Originally posted by: kamranziadar
Umm you can get 300GB SATA drive for that much money from Tigerdirect.com.
Originally posted by: kamranziadar
Umm you can get 300GB SATA drive for that much money from Tigerdirect.com.
no, the $79.99 price is good at the store only.Originally posted by: M2005
I'm seeing $159.99 on the link from allisolm...did they go up?
Originally posted by: Rufio
i got the lsat one at the compusa in long beach.
its only a 1 year warranty tho.
Originally posted by: wchou
why buy another hd for more storage? hd will have to come down tremendously in prices before I will buy anymore. With 80.00 you can get 250-500 dvd media that is a lot more reliable. hd crash too often, it is only for boot up and temporary storage. let's say 100 dvd for 30.00, that's 470gb. try to beat that. hd is nothing more then magnetic media made of tin can, their selling us ability to store on limited platter and charge a premium price for it.
I keep about 40-60gb on a 120gb hd that are accessed most. Everytime I run out of space it is backed onto a dvd disc. My hd may die on me but I'm not worry as it's on the dvd already so it is a backup system not use like a hd. My point is that hd are less reliable then dvd, the chance of losing data on dvd is slim depending on media quality. FYI, to restore 4.7gb takes me only 5 min. so 47gb = 50 min. I just think it is wise to have more storage then to have another hd which is not neccessarily needed now.Originally posted by: k1114
First off, dvd media is NOT more reliable! Even in well kept enviroments with no light it is possible (and probable over time) for your media to degrade or become unreadable. By no means is it a secure method of storing data. Also, it is almost infinitely easier to keep your data on a hard drive than to keep going back to dvd-r's, which are a rather impractical solution to storing large amounts of data that needs accessed often (say 100gb+).
The absolute best way to secure data is to do both, but you can't compare reliability and value that way - it just dosen't add up.