I want to get myself a bigger hard drive as the one that I have is almost full.I was think that I should get one thats about 30Gb do you guy's know what a good price for that would be?

Plus if you know of any good makes I'd like to hear what you think they are.I was also wondering that if I get a new hard drive do I just get it added on to the one I already have(which is 12.7Gb)

Any help/advice would be appreciated

yes you can have multiple drives inthe one computer you just get a second hard drive icon in the "my computer" window. hard drives are not expensive seagate is a good brand, and most places sell them i think, i always just look at concorde, i know they have good prices, not necessarily the cheapest but they are never over priced, so look their first and then go see if there is anything cheaper. places like sunlit are cheaper but they never have anythgin instock and so you gotta wait ages, and they usually lose your order or dont bothe to ring you back, so i always go to concorde cause i know i get propper service and fast service

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no way.. seagate drives are s***..
get a 30 gig IBM drive.. they're cheap at gamedude..

what's s*** about them?

they run really bloody hot..

and then they just die out of the blue..

badkarmas had two seagate hdds die, in the last 8-9 months i think

yeah.. i've had to replace them for clients at work..

they are s***

IBM drives own j00

yeah i recommend the ibm hdd too go for one of the glass platter they are one of the fastest around... 30gig was about 340 i think last time i looked

but dont quote me on that...


Nob.

IBM Deskstar 75GXP 30Gb7200rpm HDD XMAS SALE
Internet Price : $310.00 - Retail Price : $339.00
IBM 30GB 7200RPM ATA 100 Hard Disk

thats from umart online
www.umart.com.au

and yer im one of those ppl that cant do links =]

you could just go for two 15gig hd's and a pci raid card.
that'd be much quicker than a single 30gb drive.
thats assuming you have enough spare hd bays of course

well tiapan i can do:

IBM DTLA-307030, 30.2GB, ATA/100, 2MB cache = $360

or my current special

Western Digital 20GB HDD, ATA/66, 2MB cache = $280

both 7200 rpm drives. Now anyone feelin rich?

IBM DTLA-307075, 75GB, 100MB/s, 2MB cache = $1089

cmon baby u all know u want it.

got gf2 gts ultras as well

anyonce is curious or wants a quote then.
email - tmwnn@hotmail.com
icq - 42275150

leave your phone number and i'll ring u back asap
oh and yes i do deliver to most areas for $5 extra

Yeah I have a 14.4gig IBM drive that came with my Gateway P2 400 2 years ago and it is still goin fine. Its a little noisey and not the fastest, but it has had a tough life (being dragged to lans in the back of taxis etc) its been jolted around in the back of cars, as in sliding from one side to the other around corners and only has 4k of bad sectors. I am extremely happy with it and I would recommend IBM to anyone definitely.

I have a Seagate 13 gig 7200rpm and i have had that for about 18 months now and have never had a problem with it, i also have a 10 gig Western Digital and have had nightmares with it, although it has never been back on waranty and also has no bad sectors but ocassionally it doesn't powerup.

Other than that they have both been good to me and still r chugging along (touch wood)

I had a Western Digital 4 gig in my P2 233 I had 3 years ago. It was the biggest piece of s*** drive I have ever seen. I had to get it fully replaced 2 times cos it was totally f***ed and there was no reason for it, it just died. I understand they have improved since then though.

i have 2 saegates taht are fine
and a quantum which is really old but apparently fine aswell
actually i think my portable seagate has a few bad sectores...but im guessing that's more to do with being lugged around in my backpack

Personally I think you can get duds in all the brands. I think maybe IBM are the best bet as far as overal quality, but the others are cheaper and chances are if you treat them normally they will work great.

You go to LANs in Volvo taxis anarot?

Council Buses are made by Volvo aren't they?

Haha no I don't Moridin.

Boxhead yeah they are :P I was thinking of sticking a Volvo bus engine in my 240 hahahah :P

well ive got a western digital hd
13.6 gig 7200rpm and all i can say is that is kicks arse
nice and fast

Thanx for the advice guy's I just got my tax check back and as it happens I have just enough for either a 30Gb hdd or a burner.I realy don't know which way to go so if you want to give me the pro's and con's I'd be happy to hear it.

Thanx

Don't be shy guy's Keep the info coming.

I have just about run outa space on my hdd and as I see it I have 2 choices 1)Get a bigger hdd so I can just keep going or 2)by a burner so I can put all the movies and Mp3's I have onto disc to free up abit of space.

I need to reformat my hdd anyway but what way would you guy's go?

If you know of any good burners let me know.

Thanx

Man I would get the harddrive - its a pain in the ass using CD's all the time, believe me. But if you want a burner prety much all of them are ok as far as I understand these days. Best would prolly be Yamaha. If you have a decent system then there is no need for SCSI.

I dunno whether you need a new HDD that badly, you seem to have a good setup man. As for burners, I was in HN today and the majority are $300. There was one by TDK which was $800, and had some VERY outlandish claims on the box:
- No write errors
- No data underrun errors
- can rip a track off a CD in 8 seconds
They were just the ones I read! Can anyone confirm whether or not this is a load of BS?

I know ppl don't really like sunlit but they have a Ricoh burner 12 write 10 re-write 32 read for $399, althought I haven't used it before but I think it has good reviews.
If thats of any help to you Taipan

i'm still trying to see the point with the new Samsung 10Gig ATA 100 drives...

ATA 100 sounds pretty jor (once i've got an ATA100 controller for it) but is it really that fast?

anyone out there tested these things recently?

my IBM drive is ATA 100... i have a Promise Ultra 100 controller card for it..

and yes, it is fast

Splash: Yeh, but your system won't boot sometimes, and your theory is that it's your hdd, right? :)

Nah I have no worries with my pc booting up,the biggest problems I have at the moment are 1)when I leave a CS server after playing I get an error that changes my desk top size from 800X600 to the next smaller one but this only happens after playing CS not HL or TFC.Problem 2)Everytime I try and send an ICQ message I get disconnected from optus I gave optus a call and they reckon I need to reformat my hdd(which by the way I have know idea how to do)

I have had my pc for just over a year now and haven't reformated it yet I get strange little errors all the time.I only want a burner so I can back up all my stuff then reformat my hdd then put all my stuff back on my pc.

However at the rate that I'm filling my current hdd I will need a bigger on to add to it soon.

What do yas think?