I'm back in the game with a PS3 that I purchased recently. I was not happy with the 80gb storage and the speed the games were loading. I purchased a cheap SSD and installed. Follow up video:    • How well does a 1TB SSD Performance w...  

Although I installed custom firmware on it, the SSD upgrade can be done on a retail PS3. The PS3 I have is a CECHL01 North American console.

Here is the 1TB SSD SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive
https://amzn.to/3ShJCdy

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
03:08 Cleaning
04:30 SSD Install
06:45 First Boot
07:23 SSD Disk Initialization
08:12 OS Firmware Install
12:30 FTP Copy Games
13:52 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze
15:37 Conclusion

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