I will buy if there is a good system so I can play my UMDs and continue to buy UMDs

I dont believe there is any limitations to the size of the HDD that can be used in the PS3, but I wasnt aware that a 2.5" SATA 1TB HDD was on the market yet

Did some research for you, apparently there are 750GB and 1TB 2.5" HDD by Western Digital but they are thicker than the normal laptop HDDs. Standard 2.5" HDDS are 9.5 mm thick but these 2 new ones are 12.5 mm thick.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10296034-1.html

I WAS going to buy it if it was in the range of £150-200

£200+ is beyond a joke if the PS3 itself is only £250.

Il wait until Valkyira Chronicles 2 release, and if its not down in price by then... im getting a 3000.

Yeah, a 3000 is only £130, so I might just upgrade to that and get a new colour (I have a black 2000) and spend the extra money of the great PSP line-up this christmas

Thanks man, I see that you have a 500Gb HDD do you personally think that it's big enough or would you go bigger?

I have so much crap on my PS3 and I still have over 300GB left on it.    2000+ MP3s,  30+ PSN games,  every episode of Qore, Game Data for about 40 games,  tons of trailers and close to 3000 pictures.   So yeah you could say its big enough

I suppose some retailers will sell it at a discount, but that's still a crazy price... more than a Wii and almost as much as a PS3 :O

Thanks for the help man, think I'll go with a 500Gb HDD

Have seen this one which is pretty cheap;

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/9216806/Seagate-ST9500325AS-Momentus-5400-6-500GB-2-5-Internal-SATA-Hard-Drive/Product.html

Try this one, unless you dont like shopping at amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Internal-OEM/dp/B001JSSDGU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250783207&sr=8-1

Or this one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Momentus-500GB-Internal-OEM/dp/B0025VKQY2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250783268&sr=1-1

I personally prefer Western Digital over Seagate, but that is just my opinion.