Murlocke

Well my 500GB isnt enough space, and I don't really want another 500GB as it would fill my sata ports, and i'd have 4 hard drives (Alot of noise and alot of heat, espically with 2 raptors.)

I was thinking about getting the 1TB Hitachi Deskstar, I even added it to my rig, and then I started reading about people calling deskstars "Death Stars".

Now I am worried, I do not want to put 1TB of data on this drive and then have it die on me in a year. I hear hitachi has improved greatly and they split off from IBM and the new 1TB drives are much better than the old deskstars?

Whats your input, anyone have proof that these drives are better than the old ones? I really don't want to have to buy 2 and mirror it. Thats $800.

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cognoscenti

I have 2, so far really nice!

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Kamakazi

2x1TB? Wow, just wow.

I've heard nothing but good reviews for the 1TB drives. Thats all I can say.

rcdriver0604

What OS are you using? I heard that xp only shows 1.5Tb.

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Murlocke

XP, But I am only getting one (maybe) and with my raptors and that drive I would have 1.27TB total space.

I believe you are the only one that has them on the forum. Are you mirroring them are are you actually using the 2TB? How long have you had them?

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Znth

At the time when 1TB hard drives were just coming out I got 5x 750GB drives and put em in raid, if only I had of waited

antesignani

if ever need 2TBs of HD..well, i dont think i will!

Murlocke

My second option is getting something like this.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136145

And using 1TB for data, and 1TB for mirroring. That way I would never lose my data. Its expensive though, but I need the space..

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Nechen

Why does someone need 1TB of space unless they're storing Anime or Porn (or both)

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Murlocke

Avatar. Well more anime than porn, but really both.

My 21st birthday is soon as I'm just getting a huge hard drive as a present for myself.. kinda. Well thats my excuse for paying so much.

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