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Navy Chief
December 3rd, 2008, 09:24
Ok,

I have three hard drives, and space for one more. I thought about emptying one of the existing drives, and reformatting; but hard drive prices appear cheap enough, so maybe I'll just get another one?

I have Vista Ultimate, but have never installed it. But when I received the BFG 8800 GT OC 512 this past Monday, I am considering adding Vista, because of DX 10. My previous card was not DX 10 capable.

So.......a couple of questions.

First: If I go the route of adding another hard drive, are there any restrictions I need to think about? My present drives are:

One:
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JB 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM

and

Two:
Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10000 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

And Secondly, what place has the cheapest, but best for the price hard drives? I originally bought my components from Newegg.

Thanks.

NC

Willy
December 3rd, 2008, 11:39
NC, just my opinion and others mileage will vary but I'm very fond of the Western Digitals (haven't had one fail yet). Last year I bought a 250G for $75 at Newegg to replace my old 40G when it got full.

Ickie
December 3rd, 2008, 11:47
get a 1.5 terabyte, (1500 GBs) its $119 at tigerdirect.com

Navy Chief
December 3rd, 2008, 11:53
Thanks shipmates,

I ended up going with a Hitachi 1000 GB drive from Tiger Direct, after rebate, for $80. Shipping only $1.99.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3333210&Sku=TSD-1000H3

Now, once it gets here, I'll load Vista and FSX.

NC

hey_moe
December 3rd, 2008, 12:15
NC...I have had three of them Hitachi drivers...all burnt up within a month.:costumes:
Thanks shipmates,

I ended up going with a Hitachi 1000 GB drive from Tiger Direct, after rebate, for $80. Shipping only $1.99.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3333210&Sku=TSD-1000H3

Now, once it gets here, I'll load Vista and FSX.

NC

Navy Chief
December 3rd, 2008, 12:55
Well, hopefully I won't be reliving that experience!

NC