Need a new Hard Drive?

Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:44 pm

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=1&submit=Go&description=N82E16822144203

Might wanna take advantage of that.

Thu Nov 13, 2003 6:24 pm

Holy crap, that is a really nice price. I wish I was in the market for a harddrive, but I really need a new mobo way before harddrive. I have a 7200rpm but its 2mb cache. I want a mobo and a 9800Pro first, and DDR400 all of which I'm going to slave my ass off at work for.

Fri Nov 14, 2003 11:15 am

I have the 80 gig version of that HD and the other day I got a warning to back up all my data from the S.M.A.R.T system in my mobo, not sure if i should worry because it happened before with a diffrent HD of mine that put in my wife's PC and it seems to be working fine:confused:

Fri Nov 14, 2003 11:26 am

Originally posted by Camel toe joe
I have the 80 gig version of that HD and the other day I got a warning to back up all my data from the S.M.A.R.T system in my mobo, not sure if i should worry because it happened before with a diffrent HD of mine that put in my wife's PC and it seems to be working fine:confused:

Fri Nov 14, 2003 11:33 am

Damn, that is a nice price. Though I don't have the money and don't need the space at the moment. When I built my new computer this summer I bought a 120 Gig to use as the primary drive (windows, programs, games) and a 180Gig to use as the secondary drive (storage, movies, mp3's). Both are WD special edition drives and both seem to be working great.

Fri Nov 14, 2003 6:43 pm

jesus. just how many mp3's and pics can a person have? i have an 80 gig drive that only has 15 gigs used. only reason i bought an 80 gigger was i wanted the 8mb cache.

bunch 'a pack rats

Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:13 pm

Heh, I don't nearly have either drives full. Only have about 20 Gigs used on the 120 and 50 on the 180. I do rip all my cd's to the computer though. I also like to rip them at a rate equal or greater than 192kbps. I like good quality mp3's

Plus I download lots of DJs' Live sets.

Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:14 pm

Originally posted by Horsepower
jesus. just how many mp3's and pics can a person have? i have an 80 gig drive that only has 15 gigs used. only reason i bought an 80 gigger was i wanted the 8mb cache.

bunch 'a pack rats

Porn takes up a lot of space.... Lots and lots and LOTS of porn...

Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:34 pm

Originally posted by Rule of Wrist
Porn takes up a lot of space.... Lots and lots and LOTS of porn...

IT SURE DOES!

Sat Nov 15, 2003 2:36 am

for you broke porno collectors...seen this on Anandtech's hot deals forum. not as big of a drive as the WD, but hella cheap.

Maxtor 120GB 7200RPM Internal HD w/8MB Buffer - $50 after rebate@ BestBuy the day after Thanksgiving.

Sat Nov 15, 2003 7:31 am

Go with the SATA WD RAPTOR. This thing smokes any HD I have ever had. BF42 has never loaded this fast!! My old C drive was an 80 gig. maxtor w/ 2m cache. I use the RAPTOR as my new c and the maxtor as file storage on D. I need to watch out on how much data I transfer from the Raptor to the Maxtor now because of the low buffer. I have gotten errors because I tried to transfer too much data at once.