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Does size matter?

rivethead

rivethead

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Seriously....

I'm in the process of buying parts for my first build. I've decided on an 80GB Seagate Barracuda SATA drive.

The cheapest I can get one is for $69 from ChiefValue.

But now I see that Fry's Outpost has a 160GB Seagate SATA for about $74 after shipping and after a $40 rebate.

So double the size for $5 more.

Seems like an easy decision, but I'm wondering if I really need the additional 80GB.

I'm upgrading from a maxed out 10GB hard drive on a socket A Thunderbird system running Windows 98 to a socket 939 AMD PCI-E system that will have Windows XP. I've also got a dvd burner and plan on doing some dvd copy/buring.

Granted, I'm a noob, but what typically eats up a lot of hard drive space?

Also, could I make several partitions of this 160GB and use one partition as a backup copy of another (in case the sectors go bad)?

Thanks for you comments.
 
The value of separate partitions for 'backup' purposes is dubious.

However, the 160gb drive will likely perform better than the 80gb due to higher data density (assuming the same number of platters in each drive); it may even be a newer generation, though I'm not certain of that.

Definitely get the bigger drive.
 
It never hurts to have extra storage. As far as "eating" up space.. Games, DVD Copying, Video, Music, Etc 🙂 As far as partitions you will want at least 2
 
Double the size for $5 more? I'd go for it even if you don't use the space.

Things like games these days are eating up multiple gigabytes apiece, if I'm not mistaken (I don't play a whole lot myself), and stuff that easily accumulates (music, random documents, pr0n--if you're into that 😛) will also eat up space.
 
Originally posted by: Ausm
ALways go with more storage...an extra 80 gig for 5 bucks I would be all over that!

Ausm
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if you have high speed internet you WILL need more storage since when downloading with broadband, size of the file doesnt matter
 
It is a toss up in my opinion. I find that if I have more space I tend to d/l or install more things. My old machine has a 160GB (40+120) of space and is down to about 60 free. My main machine has 450GB (200+250) and I am down to about 75 free. Before this I was running the single 40gb and never seemed to run out of space... the more space you have = the more crap you will get.

As for partitions, I partition my 200GB into a 170 and a 30 and have windows on the 30. The second drive I keep as a 250 partition. I use part of the 250 as a backup which is kinda ironic as I trust my 200gb more (the 200 is a Seagate and the 250 is a Maxtor)

-spike
 
i've had my pc for less than 1 mnoth and out of 160gb, i have 59 gb left. go for it. you will be suprised how fast space is used up. i dont really even rip movies or stuff, mostyl an internet/gmae rig. not too amn games either. but it all adds up. ut2k4 uses 6.4gb of space(it's 2 dvds or 6cds). and i have it ripped to my pc so it's easier to use witout scratching it.(i dont use my cd drives anymore, espically after that starfleet command incident.
 
Originally posted by: mwmorph
i've had my pc for less than 1 mnoth and out of 160gb, i have 59 gb left. go for it. you will be suprised how fast space is used up. i dont really even rip movies or stuff, mostyl an internet/gmae rig. not too amn games either. but it all adds up. ut2k4 uses 6.4gb of space(it's 2 dvds or 6cds). and i have it ripped to my pc so it's easier to use witout scratching it.(i dont use my cd drives anymore, espically after that starfleet command incident.
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You're a pussy 😛
My UT2k4 install is a shade over 10GB in total, and that's without an image of the DVD.
I have 120GB used out of 2x80GB (and that's AFTER burning 5 DVD's worth of stuff then deleting it, and after using built in NTFS compression on some folders).
 
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Originally posted by: mwmorph
i've had my pc for less than 1 mnoth and out of 160gb, i have 59 gb left. go for it. you will be suprised how fast space is used up. i dont really even rip movies or stuff, mostyl an internet/gmae rig. not too amn games either. but it all adds up. ut2k4 uses 6.4gb of space(it's 2 dvds or 6cds). and i have it ripped to my pc so it's easier to use witout scratching it.(i dont use my cd drives anymore, espically after that starfleet command incident.
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You're a pussy 😛
My UT2k4 install is a shade over 10GB in total, and that's without an image of the DVD.
I have 120GB used out of 2x80GB (and that's AFTER burning 5 DVD's worth of stuff then deleting it, and after using built in NTFS compression on some folders).
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wow, you have a bigger UT2K4 install and have more junk on your PC, that makes you sooo much cooler! Wait, if that were true then I am obviously WAY cooler than you as I have 375GB of junk after burning 12 DVD's of backup material last weekend. Plus my UT2K4 install is over 12 gigs with all the extra maps I have d/l to it. 😉

-spike
 
Originally posted by: Spike
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Originally posted by: mwmorph
i've had my pc for less than 1 mnoth and out of 160gb, i have 59 gb left. go for it. you will be suprised how fast space is used up. i dont really even rip movies or stuff, mostyl an internet/gmae rig. not too amn games either. but it all adds up. ut2k4 uses 6.4gb of space(it's 2 dvds or 6cds). and i have it ripped to my pc so it's easier to use witout scratching it.(i dont use my cd drives anymore, espically after that starfleet command incident.
Click to expand...

You're a pussy 😛
My UT2k4 install is a shade over 10GB in total, and that's without an image of the DVD.
I have 120GB used out of 2x80GB (and that's AFTER burning 5 DVD's worth of stuff then deleting it, and after using built in NTFS compression on some folders).
Click to expand...

wow, you have a bigger UT2K4 install and have more junk on your PC, that makes you sooo much cooler! Wait, if that were true then I am obviously WAY cooler than you as I have 375GB of junk after burning 12 DVD's of backup material last weekend. Plus my UT2K4 install is over 12 gigs with all the extra maps I have d/l to it. 😉

-spike
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well, since were bragging, with the cd images, custom maps, etc. it's a shade over 18gigs, but who's counting?

i was just mentioning a standard clean, new install, without theimages, it's 6.4gb minimum.
 
I buy big HDs mostly to backup my DVD collection so I can use my computer as a HTPC, beats loading a DVD each time I wanna watch it. I can combine trilogies into 1 movie for marathon and extended viewing. Videos and photos I d/led from the net go on DVD blanks.
 
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