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Is a 1TB hard drive an overkill?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:52 pm    Post subject: Is a 1TB hard drive an overkill? Reply with quote

I know I won't be using that much space.

However, it's not much more $ than say 600 GB.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What country?
Well no not really overkill depending on how much data you have or plan on having...

If you download movies and games and Movies and Software regularly then a 750gb or 1tb is good...

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bioshocked wrote:
What country?
Well no not really overkill depending on how much data you have or plan on having...

If you download movies and games and Movies and Software regularly then a 750gb or 1tb is good...


I do download movies and music, but I delete it as soon as I put it on my iPod.


As for games, that's enough space for like 100 good-sized games. I doubt I will have that much..



Edit: USA

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822324019

Capacity 1TB
Cache 16MB
RPM 7200 RPM
Form Factor 3.5"
Ultra fast 1TB SATA drive
Solid aluminum
Two rows of heat sink plates
Soft glowing logo
Quiet fan less design
Plug-n-Play USB 2.0
3.0Gbps eSATA

Use the eSATA and its only $110 USD
If you don't have eSATA you can buy the bracket cheap...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812201015
Type eSATA
Length 15"
Color Black
$6


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Total $116
For an unlimited supply of Data...

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are there different qualities, or is a HD a HD?

There's a 1TB at Frys for $90

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What's a 500GB HDD? Like $60? You could just as easily get one of those and save a bit of money towards something else or upgrade a different component.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There is qualities but they don't matter much...
Their is

Cache eg 16b
Size eg 1tb
Form Factor eg 2.5"
Port's eg USB eSATA Firewire
Main things to know about the drive is the Space (1tb) and Cache and Port...
Space for how much u can hold, port to know if your pc is compatible with it and Cache...

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i have a hard time filling 250gb.

I usually delete shit I don't use / need, so it never really fills... though I do cringe a little every time I delete 70gb from my ahem downloads folder.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Most people, even pirates, won't use 500GB. I have over 110GB free space on 368GB of hard drive space spread over two 200GB HDDs, holding over 200GB of entertainment (music, games, movies). If you need more space, you can always add a second drive, or burn data to optical media.

1TB for $90 is good, prices are so low now. I got my 200GB drives at $50 a piece just 2 years ago.

Edit: I'm stuck on a piece-of-crap 256k DSL connection, so I don't get much.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

superweapons wrote:
Most people, even pirates, won't use 500GB.


The folder I use for DC++ sharing and torrents is around 300GB, and there is anther 300 taken up with installations and shit. Definitely glad I got a 1TB hard drive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLsJyfN0ICU
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1tb is a good size, i'd say. if you're like me and you copy alot of movies, games, and download alot, you'd soon come to realise that it's not an over-kill.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, I got a 1TB in this computer and I'm pretty glad. Got lots of games and graphics apps installed, and I seed when I don't use Rapidshare. Then there's my OS partitions Rolling Eyes
Not saying I wouldn't get by easily with a 500GB, just happy I got the freedom to do whatever. Why am I rambling, who do I think I am, Robert Plant?
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have 2 500GB in RAID0, because I download a lot of anime.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Most people, even pirates, won't use 500GB.

LOL, lies..
I got 3x 1tb drives, and I got them almost full.
I've used up 2.8tb space.

(remember that this is only one computer of 4)

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

HDD space isn't overkill because if you look at it from a price/capacity viewpoint, 1TB is cheaper in GB/$ than a 500GB HDD. 1TB is like $0.10/GB, while 500GB is like $0.12/GB.

1TB is more future-proof because now games take up 5-20GB each. *cough* GTA IV, 14GB download
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