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orcutt989
07-15-2004, 07:28 PM
Micronet FireWire 800 500GB Portable External Hard Drive, Model PXL5 (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?DEPA=0&description=22-154-506&ATT=Hard+Drives+External&CMP=KNC-goog13)


If i had a firewire port, and a job, i would totally do that.

Storm
07-15-2004, 07:33 PM
thats pathetic...........

get this one (http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10129)

thats over 3 times as big ;)

tesco
07-15-2004, 07:34 PM
:lol:

go for the second one for sure. ;)

abu_has_the_power
07-15-2004, 07:39 PM
if u want 1 tb, wouldn't it be cheaper to get 4 250gbs? cheaper than $1000 thats for sure

Storm
07-15-2004, 07:51 PM
first off all, its 1.6 TB ;)

2nd: you'll prolly have to upgrade your PSU

3rd: you'll need to switch to a hightower if you want to fit everything in.....

4th: get extra cooling

5th:oh, and what if you want to take some of those uncompressed movies* somewere else???

6th (and prolly most important): what will give you more bragging rights? six 250GB disks, or one LaCie disk?






















*you're not telling me you NEED 1.6 TB for all those MP3's you listen to......... thats 9 months of non-stop music..........

tesco
07-15-2004, 08:06 PM
Originally posted by Storm@15 July 2004 - 14:59
first off all, its 1.6 TB ;)

2nd: you'll prolly have to upgrade your PSU

3rd: you'll need to switch to a hightower if you want to fit everything in.....

4th: get extra cooling

5th:oh, and what if you want to take some of those uncompressed movies* somewere else???

6th (and prolly most important): what will give you more bragging rights? six 250GB disks, or one LaCie disk?






















*you're not telling me you NEED 1.6 TB for all those MP3's you listen to......... thats 9 months of non-stop music..........
My case can fit 5 hard drive...7 if u count the floppy drive bay as hard drive spots (it works, i have no floppy drives :D)

Yes you would need really good cooling for that, the middle ones would get no cooling at all and probably over heat :(

Real problem would be trying to hok up 6 ide devices. ;) Guess you could buy 3 controller cards or something.

Virtualbody1234
07-15-2004, 09:41 PM
Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@15 July 2004 - 14:14
Real problem would be trying to hok up 6 ide devices. ;) Guess you could buy 3 controller cards or something.
No. You would only need one controller card. You can run 4 drives on it and 2 on your motherboard.

tesco
07-15-2004, 09:45 PM
Originally posted by Virtualbody1234+15 July 2004 - 16:49--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Virtualbody1234 @ 15 July 2004 - 16:49)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@15 July 2004 - 14:14
Real problem would be trying to hok up 6 ide devices. ;) Guess you could buy 3 controller cards or something.
No. You would only need one controller card. You can run 4 drives on it and 2 on your motherboard. [/b][/quote]
right, lol, for some reason i had it in my head that each one takes one device. :lol:

plus 3 on the motherboard plus 2 cd drive (if u have that).