Lads,

I'm slowly building up my mp3 colection to the point where my pc is getting slower

So i'm thinking on getting an external hard drive like this one...

Freecom MediaPlayer 3 80GB Silver DivX/MP4/MP3/JPEG/VCD
Media player centre 80gb hard disk installed + remote


Just looking for advice really, gotta be something thats going to allow further uploading..... How many Mp3's would 80GB hold??

Any and all advice would be great chaps...

 

just get another 40-60gb internal and spank it in there - cant see you filling that with mp3s!!!! if you reckon you will go bigger, 120 or sumthin.

80gb would hold roughly 16,000 mp3s!!!!

 

and not a single mention of eastenders

 

Huggy Bear

ballin Any chance of a point in the right direction?

Something like this.........?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...subcat_uid=379

Trouble is i aint got a clue what any of it means

 

yeah you just want a normal internal hard drive exactly as you have linked

how many mp3s you likely to accomadate!? 120gb will hold 24,000 mp3s roughly! that should be more than enough!

save money on the size and go for one with a faster read time (in ms) and a bigger cache (in MB)

something like this one would be good 3rd one down

or

3rd down again

that will just sit inside your case as normal, all the necessary connections will be there and it will appear in My Computer as another hdd

 

btw. out of the one you posted and my second link - mine is slightly quicker and slightly cheaper - so you just need to shop around and try to beat that if you can be bothered!

the seagate barracuda's are pretty well respected i think, not that western digital etc aint

 

TBH mate, i'm gonna go with whatever you suggest

I know its crazy but hey, your the one who knows his stuff here!

BTW, what happens if the pc crashes (god forbid ) Will i lose everything?

I've got it in my head that all would be ok with an external.

 

absolutely no difference between an internal or external harddrive really.

an external harddrive is basically a hard drive (like in the links above) encased in a box to keep it dust free etc. with maybe a few extra toys such as cooling, flashy lights, remote control etc etc.

just looked at that one, your paying a lot for nothing really unless you will actually use the features?

if your pc crashes you wont lose a thing mate, you'll only lose data if your half way thru writing (and it crashes - therefore you might lose whatever you were saving/copying....unlikely as hell!) or the hdd corrupts (which is again HIGHLY unlikely lol - and remember internal/external are ultimately the same inside so both can fail the same)

 

just for your interest, i have 2 hdd's in mine - its so much easier - no extra space taken up, no extra cables running around etc etc.

 

Ok, you convinced me - Internal it is.

So in your opinion, what do you think would suit me best?

Now choose carefully as i will be buying it after you've choosen

Looking at the prices, i'd like to spend around £60 and have around a 160 - 200GB drive, but the best possible. If that makes any sence?

 

lol, what power

Seagate - £62.22 200Gb (8.5ms, 8mb)
WD - £65.74 200Gb (8.9ms, 8mb)
Samsung - £64.33 200Gb (8.9ms, 8mb)


Seagate wins in all departments

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/seagate_ide.html

BIG PLUS! seagate have 5yr warranty which is more than all the others

 

that might not be the cheapest place im not sure tbh - but overclockers always stock the best imo so you can always search elsewhere know you know which one to look for!

edit, might get it a bit cheaper here with p&p remember http://www.pricegrabber.co.uk/search...g_uk_b_s&skd=1

 

Will i need any of them cables they say you need?

And one last thing, what does this all mean? (8.5ms, 8mb)

The other 2 are 8.9, does that mean their better in some way?

 

Just so you're aware, you can get an external dual layer DVD writer now for £60 at pcworld (or internal one for abotu £40). The dual layer disks hold 8.5 Gb and cost a couple of quid. If you've got a lot of music might be a good idea to back it up anyway just in case of virus and stuff

 

geoffxr4

Thanks mate, thats what i did just before the pc crashed last time

Fed up of trying to find the disc with a certain tune on

Thanks tho

 

no thats the seek time in milli-seconds - lower the better obviously

you shouldn't need any cables, most computers are already kitted out to put another hdd in. all you need is an IDE cable and a power cable.

power cable will deffo be in there and so should ide. if it isn't then i can send you one foc anyway if im wrong

btw. how many cd drives do you have? if you've got a few then you might have run out of IDE ports - unlikely though most have room for 4 devices (cd and harddrive - floppy disk not included)

 

You'da man

I gotcha now, really appreciate you spending time and opening my eyes up a bit tho mate

I have 1x 3.5 drive, 2x cd drives & a memory card potal thing.

 

room for one more then

you welcome!!!

 

you can get something silly like 200GB+ for £80 nowadays

 

Superal

Just have

ballin

Cheers mate, sorted!! One on is way to me.

 

cool mate nice one

you gonna fit it yourself? you should do, you'll be suprised how easy it is

- change a small jumper on the disk
- take back off pc
- use 4 screws to hold disk in place
- connect 2 cables
- cover back on

reboot, job's a good 'un!

 

Easy as that eh?

Lets hope so

 

just remember to earth yaself or its goooooood bye the fuckin lot

 

lways worth looking here....

http://www.pcindex.co.uk/results_Pro...=10&PartDescr=[2345]__._+Gb

 

Earth myself??

 

dont worry about that just install and away u go

 

static can kill a lot of shit inside there, so touch metal before delving in!

theres the science behind it, lot of scaremongering too tho !!!

 

this is what i have



http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/...&cat=94&page=1

8 ide drives.. over 1.5terrabytes about 300gigs of that is mp3's

 

 

its connected to my server

theirs an awful lot of porn on their too sure diamonds would love that

 

that is mad

 

i got an external seagate 400Gb HDD external from work for free it ROCKS

bit torrents never been so good

Nige

 

Whats this priced like from ALDI ?

http://www.aldi.co.uk/special_buys/product_472.html

250GB £100
Available 24th November.

I move files from 1 pc to another so need external HDD for the convenience.

 

good spec for the price - just not sure on medion.

had one many moons ago and it was a little unreliable, but that was a long time ago.

 

alternative is buying an internal hard disk and then purchasing an external icybox to store it in

 

Icybox?

 

link:

http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/...bstring=Icybox

 

they look quite cool if you've run outta internal room

 

they are very durable as well and stay cool too

 

I purchased a 250gb internal HDD from ALDI a couple of months ago!! Dint look to special when i bought it but when i opened it i was pleasantly surprised to see the device was manufactured by Western Digital! Got it for about £75!! Absolute steal!