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[caddy06_88]

Im thinking of installing a new hard drive as in a while i will need one anyway. Has anybody got any recommendations?

[Bencrest]

For cheapness - Hitachi or IBM Deskstar, but I've had a couple fail on me, so I guess thats the problem with cheap drives

Make sure you get the right one, if your motherboard handles up to ATA-100, don't get ATA-133 or SATA [ATA-150]. By that I mean don't do what I do and order PC bits when drunk!

I'm quite fond of Seagate Barracuda drives, and they should come with a 3 year guarentee aswell...

[Jimmy_mac]

like ben said, can go wrong with a barracuda, what size drive is in at the moment, just trying to get n idea of what you might need

[Dr DX]

www.mplex.com £180 for a 400gb hdd will last you a very long while

[caddy06_88]

Just now ive got only an 80Gb one and thats the one that came with the computer. Dont have too much space left so thats why i am looking for another one.

[Jimmy_mac]

ok couple of other questions:

how long do ya reckon it took to fill the current one

what sort of stuff is going on there, i.e lots of movies, music, work etc

Only ask cos wanna get an idea of what size drive is worth getting, a 400gb has been posted above but that might be complete overkill for you. For instance I am currently using a 120gb drive that cost £60 and does me fine.

oh and in the meantime have a clean up on the current drive, amazig how much space is taken up with useless shite, cleared near 20gb worth off mine in duplicated files and crap

[Bencrest]

I could not recommend a 400GB HDD one bit

And that price is too high for a start

[caddy06_88]

I have a lot of music. Some movies and some work. I have quite a lot of emulations aswell which amounts to some space. Ive already cleaned it up as much as possible. Its taken me an average amount of time to get this far. I also think the 400Gb one would be too much.

[Dr DX]

i think they also have 200gb for around 100 have a look theres some not bad deals there

[Jimmy_mac]

considering your current 80gb has prob around half or more taken up with windows and various programs you prob dont need anything more than 160-200gb which should come quite cheaply.

http://www.microdire...=5927&GroupID=3


http://www.microdire...=5928&GroupID=3

thats just after a very quick search, under £60 or 160gb, only a little more for 200gb, should do you fine and is a damn good drive, have a little look about for something like that i reckon

[Hairy]

I've been using Maxtor drives for a long time now with no problems. I got 2 x 160gb & a 120gb all Maxtor. You get a good warranty with them too. I have had an IBM/hitachi 80gb die on me and also a western digital died. I never liked the idea of Huge drives. Too much to lose in one go i think.

[Jimmy_mac]

larger drives are nice and stable now but no matter what drive you have, its all about good care and maintenance of it. Plus you should always back up anything of real importance.

I learnt that one the hard way after losing near 8000 songs when my hard drive died a while back.

Safe as houses now though, simply got a dvd writer for backup, after a couple of hours burning i can have complete back up hard copies of all my music on only a few dvd's

[caddy06_88]

Ive just checked the 160gb out and it looks like a pretty good deal. 160gb would do me fine. Thanks everybody for helping me out.