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Ek0nomik · Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 2065 Location: La Fleur

I am seeking a new hard drive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136029

That is what I am currently looking at.

I want either 320GB, or 400GB. Nothing more, nothing less.

If you can spot any hot deals, let me know.

mgwisni · Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 73

I just bought that hard drive in the 160gig version. It's fantastic. Best Buy has them for pretty cheap this week I do believe.

Patriot911 · Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 6793 Location: Denver, CO

Just a thought...... I bought one of these recently on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hard-Drive-HDD-Media-Player-DIVX-MP3-MP4-Up-To-500GB_W0QQitemZ110016811858QQihZ001QQcategoryZ73839QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Popped in my own hard drive and got much more than just an external hard drive, although it works great as that too. It is a little more money, but being able to plug it into your home theater and have a nice MP3 player / divx player is pretty sweet. It is hard to tell the Divx movies from DVDs.

Free Thinkr · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:33 pm Post subject:

Patriot911 wrote: Just a thought...... I bought one of these recently on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hard-Drive-HDD-Media-Player-DIVX-MP3-MP4-Up-To-500GB_W0QQitemZ110016811858QQihZ001QQcategoryZ73839QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Popped in my own hard drive and got much more than just an external hard drive, although it works great as that too. It is a little more money, but being able to plug it into your home theater and have a nice MP3 player / divx player is pretty sweet. It is hard to tell the Divx movies from DVDs.
Neat. Pair that with this bad boy, and you've got a winner. I need a new computer so bad; that Seagate is the shiznit-o-bam, but I don't want to buy another parallel drive. Perpendicular technology is sweet.

ETA: though, looking that over, it's apparently using parallel technology.

Patriot911 · Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 6793 Location: Denver, CO

It is indeed parallel. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148139 this would fit the bill quite well.

Ek0nomik · Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 2065 Location: La Fleur

mgwisni wrote: I just bought that hard drive in the 160gig version. It's fantastic. Best Buy has them for pretty cheap this week I do believe.

Best Buy's website doesn't even list WD as a harddrive manufacturer in which they carry.

Free Thinkr · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:02 pm Post subject:

Patriot911 wrote: It is indeed parallel. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148139 this would fit the bill quite well.
Indeed; but I have had this visceral loathing of parallel for a long time. As soon as SATA came out, I felt vindicated and immediately promised myself to "never again" suffer the indignity that is those damned parallel cables. :P

Sadly, however, my current PC, which I built in '01, only has parallel. This is preventing me from buying new storage. Argh. Was is with those SATA controller card prices?

Towie · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject:

I just got a 500GB one to pair with my Macbook Pro. I do some serious audio recording and editing, so the 7200RPM, massive drive was a nice plus for my 100GB 5400RPM internal. The problem is that I am unsure about how I should partition, since I plan to backup my existing HDD and want some FAT32 for connection with Windows. I do know that I'm going to do a 32GB partition for FAT32 since Windows can't handle anything more, but I'm inexperienced with backups, so I don't know how large to go. I also don't know what backup app to use, being that the one that came with is for windows only. Any suggestions?

As for deals... I paid 259.99$ free shipping for mine from newegg.com, they are quick and cheap. The usual for it is about 330$ so I made out great. I say stick with newegg, but if you see anything better jump on it before week's end.

Ek0nomik · Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 2065 Location: La Fleur

I actually just bought the one I linked to. :-D

Protostar · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:28 am Post subject:

Quote: I do know that I'm going to do a 32GB partition for FAT32 since Windows can't handle anything more

Its not that Windows can't handle anymore (I have a 200 gig FAT32 partition on my external drive) its that Microsft intentionally crippled the formatter so that you can't create a partition greater than that in an attempt to force people to migrate to NTFS.

Towie · Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:17 am Post subject:

Well I was originally planning to format in Windows... but I did change my mind...

I ended up doing this...

20GB for FAT32
45.67GB for HFS+ for Backups
400GB HFS+ for Storage and Audio/Video Editing

With FireWire 400 connection, it's fast as hell. Only thing that would be better is if my lappy had FW800, but I didn't want the bulk of the 17" Macbook Pro... :P

Not to mention people have been getting along great with FW400 for ages. More than enough for all my audio work, and the minimal video work I do. :D

David · Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 11890 Location: Louisiana

Protostar wrote: Quote: I do know that I'm going to do a 32GB partition for FAT32 since Windows can't handle anything more

Its not that Windows can't handle anymore (I have a 200 gig FAT32 partition on my external drive) its that Microsft intentionally crippled the formatter so that you can't create a partition greater than that in an attempt to force people to migrate to NTFS.

Possible, but it could also be your BIOS won't recognize one any larger.

FCTE · Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 18649 Location: Illinois

400GB for $139

:tu:

The Grandmaster · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:34 am Post subject:

FCTE wrote: 400GB for $139

:tu:

That's f***ing insane! :shock:

FCTE · Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 18649 Location: Illinois

I just picked up a 320GB for $100 from my local mom and pop. Of course I get a discount because I buy so much crap from them. :)

Protostar · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:55 am Post subject:

FCTE wrote: I just picked up a 320GB for $100 from my local mom and pop. Of course I get a discount because I buy so much crap from them. :)

Thats nothing. Check out this awesome deal:

http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?dpno=567485&store=ecost&source=ECOSTCJ&adcampaign=email,ECOSTCJ

Who could pass up a bargin like that? :-D

FCTE · Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 18649 Location: Illinois

Protostar wrote: FCTE wrote: I just picked up a 320GB for $100 from my local mom and pop. Of course I get a discount because I buy so much crap from them. :)

Thats nothing. Check out this awesome deal:

http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?dpno=567485&store=ecost&source=ECOSTCJ&adcampaign=email,ECOSTCJ

Who could pass up a bargin like that? :-D

WTF??

How did you find that? It's gotta be a typo.

Protostar · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:35 am Post subject:

FCTE wrote: Protostar wrote: FCTE wrote: I just picked up a 320GB for $100 from my local mom and pop. Of course I get a discount because I buy so much crap from them. :)

Thats nothing. Check out this awesome deal:

http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?dpno=567485&store=ecost&source=ECOSTCJ&adcampaign=email,ECOSTCJ

Who could pass up a bargin like that? :-D

WTF??

How did you find that? It's gotta be a typo.

Found it on another forum. :lol: I agree, I think its a typo as well. I would like to hear a story of someone being s*cked into paying 18000 dollars for a HD that shouldn't sell for any more than a hundred.