LiLViEtDuDe917 Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 I want to get either a 120 GB or a 160 GB HD. I'm leaning towards Seagate and Western Digital. Also, since Windows XP cannot recognize anything over 127 GB, would I need anything extra if I buy the 160 GB? Thanks and let me know which one is good and better.. also, for dvd burners, whats the difference between the 2 mb cache and the 8 mb. I'm leaning towards pioneer, nec, and sony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altermind Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 the bigger the cache the better as far as I'm concerned.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Windows can recognise drives over 127Gb (the 24 bit LBA limit is actually 137Gb) :) All you need to add support for drives over 137Gb in Windows XP is Service Pack 1 or a stand alone patch from Microsoft to add support for 48bit LBA. :) I'd go for the bigger drive personally and go for Western Digital with Fluid Bearings - nice drives. As far as DVD burners go, I LOVE my Sony but Pioneer are the alleged "leader of the pack" :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screemer Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 I don't say you should or should not get anything.. I just have som information for all of you windowers out there.. Check this article out by Micro$oft http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;303013 Personally I allway prefere bigger disk and allot of cach.. Like a Maxtor 160Gb with 8Mb cache.. Or a 300Gb with 8Mb cache They all rock..:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLViEtDuDe917 Posted February 17, 2004 Author Share Posted February 17, 2004 Thanks guys, also, will i'm planning to buy an external enclosure and a 120 or 160 gig hd from newegg.com. do you think it'll work when i plug it into a mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLViEtDuDe917 Posted February 17, 2004 Author Share Posted February 17, 2004 anybody know the difference between these two drives? http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....y=BROWSE&depa=0 and http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....y=BROWSE&depa=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingAndrew876 Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 the second one doesnt include bundled software, other then that, it is the same drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLViEtDuDe917 Posted February 17, 2004 Author Share Posted February 17, 2004 why is the pictures different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 why is the pictures different? Thats the drive that I have and its fantastic :) Picture could be different for any reason but the earlier post from KingAndrew was correct - one has software (Nero) the other one doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuka_t Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 check hte name, they are the same except top says xxxxx/with out software. if u alredy have software get the cheap one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLViEtDuDe917 Posted February 17, 2004 Author Share Posted February 17, 2004 great. so the 8mb really helps huh? i think i'll get a dvd burner rather than a hd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogan Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 120gb should be enough.. I could never fill up that much space :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuka_t Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 also the pics r the same, they just didnt use falsh with one of em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premgenius Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Windows does work with over 137GB only if you have Windows XP SP1, The larger the cache and fisk the better. I would recommend Seagate the WD :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 I just got a 180gb, I dont think I would get anything less then that. It will fill up pretty soon, I have about 1gb a day of new stuff going on it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter1234 Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 120gb should be enough.. I could never fill up that much space :) go for 160... that's what i said about 120, and i filled it up. my other computer has 160 and it's almost full. you can never have too much space. 160 is only like $40 more, so why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLViEtDuDe917 Posted February 17, 2004 Author Share Posted February 17, 2004 Ok, I'm gonna buy this http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc....-131-225&depa=0 good deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Looks like a good deal - one of the cheapest I've seen in the UK is about ?71 (US$135). As I've said before - same drive as mine and its rock solid so far:)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_canada Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 wow, that's a good deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanVP Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Depending on how much $$ you got, I would go for the bigger hard drive. Just remember to format using NTFS since NTFS can support much larger partition sizes than FAT32. I have a Maxtor 300 GB hard drive and my NTFS partition is 270GB...no problems with performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLViEtDuDe917 Posted February 17, 2004 Author Share Posted February 17, 2004 Yeah, right now I have 2 80 GB hard drives so i'm guessing that i should fill these two up first with dvdrips and stuff like that. then go out for a new hd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggbizkit00 Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 i have 2 80gb segates raid0 configured in XP and theyve been great. go with 160. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Yesterday i bought a Seagate Barracuda 160Gb and i'm very happy :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLViEtDuDe917 Posted February 17, 2004 Author Share Posted February 17, 2004 yeah i think i'll be getting a 160 gb in the future, and an external exclosure. put the 160 in my main system and take one of the 80 gigs and put it in the external enclosures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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