I've finally filled my Seagate 250gb hard drive so its time for a new one. I need a lot of storage as I've gotten into heavy DAW work and .WAV files like to take up a lot of space. I've also begun putting more movies on my computer, along with a huge record collection.
So, its only logical to get a high capacity drive. 1 Tb seems to be the sweet spot as far as price:space is concerned. Also worth noting is that I'm off to college next year so noise will be a concern. The Samsung F3, Seagate 7200.12, Hitachi Deskstar 31000, and Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVDS all seem to have good rating for ~$80. Any other suggestions.
Also is it worth the hassle to make the new drive my primary one or should I just add it as E\ and use it for extra storage? and finally, anything else I should know? Here's my current setup: E8400, GA P35 DS3L, 2GB A-DATA RAM, HIS 4870, Seagate 250GB HDD, Antec Sonatta III, Vista Home Premium 32bit.
So, its only logical to get a high capacity drive. 1 Tb seems to be the sweet spot as far as price:space is concerned. Also worth noting is that I'm off to college next year so noise will be a concern. The Samsung F3, Seagate 7200.12, Hitachi Deskstar 31000, and Western Digital AV-GP WD10EVDS all seem to have good rating for ~$80. Any other suggestions.
Also is it worth the hassle to make the new drive my primary one or should I just add it as E\ and use it for extra storage? and finally, anything else I should know? Here's my current setup: E8400, GA P35 DS3L, 2GB A-DATA RAM, HIS 4870, Seagate 250GB HDD, Antec Sonatta III, Vista Home Premium 32bit.