External Harddrives

[saturnine]

i'm hoping to put together a terabyte media server in the next couple months. that'll probably have an array of some sort.

[Sparq]

It'd be a shame to lose that much data...

 

My connection is too slow and I don't buy enough CDs to make a dedicated file server worthwhile. Also, what I have ripped is encoded as mp3, so full albums only take up about 50-75 megs each.

[saturnine]

i've used nearly every make of hard drive and i've never had problems with them. people seem to have serious issues with maxtor and wd, but i have both and they're still kickin'.

 

i'd like to get a bunch of samsung spinpoints due to their silent nature.

[mrs jesus]

i've used nearly every make of hard drive and i've never had problems with them. people seem to have serious issues with maxtor and wd, but i have both and they're still kickin'.

 

i'd like to get a bunch of samsung spinpoints due to their silent nature.

just when i'd forgotten what a fucking GEEK you are...

[Sparq]

just when i'd forgotten what a fucking GEEK you are...

Settle down now...

 

 

Yep...I use Maxtor and WD in general, though I never had a problem with my ancient Quantum Fireball either. 3.2 gigabytes of reliability.

 

This Maxtor 120 is the only one that's ever screwed me, and it as intermittent....it seems fine now.

[mrs jesus]

just when i'd forgotten what a fucking GEEK you are...

Settle down now...

 

 

Yep...I use Maxtor and WD in general, though I never had a problem with my ancient Quantum Fireball either. 3.2 gigabytes of reliability.

 

This Maxtor 120 is the only one that's ever screwed me, and it as intermittent....it seems fine now.

and you, i had no idea YOU were such a geek!

[Guest jsunC]

you're turned on and you know it

[mrs jesus]

oh, totally. i never said i wasn't.

[Guest jsunC]

tushay salesman, outdone again

'touche' for all you spelling nazis

Edited January 26, 2007 by jsunC

[Sparq]

Hm. Well apparently I am.

[Azalroth]

Trust me he is...

 

but on the side note of a Tech Thread...that's actually a good idea...props to whoever suggested it...I'm too lazy to look back ;)

[Crusader]

i may be building a new pc soon for someone.

 

suggest parts.

 

purpose: photoshop/illustrator/architectural work

 

i don't want them just getting an MDG computer.

[saturnine]

if you want to do a lot of that stuff at once, get an amd dualcore cpu.

 

i should be the mod of a tech forum

[Sparq]

Well...decent graphics card, but it doesn't have to be monstrous. Fairly large hard drive(s) for the photoshop scratch file. Large monitor, mabe dual if they're doing CAD...

[Crusader]

monitors are expensive, single output is fine

[saturnine]

get a mobo with pci-e graphics slot, ddr2 ram and socket am2 or 939

[Crusader]

i was thinking agp.

 

pci-e ? what's the e stand for

[Sparq]

PCI-E/PCI-X = PCI-Express

 

PCI being Peripheral Component Interconnect.

[Crusader]

gotcha.

 

but srsly, agp or pci? (videocard wise)

[Sparq]

By today's standards, this helpful guide will show you the way for video...

 

PCI = low-end basic cards

AGP = mid-range cards, a few higher-end

PCI-E = current standard and highest-end cards

Edited January 29, 2007 by Sparq

[saturnine]

plus, pci-e allows for SLI (dual video cards)

Edited January 29, 2007 by saturnine

[Shiri]

What do you think about this one?

 

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/...asp?DriveID=232

 

 

I think I'm going to buy the 250GB version next week.

[Sparq]

Looks decent. WD is one of the bigger names in drives, along with Maxtor, and you can generally trust their products. Though that Google software it's bundled with is free anyway as far as I know, so don't think you're getting a deal there.

[Shiri]

I don't care about the software, I just want it to be reliable.

[Sparq]

Should be. I've only used Maxtor and Western Digital drives for years, and I've had one minor issue with a Maxtor drive. Which was intermittent and seems to be back to normal now.