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General discussion

Hard Drives

Nov 27, 2011 10:07AM PST

I'm building myself a desktop and have a motherboard and a processor. What size hard drive and/or brand would you suggest? I've heard many good things about Seagate but also of WD. Just curious on opinions here.

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Brand = Seagate . . .
Nov 27, 2011 8:02PM PST

Size depends on what your OS (unknown) will support. And your budget. And your proposed use. Available sizes go up to three Terabytes.

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Good to go
Nov 27, 2011 11:14PM PST

There are only a few HD companies out there and they all do good. I've worked with them all. The only good thing I suggest is stick with either Seagate or WD because they "back-up their warranties" when things go bad and you did register the HD. As already stated to you, there are 3Tb HDs available, but you may find a deal on a lesser capacity one, as this is the time of the yr. for deals. Get what you need and easily support AND back-up.

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Nov 28, 2011 7:45PM PST

I agree with using Seagate or WD though others may be just as good. But I'd get at least 2 internal drives. One could be smaller and the other larger. I'd use the smaller for the OS and applications and the larger for backup and extra data storage. Also make additional copies on external media of any data you just don't want to lose. In all likelihood, your primary drive won't need to be all that large. Your secondary drive should be at least 2 to 4X that capacity. On my Win7 PC, I've a 150GB drive for my OS and applications which includes MS Office and some Adobe software. The drive is less than 1/2 full. I've got a 300GB and a 640GB internal drive as well as an assortment of externals. That's more than I really need.