is appreciated, thanks!

@ssj4raditz: I wanna say 2TB is the limit but I could be wrong. I know 1TB drives will work for sure though.

I'm pretty sure as long as you can find one of the right size (laptop size, 2.5" 9mm SATA) it will work. There are some that sit at 2.6" and I hear you can use those as long as you're not using the HDD caddy that comes with the PS3 drive but I don't personally think I'd risk that.

It needs to be 9.5mm in thickness, same for PS4. Make sure to look out for that.

So any 2.5" that size will work. I highly doubt there is any storage space limit.

Alrighty, thanks for the info, guys! :)

I highly doubt Sony would intentionally impose a limit so you should be good to buy as much as you can find.

Is there even a 2TB laptop hard drive ?

The PS3 supports an internal drive of up to 1TB, and up to 2TB for a USB drive plugged into the console. From what I can tell from the conversation on this forum, the limit stems either from an obsolete SATA controller within the unit, or it's just a limitation imposed by Sony.

Internally, the PS3 won't be able to see a drive larger than 1TB.