Should I Upgrade To 60 Gbs Or 80 Gbs?

[EnJoi]

what do u guys reccomend i want to keep lots of movies now and 20 gb HDD right now only habe 6 gbs left what size shold i get? 60 or 80?

[The Great Dude]

How much movies do you download and how much you plan to?

[EnJoi]

i wanna keep more DVDRIPS & SSCREENERs and install more software and get windows xp

[The Great Dude]

I think 60 is ok for that, but 80 seems optional. ;)

[EnJoi]

what do you have?

[Supernatural]

Trust me, 80GBs fills up FAST. My uncle has a 20GB and added 80GB to it. He filled it up in 2 months, mostly movies. Try to get the most you can afford. Samsung has a 120GB for $105.99 final price after shipping. That is a GREAT deal, IMHO. Check it out here (http://www.accubyte.com/applications/search/itemdetails.asp?sku=SAM-120-54&sc=pi).

[Xanex]

The question lies more in mow many gigs do you get for the $£.

the moment you get to about 8$£ per gig then thats the best option.

[itay]

i think that if u upgrade your computer, u shod upgrade it to the best u can
so buy the 80G, there is'nt much difference in the price......

[The_Flying_Scot]

Top tip where hard drives are concerned, you pay for what you get. Quality over size is important. You cant look past makers like Maxtor IBM Western Digital, a little more expensive but in the long run worth it. On the other hand If you were to invest in a CD/RW the cost of media is insignificant, so you can keep the latest movies on your hard drive and then remove older ones to CD when the drive become full. Only my opinion and what the hell do i know I am only A++ qualifed and a network enginere.

P.S. please no pick ups on my crap spelling this thing doesent have a spell checker :)

[harrycary]

I would go with the 80 Gb drive. Especially if it is the 7200rpm variety vs. 5400rpm. The price difference is negligible. Although branding is very debatable, in the end it really doesn't matter 'cause the odds of getting a defective one is the same. Although, noise and seek times do vary. Read reviews for these issues.(try tom's hardware guide (http://http://www.tomshardware.com))

p.s. for spell checking, this (http://http://www.iespell.com/) freeware integrates nicely with Internet Exporer.

[BROCKSTER]

ive just gone from a 12gb to a 120gb whats the point in a 80gb wen its not much more price wise for a 120gb mine cost me £100 :D

[Benno]

80 GB for sure, its hard to believe how fast they fill up. If you can afford it go for a 120 GB.

[EnJoi]

thank guys ill but ill think i ll get 80 gbs for me

[ooo]

get an 80!

wat are you talking about filling up fast... i have a 16gb hard drive!... lololol... it does not fill up fast if you put your files on to cds... thatz what i do... my com has like 7gbs free and thatz for dling... i dl up to like 3gbs and they put files into cds...

80gb is like for 100....

[Wolfmight]

yea, i got an 80gb and a 40gb which went currupt.. had to backup 30gb of data from the 40gb onto my 80gb... ugh not it's freakin full... gonna try to get a bigger hd to have as extra space.
we all wish for them Server drives that are huge, but then our ISP would be like WTF IS GOING ON WITH THIS FOO... *loud nocking noise on door* :unsure:

keep it cool and low . 1,000gb at the max.. :D

[The Great Dude]

Fills up fast? Don't you guys know how to control yourselves? :lol:

[leecheskicked]

The bigger the better, what seems massive now wont next year. on he subject of brands go for a maxtor or a seagate barracuda, both excellent, Dont touch Western Digital with a barge pole, I bought a job lot of 15 40gb drives and had 3 go down withing the first 2 weeks, if they're gonna fail they fail early, but 3 out of fifteen is unacceptable. Also i read that IBM expects a failure rate of 5% within the first 6 months, I personnally think that a 20-1 chance on losing your data within 6 months is not a good bet, other techs i know who work with IBM a lot figure that the 5% is optomistic, they figure its higher. At least one maxtor comes with a 3 year guarantee, so hang onto the receipt!

[ooo]

Originally posted by The_Great_Dude@25 March 2003 - 02:05
Fills up fast? Don't you guys know how to control yourselves? :lol:
for once i agree w/ him... betca itz full of porn... lol

[Benno]

You think 80 GB are big???

You should ask Jetje what he has. B)

[vivitron 15]

definitely go for the biggest u possibly can......don't u remember when windows came on floppy disks?

I do.....I remember being astonished it filled up MORE THAN 1 3.5".

and that was only a few years ago, Im not that old.

A wise man once said "if ur buying PC equipment, always get the best you can afford, cos in a week its rubbish, otherwise"

[Supernatural]

Originally posted by vivitron 15@25 March 2003 - 16:38
definitely go for the biggest u possibly can......don't u remember when windows came on floppy disks?

I do.....I remember being astonished it filled up MORE THAN 1 3.5".

and that was only a few years ago, Im not that old.

A wise man once said "if ur buying PC equipment, always get the best you can afford, cos in a week its rubbish, otherwise"
That's exactly what I'm saying. We all use K-lite here, so we know how fast 80 GB can be filled up (if you have broadband, that is). 120GB is the best value today. GB to dollar ratio is about 75 cent per gig. Not too shabby... :)

[vivitron 15]

in fact, worth serious consideration is a dvd burner...

1 DVD disk = 4.7 gig
disks £1 each....so 4.7Gig per pound...cheaper than a HDD!

clearly no sub, but for that tenth HDD uve been thinking about, worth considering for the dls you want to keep

[Supernatural]

DVD recorders are too much of a hassle right now. They are very slow (2x is high speed :lol: ) and the companies have this stupid format war going on. The drives themselves are very expensive. It just isn't a smart move to get one right now. I remember just 3 years ago when people where goin nuts over the "super fast" 4x CD recorders, paying $400-$500 for it. Now people will hurl at the mention of a 4x CD recorder.

[vivitron 15]

yeah, this is true, but for £100, you can get an OK one, and for backing up films etc, worth looking at in the long run, as a cheap option. (compare to £150 for a 120gig drive)

It all depends on the quantity u dl, i suppose

[Supernatural]

Samsung has a 120GB for about $100.

[Luca_Snipes]

Originally posted by Supernatural@25 March 2003 - 22:19
DVD recorders are too much of a hassle right now. They are very slow (2x is high speed  :lol: ) and the companies have this stupid format war going on. The drives themselves are very expensive. It just isn't a smart move to get one right now. I remember just 3 years ago when people where goin nuts over the "super fast" 4x CD recorders, paying $400-$500 for it. Now people will hurl at the mention of a 4x CD recorder.
There are now a large number of 4x DVD burners which are reducing in price, and if there is a worry about compatability with the differant formats thet Sony DRU-500A does them all, looks good, doesn't cost that much more, and the disks will play in most domestic players, the XBox and the PS2....

[Huh?]

60GB or 80GB??? Duh! If you have the money go for the biggest one you can get.


Hell, I've got over 1 Terabyte of Hdd space. For those that don't know what a Terabyte is, its 1,024GB. Hard to believe most of it is filled up too. :huh: :huh:

[ooo]

Originally posted by Supernatural@25 March 2003 - 23:28
Samsung has a 120GB for about $100.
are u sure now?

[Supernatural]

I'm positive. Check it out here (http://www.accubyte.com/applications/search/itemdetails.asp?sku=SAM-120-54&sc=pi).

[EnJoi]

thanks 4 all the inf0 >_<

[McGee]

I&#39;ve got a 100 gig Western Digital, had it since last July.. No problems with it yet.