new hdd

[3223]

im looking for a new hard drive. 80+ gigs is plenty. ive never installed one before. does any1 have a guide? also what are the advantages of having an external hdd? lastly, what are some good deals (prefrerably from newegg). this is the best deal ive found so far:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822140166

thanks for the help

[Virtualbody1234]

You're looking for a HDD and 80 gigs is enough yet you post a link to the best deal you can find and it's 300 gigs? :blink:

80 ≠ 300 :no:




http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144102

[Skiz]

This is a good guide. I used it awhile back.

http://www.cheap-discount-computer-parts.com/install_hard_drive.htm

[bigdawgfoxx]

I would go with this 80GB Seagate w/ 8MB buffer

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148040

[Shiranai_Baka]

Well he did say 80+ gigs. I think its a better idea to buy a larger HD like the 300 gig. Cheaper for the gig.

[Gripper]

The best rule is you can never have a big enough Hard drive go for the biggest you can afford you'll be surprised how quick you fill it:)

[tree_for]

yup bigger e better e more e merrier

[e2000]

300gig is good but ur gona have a hard time backing it up and cataloging the files in it:).

[ApacNTS]

going for that 80gig myself $54 is pretty cheap to. 300gig looks tempting tho, that's a helluva lotta stuff you can hold.

[3RA1N1AC]

going for that 80gig myself $54 is pretty cheap to. 300gig looks tempting tho, that's a helluva lotta stuff you can hold.
80gb for $65??? that isn't a good price AT ALL anymore. it might have been a good price several months ago, but not now.

you can get 160gb for that price.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1477509&CatId=524

office depot is practically giving away 100gb drives at $20 (see the "rebate savings": $99.99 - $40 - $40 = $19.99).
http://www.officedepot.com/textSearch.do?uniqueSearchFlag=true&Ntt=941504

anybody interested in it should move quickly 'cause the rebates are only valid on purchases made between 9/25/05 and 10/01/05, to customers within the 48 mainland states. supposedly maxtor exhausted their supply of 100gb drives, so some people have received 120gb drives in boxes labelled "100gb."