320GB SATA HD at $99
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Eh, it's okay. It's just an average "good deal" for a 320gb drive though. Not a steal by any stretch.
The test of a great deal is $0.25/gb or lower. This is ~$0.32/gb.
The test of a great deal is $0.25/gb or lower. This is ~$0.32/gb.
Fry's has 300GB drives every weekend for ~$90
it is scary how cheap storage has gotten. I love it !
I REALLY need an ex. hardrive. Is one of these (posted and frys $90) better?
look in the newspaper ads today, they have some great deals on external HDs, I think i saw a 250gig external for 109-130
http://www.netaffilia.com/ad/electronics/frys/i/2006/06/23/17588.html
WOW. Is there such thing as a crappy HD?
edit: oh, internal..
WOW. Is there such thing as a crappy HD?
edit: oh, internal..
That's not a bad deal, and yes there are plenty of crapy drives out there. As cheap as storage is, I still have like 50G left on my 90G drive now.
I have 233mb out 37GB left on my computer. Should I get a bunch of small ones or a big one?
I need to store Photos. I think I should get 2 big ones. 1 for backing up.
I'd buy one internal drive, and one external drive. If you can swing it, buy a pair of 320gb drives, and an external enclosure.mtnbrider said:
The external drive will be a good backup, but if you've got a DVD burner, burn a set of your pictures to DVD and keep them off-site somewhere.
seriously!splat said:
Many people will simply not notice the performance increase of a 10k Raptor drive. The money just isn't worth it unless your computer is pretty fast to start with - there are lots of bottlenecks elsewhere, and you pay a huge premium for that small performance increase of the Raptor drive. Benchmarks usually show Raptor drives to be better performers than real world testing bears out.
Plus, higher platter speeds equals more heat, more noise, and more wear on the drive mechanisms.
Not that they're bad drives, of course, just that most of the population has no need for such a drive - their money would be far better spent on a memory upgrade, or a better backup solution like an external drive or a dual layer DVD burner.
Plus, higher platter speeds equals more heat, more noise, and more wear on the drive mechanisms.
Not that they're bad drives, of course, just that most of the population has no need for such a drive - their money would be far better spent on a memory upgrade, or a better backup solution like an external drive or a dual layer DVD burner.
I have a dell inspiron 1150. I don't have dvd burner, but I have a regular cd drive (which stopped working). I have to download drivers for stuff from the web.
10K drives aren't very fast............binary visions said:
I just put together an external USB drive for backups - $80 for the 250GB Seagate drive & $9 for the USB enclosure. Works like a champ, albeit pretty slowly. 
someone mentioned backing stuff up, and what i do is use my extra space on my ipod..4gb is usually what it takes, documents, pictures and videos..
i was thinking about investing in an external, or second internal hd and at the end of the week, upload everything onto the old one, just in case of a hd failure.
i was thinking about investing in an external, or second internal hd and at the end of the week, upload everything onto the old one, just in case of a hd failure.
I'd never make a backup on a device as prone to be dropped/damaged/soaked as an iPod.
If all you need is a 4gb backup, save yourself some money and buy a DVD burner, and just burn DVDs.
If all you need is a 4gb backup, save yourself some money and buy a DVD burner, and just burn DVDs.
I need way more than 4GB. If you are backing up stuff, put it in a safe place. I'm going to keep my backup ex. HD in a safe.
i have a dvd burner, but am too cheap to buy dvd's
ill buy an external hd
ill buy an external hd
You're too cheap to buy DVDs, but you'll buy an external hard drive that's 50x more expensive and is more than ten times the amount of storage space you need?habitatxskate said:
http://meritline.stores.yahoo.net/benq-8x-dvd-plus-r-media-benq-branded-silver1.html
I run a 10K raptor for OS and a pair of Seagate 300 SATAs for DVD ripping purpose (direct fan/air flow). It's a nice combo as I work w/ 12+ hour long episodes in one sitting. I like using DVD Shrink on files on the HDD. I have 2 machines set up like this and moving 4 gig files from one to the other over GigBit is a lot more tolerable w/ these drives vs pata133... I think I'm going to check out the NCQ controller as the next upgrade. And when the $$ on the 750GB Seagates SATA300s drops...mmmmm
Edit: mtnbrider, I wouldn't use a bunch of smaller drives vs one big one because of power consumption and additional heat production. It's not really critical on a custom build as most I know use WAY too many fans anyway.
Edit: mtnbrider, I wouldn't use a bunch of smaller drives vs one big one because of power consumption and additional heat production. It's not really critical on a custom build as most I know use WAY too many fans anyway.