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new hard drive
« on: October 29, 2008, 01:45:57 PM »
i need another hdd due to the fact that i have 93gb of music and only 10gb free space and i want a 500 gb one cheapest thats good i was looking at this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288 what do you think?

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Re: new hard drive
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2008, 01:59:53 PM »
I narrowed the search to 500GB SATA drives, and found this was the cheapest, you save a whole $10 over the one you linked to originally.
Seriously, there's not a lot of difference in the pricing really, pick one with a good warranty.

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Re: new hard drive
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2008, 02:07:21 PM »
you think samsungs are good brands?

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Re: new hard drive
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2008, 02:09:10 PM »
I've had no trouble with the Samsung drives I've used . . .

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Re: new hard drive
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2008, 09:51:22 AM »
weird newegg appears to have no mmore 400 gb drives but a western digital 500 gb for 59$ and when i clicked on that link it was for a 500gb hdd for $91 very weird so it looks like the one to get would be http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

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Re: new hard drive
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2008, 10:00:56 AM »
Looks good to me, my drive's from the same line.

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Re: new hard drive
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2008, 10:32:31 AM »
kool think ill buy it