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Postby Mazza » Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:14 am

I need more space and I was wondering if it's better to get 2 500Gb HDD or one 1TB one, The single is $155 and 2 500s are $186. BIG price diff, and i need money also for new PSU. So yeah better with 2 or one? ;)
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Re: Hard drives.

Postby Fozzer » Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:24 am

Maz...my old Chum...;)...

Have you thought how long it would take to Defrag a busy 1 TB Hard Drive...... :o... :o... :o...!

I would have thought just one, single, 500 GB Hard Drive would be more than enough for average use!

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Re: Hard drives.

Postby Mazza » Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:40 am

Maz...my old Chum...;)...

Have you thought how long it would take to Defrag a busy 1 TB Hard Drive...... :o... :o... :o...!

I would have thought just one, single, 500 GB Hard Drive would be more than enough for average use!

...and save you lots of money!... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!

Paul...a bit of a terror bite!... ;).... ;D...!


mmmmhmmm Well, I could  :D Saves some moneys 8-)

And yet, my 50Gb left is going away fast! :o

But i can just De-frag when I'm at school! ;D
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Re: Hard drives.

Postby Fozzer » Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:52 am

Maz...

The thing I would be aware of...

My AMD/Win XP Pro system restricts me to recognise only a 128 GB Hard drive!

Any more, and I have to Partition it into separate areas!

My 256 GB HDD needs partitioning into 2X 128 GB sections!

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Re: Hard drives.

Postby HarvesteR » Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:52 am

I agree with Fozz... and imagine also, if the worst should happen, and you have a TB of stuff in a single HD  :o

if you had 2, you'd only lose half your stuff  ::) ...plus you could arrange for one drive to carry the programs, and the other for important, irretrievable stuff

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Re: Hard drives.

Postby jwenham » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:35 pm

You will optimize your performance by running FSX on its own drive and your OS on the other. My vote would be the 2 500's
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Re: Hard drives.

Postby Mazza » Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:28 am

Cool thanks guys. And I'm a FS9 Flyer ;)
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Re: Hard drives.

Postby Fozzer » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:04 am

Cool thanks guys. And I'm a FS9 Flyer ;)


10/10, Maz!... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!

It's always nice to meet a fellow enthusiast, with a happy "FS9" smile on his face!... ;)...!

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Re: Hard drives.

Postby Mazza » Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:27 am

Cool thanks guys. And I'm a FS9 Flyer ;)


10/10, Maz!... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!

It's always nice to meet a fellow enthusiast, with a happy "FS9" smile on his face!... ;)...!

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Exactly :D

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