Hey
So, I want to put a new hard drive on my computer, from your experience, wich is better/flexible? An external one or a "normal" one? Size should be around 1 -1.5 TB
Any sugetion? price... should be low, a max of 150 e
Specs: INTEL D975XBX2 (motherboard)
Intel Core 2 CPU 6600 2.40 GHz
4 gb ram
win 7 64 bit

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I heard the Western Digital Caviar Black drives were good, you can get a 1TB one of them for ~£70, so I guess it would be in your price range for euros (unless you get ripped off massively ).

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I'm also thinking of getting a new hard disk and I've decided to go with an internal basically because I have two free slots and it won't clutter my desk further nor take up another power slot or usb. All thanks to Howard

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depends what you want to do with it; is it for running the os and software, or just data storage.
do u want to be able to store backups on it? because i use a couple of externals to hold backups in case of fire; in addition to some just for movies/music that i can quickly flush down the toilet if the fuzz come round to arrest me for illegal downloading ^^

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Is it for storing uncompressed video files

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yes moose
but also for storage texture/photos music, movie not (maybe those made by me )
I tend to look at a internal one (reasons same as anna) but don't know verry sure how to put it, and I'm the computer expert in my village

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If you don't need to transport the data then there's no point getting a external drive - they are slower for transfering data to.

You also don't need a high performance internal drive if it just for storage. Just get one that's big, cheap and from a good company.

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Don't buy an external one. Besides what Jedi said, they have a habbit of cracking fast.

If your current hdd is also about 1-1.5tb you should look into setting them up in RAID-0 for the extra speed. I'm too lazy to look up if your motherboard has hardware support, if it doesn't, software raid should be ok. Not as good, but still a nice speed boost.**

Your options are, basically:
Western Digital for better power consumption (green versions)
Seagate for better (and by better I mean so small you would never notice) speeds
..and maybe a HITACHI with which I have no experience so dunno anything about.

My personal suggestion is to go with WDC. They make badass drives: quiet and reliable. (emag linky)


**if you're gonna go for raid-0 there's a bit more you should look into when choosing a drive, like compatible speeds so you don't have one slowing down the system. Also, how old is your current one and when did you check it's health last time?

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I also have a WD external so if you do decide to get an external WD is the answer. I have the MyBook Pro and I've had no problems at all with it. It even fits in my handbag

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WD external hard drivers are good i personally have a couple and i haven't had any problems with them so far. But it all depend on how often will you use the data you store, i keep only movies and games on them.

well you could get an e-sata ehdd if you got the input on your pc, those are fast as fuck, i have a few at work and it takes minutes to shift hundreds of GBs to it.

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I ordered (sebas linky), now I have to wait few days .
Thx guys and gals

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HaHa! look at Bam waiting for a harddrive to arrive....



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He is now a level 2 computer expert!

ye ye..I manage to installed without broke anything ...I have no more dvd because I need 1 more cable but that's easy to fix

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