/vr/ - Retro Games

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>Is there any difference between the IDE to SATA converters? Obviously it's all chinkshit, but is it all pretty much the same?
I noticed there's some that don't have the master/slave switch. This is a thing I became aware while homebrewing my Xbox. I don't know if that would cause any problems. Due to the low price the only option is just to try them out.

>I think I saw that you could use a 3.5 or a 2.5 drive, but I assume a 2.5 would be better for the space. I just don't know what all of this looks like once its in the guts of the machine.
I use SATA drives (2.5 ones). This is how it looks. It kind of dangles from the network adapter. As long as you're not moving the PS2 around there is no danger of it falling off. Somebody sold 3D printer "holders" to make it more sturdy, but I haven't had any problems in a year of using this setup.

>And for HDDs, is there an upper limit on specs that the PS2 even benefits from?
I think the limit is 2 TB but that's really overkill. The main issue is that any HDD you obtain has to be detectable by the PS2 for formatting. It may well be that the expensive HDD you buy simply won't be detected and there is nothing you can do. My suggestion is to salvage some SATA HDDs from old laptops or second-hand stores. I got two 500 GB and one 320 GB drives this way and only cost me $30 from a guy on facebook marketplace. All of them worked, luckily.

The PS2 won't benefit from higher speeds since most games have tied logic to the PS2 reading speed, so its capped.

The current program used for feeding games to the drive is called HDL-Batch. It has been updated this year and I literally used it yesterday. Now it has an user interface and can tell you if the ISO is corrupt or if its already in the drive etc. You format the drive in the PS2, get it out and connect it to the PC with an USB to SATA cable (very cheap), the program dectects the drive and you just select the games you want to install.