Darrylp Posted October 11, 2004 Posted October 11, 2004 I'm considering an upgrade as I need the extra capacity and I wondered if anybody has gone bigger than 250Gb and if so what they fitted and at what price? Darryl
Pepper Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 I'm considering an upgrade as I need the extra capacity and I wondered if anybody has gone bigger than 250Gb and if so what they fitted and at what price?Darryl <{POST_SNAPBACK}> At Harris Technology there is a Hitachi Deskstar 400GB ATA-100 7200RPM 8Mb 8.5ms for $799. I'm not game to buy it yet... I could ask Foss for his opinion.
tonymy01 Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 It just isn't worth anything bigger than 250G at this stage for a number of reasons. * extra current draw * extra heat due to extra platters & current draw * cost per gig is nothing like the 250G models * extra noise Obviously check the specs out on those bigger drives, perhaps they don't draw much more current, and aren't much noisier but I doubt it! Regards
Pepper Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 Hi Tonymy01, It looks like Hard drive technology hasn't advanced in leap and bounds yet. i.e. more gigabyte per platter. So a 400G drive will have simply more platters and heads than a 250G drive, hence increasing the power loading. I can imagine a HD with more heads to be noiser (just like a bunch of people chattering in a small room) Pep.
fossil1503559605 Posted October 12, 2004 Posted October 12, 2004 Hi...If you get that size drive, it is very hot according to specs... it will have to be outside the box...That means that you will have to have a caddy.or at least a fan ..if you put the drive in, your warrantee is gone unless you get Toppy to put it in which I doubt they would because it is so hot... so you may as well have a caddy...so it would be best to have 2 or 3 smaller drives... cost per gig is very poor at 400 gig better at 250 and good at 200...best with 3 x 250 or 200....for the same price...also you get to use the extra 80 gig from the original drive... foss
Darrylp Posted October 12, 2004 Author Posted October 12, 2004 Based on what I've read here I'm going to go the 250 GB route as the extra space is disproportionately expensive. When the 7000 arrives that and the 5000 will provide more than sufficient storage space. Darryl
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