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Posted by John on 09/26/01 11:52
On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:27:45 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs
<roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote:
> You can get a 300GB hard drive these days for $100.
>
> That's like two 100 packs of CD-R media back when it first came out
>(price wise).
>
> Far more reliable.. immediately available storage, and a dump so
>huge that even your porn lovin' ass won't fill it up too quickly...
The HD drive is a good idea but I tend to think that hard drives are
more prone to failure.
If I was to buy one hard drive to store all my multimedia files on
(most of which are news, sports and documentaries particularly
wildlife, so not much porn except for Monkeys or Tigers mating!) I
would also have to buy a second HD that the first would be backed up
to.
With DVD-R discs, I already have a DVD-R/RW drive to make use of, and
the media does seem to be pretty cheap. £6 or £7 for a pack of 25 TY
16x discs, or perhaps just £4 or £5 for 25 Ritek 16x ones.
So what is that? I can't remember how many GB of a DVD disc is usable?
Say about 4.3GB? 4.3GB x 25 = 107.5GB for only £4 to £7. That's not
too bad IMHO and very cheap.
If you got a spindle of 50 discs you would save even more. £13-50 for
TY 16x DVD-Rs. £7.50 to £9 for 50 Ritek 16x Discs or £9.50 for 50
Ricoh FujiFilm 16x discs which seem to be quite reliable as well and
get good reviews.
If I was to get another SATA Hard Drive to put in my system, I'm not
sure that my system can accept another one? I am pretty sure there is
only one slot for one SATA drive which is what is in it now along with
two ATA drives. I believe that the SATA Controller cards are quite
expensive as well.
I think the next time I buy a new Hard Drive will be for my next
system which will probably be sometime in late 2007 or early 2008.
John
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