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Smith
02-17-2005, 09:48 PM
Alrite, now i was wondering if i wanted to get a bigger hard drive would it cause any slow downs on my comp? i curently have a 80 gig drive and its getting full of shit from me downloading season after season of stuff. Now i was also wondering if buying an external HD would be as good?

thanks
bigdawgfoxx
02-17-2005, 10:01 PM
No, it shouldnt cause any slowdowns. Buy a nice 160 or 200GB Seagate with 8mb buffer.
Smith
02-17-2005, 10:57 PM
Alrite ill think bout it then... thanks
Formula1
02-17-2005, 11:51 PM
Get a Western Digital 160GB SATA on an 8mb buffer, for 95 USD.
bigdawgfoxx
02-18-2005, 02:46 AM
Id go with a Seagate 160GB SATA 8mb buffer for $110

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-148-018&depa=0
Virtualbody1234
02-18-2005, 04:12 AM
I don't know if this will help. Where are you in Canada?

Anyway... In Canada: Both 160 GB with 8 MB cache:

Western Digital IDE: http://www.oemexpress.com/Itemdesc. (http://www.oemexpress.com/Itemdesc.asp?CartId={2F1AE93C-1F99-4292-931B-4EF5AC146E88}&ic=HDDWDC%2DWD1600JB&Tp=)

Seagate SATA: http://www.oemexpress.com/Itemdesc. (http://www.oemexpress.com/Itemdesc.asp?CartId={2F1AE93C-1F99-4292-931B-4EF5AC146E88}&ic=HDDSEA%2DST316002&Tp=)

I too prefer the Seagate.

If you choose the SATA then just check that you system supports SATA before buying.