What should i buy?

ceemo · 06-06-2007, 09:41 AM

I am looking for a hard drive to hold my operating system (i have other drives for data) probably around 40gb. My moterboard is a asus a8s-x amd 64 3700+

Any suggestions at a reasonable rate £££'s

**Aus_Karlos** · 06-06-2007, 10:06 AM

I would buy one with at least 160gb of space. You can pick one up for about $80-90.
If your computer literate you could then partition the HDD into sections.
1. Boot
2. OS
3. Programs
It just makes your pc look tidy. And you could hide a partition like boot so that know one can mistakenly delete files.
I save a lot of data myself, my pc specs on the left <<<< will show you how much space i need..

ceemo · 06-06-2007, 11:19 AM

A certain amount of disk space 7.8mb is left unallocated on my current c drive of 40gb is this normal and is this enough?

Dirty_Al · 06-06-2007, 11:44 AM

there is always a few mb's that are never allocated. It is normal. Like Aus_Karlos said a 160gb would best plus they are fairly cheap.

**kodi** · 06-06-2007, 12:41 PM

If you have enough storage on your drives I would be getting a Western Digital Raptor 10000 rpm Drive.
They are extra fast and come in 36 and 74gig sizes

06-06-2007, 09:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
ceemo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 87 OS: XP	What should i buy? I am looking for a hard drive to hold my operating system (i have other drives for data) probably around 40gb. My moterboard is a asus a8s-x amd 64 3700+ Any suggestions at a reasonable rate £££'s

06-06-2007, 10:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,461 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: What should i buy? I would buy one with at least 160gb of space. You can pick one up for about $80-90. If your computer literate you could then partition the HDD into sections. 1. Boot 2. OS 3. Programs It just makes your pc look tidy. And you could hide a partition like boot so that know one can mistakenly delete files. I save a lot of data myself, my pc specs on the left <<<< will show you how much space i need.. __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home

06-06-2007, 11:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
ceemo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 87 OS: XP	Re: What should i buy? A certain amount of disk space 7.8mb is left unallocated on my current c drive of 40gb is this normal and is this enough?

06-06-2007, 11:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
Dirty_Al Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 75 OS: XP/Vista/Linux	Re: What should i buy? there is always a few mb's that are never allocated. It is normal. Like Aus_Karlos said a 160gb would best plus they are fairly cheap. __________________ The dirty under

06-06-2007, 12:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 7,408 OS: Windows 7-Ultimate 64 Bit My System	Re: What should i buy? If you have enough storage on your drives I would be getting a Western Digital Raptor 10000 rpm Drive. They are extra fast and come in 36 and 74gig sizes __________________ Brian