# Who's upgraded their PS3 harddrive?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-upgraded-their-ps3-harddrive/518051
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [November 18, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-upgraded-their-ps3-harddrive/518051 "2009-11-18T18:59:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-upgraded-their-ps3-harddrive/518051/1 "2009-11-18T18:59:01Z")
I found a 640gb harddrive on Amazon for $106 (includes shipping). I’m having a hard time not pulling the trigger on this. I currently have a 40gb in there. It’s not _full_, but I have to clear out all my old demos and trailers I’ve downloaded when I want to get a bunch of new ones. I’m not a Guitar Hero (or in a Rock Band), so I’m not big on DLC. I stream my media from my computer via Tversity. Is there anything coming down the pike that will make me want an extra 600gb in this thing?
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### Author:  [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-upgraded-their-ps3-harddrive/518051/2 "2009-11-18T19:33:36Z")
Unless you want to put a bunch of video files on your PS3, 640GB seems like a lot.
My friend has downloaded about every Rock Band downloaded content (DLC) song, and it’s about 16 GB.
Do you have to re-download after you replace the hard drive, or can you somehow copy DLC to another external drive and then to the new hard drive?
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-upgraded-their-ps3-harddrive/518051/3 "2009-11-18T19:37:36Z")
You can backup to an external, then restore to the new drive.