Buying seperate hard drive practical?

EBwiz · Post by **EBwiz** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:26 pm

Ok, the situation:

I'm running a 1.8GHz Pentium 4 (Actually it's a 2.4 but I have to keep it underclocked due to bad RAM I have yet to replace, but that's a seperate story), 512MB DDR RAM and an 80GB hard drive... I'm having trouble right now with my newest video is that with the new quality techniques I'm using, I can no longer directly edit with the vob files, it's too slow, so I need to make clips. However, HuffyUV clips take up ALOT of space as I'm sure you all know. Even with alot of my files backed up, with the vobs and the clips, I have about 10 gigs left... There's a couple of more gigs I could free up, but not enough to make clips of everything. (I'm currently using Battle Atheletes Victory, an 8 DVD series) and it's a problem I know I'll have with future videos as well, so I'm thinking of investing in a 2nd, internal hard drive strictly for video purposes. My question is, how practical is that, would I need a fast hard drive, ETC? The one I'm looking at now is another 80GB hard drive with an RPM of 7200 for about 90 some dollars on eBay, which includes shipping. I can get a larger, cheaper one, but it would be slower. Is this a good idea, and if it is, does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of hard drive I should look into?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:44 pm

You could get a 7200 RPM 80GB hard drive (I think it was WD or Maxtor, I'm not talking no-name brands) for less than that at your local Best Buy. In any case, if you're paying more than a dollar per gig, you're probably overpaying, from what I've seen.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:55 pm

I currently have three internal harddrives and one external. My recommendation is the more harddrive space the better for this hobby. I not only have multiple series ripped and ready to edit but I'm able to keep just about everything I download without having to worry about deleting it...

http://www.slickdeals.net/
I suggest checking here often and don't settle for the drives you are looking at currently. I managed to get a 160GB harddrive for about 70 bucks (without rebates) through a deal posted on that site. Deals like that aren't exactly common(well... when I got my harddrives...) but they do show up, more so now that the price of harddrives continues to drop. Looking at the site now I can find stuff you'd probably be interested in. (Such as the "Maxtor 160GB SATA Hard Drive w/ SATA PCI Card $70 shipped") Be sure to act fast on deals like that though. A lot of people jump at the good ones and they therefore tend to go quickly.

EBwiz · Post by **EBwiz** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 4:05 pm

Thanks both of you. That was a really big help.

::Currently drooling over a WD 200GB, 7200 RPM Hard drive for $99.75, inc. shipping::

oldwrench · Post by **oldwrench** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:21 pm

Here's another one to check out. I buy from these guys and haven't had any trouble. It's an oem boxed drive, you probably have an open connector on a drive cable, but you need to download the software available on their additional resoursces tab on the page.

A new drive will probably be faster than the drive you have and ATA 100 is fast enough.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... 2000jb%20p

SS5_Majin_Bebi · Post by **SS5_Majin_Bebi** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:49 pm

Scintilla wrote:You could get a 7200 RPM 80GB hard drive (I think it was WD or Maxtor, I'm not talking no-name brands) for less than that at your local Best Buy. In any case, if you're paying more than a dollar per gig, you're probably overpaying, from what I've seen.

Ick. ICK ICK ICK ICK!!!

Stay the fuck away from WD and Maxtor, they suck. best 120gb 7200rpm drive out there would have to be the Seagate Barracuda 120gb 7200rpm 8mb cache HD. I have it and it performs really really well, better than the Maxtor that got supplied in the parts I built this PC from.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 8:59 pm

I've had absolutely no problems with the four WD and Maxtor harddrives that I own... Or any of the previous ones I had for that matter. I know problems are possible but that kind of stuff happens with any harddrive manufacturer. And if something does happen you can get it replaced. (Provided you register for the warrenty, which I'm not sure if an oem drive qualifies for... worth looking into.)

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:28 pm

Corran wrote:(Provided you register for the warrenty, which I'm not sure if an oem drive qualifies for... worth looking into.)

Most companies will honor warranties even if you don't register, as long as you provide some proof of purchase during the timeframe. Other companies, like Seagate, offer warranties for the life of the drive.

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:21 am

SS5_Majin_Bebi wrote:
Scintilla wrote:You could get a 7200 RPM 80GB hard drive (I think it was WD or Maxtor, I'm not talking no-name brands) for less than that at your local Best Buy. In any case, if you're paying more than a dollar per gig, you're probably overpaying, from what I've seen.
Ick. ICK ICK ICK ICK!!!

Stay the fuck away from WD and Maxtor, they suck. best 120gb 7200rpm drive out there would have to be the Seagate Barracuda 120gb 7200rpm 8mb cache HD. I have it and it performs really really well, better than the Maxtor that got supplied in the parts I built this PC from.

Bullshit.

2 of my 7 WD drives have failed me in over 6 years of computing...both were ENTIRELY my fault. I RMA'd one, got a new HD within 4 weeks. I then RMA'd the other one about a year later, got a new HD within, again, 4 weeks.

Trust me, Western Digitals work absolutely perfect.

bum · Post by **bum** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:07 am

SS5_Majin_Bebi wrote:Stay the fuck away from WD and Maxtor, they suck. best 120gb 7200rpm drive out there would have to be the Seagate Barracuda 120gb 7200rpm 8mb cache HD. I have it and it performs really really well, better than the Maxtor that got supplied in the parts I built this PC from.

my 20GB maxtor served me for almost 3 years as a master drive, and i never has a single problem with it.