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werds · 11-26-09

How much storage do you need for an HTPC? I plan on archiving all of our old dvd's, vhs tapes, and possibly some newer Blu Ray discs as well.

But how much drive space is an "ok" amount?

1.5Tb enough? or do most people aim for much higher?

I am thinking of starting out at 1.5 TB and then upgrading to a total of 3Tb down the road but want to make sure im starting in the right direction first!

Daney · 11-26-09

1.5TB is pretty huge. I think a Blu-ray movie is around 20gb~ (Rough guesstimate), so 1.5TB could store about 75 movies of that size. That's a pretty high amount.

I'd say that the drive size you've chosen should be enough for a good while, and when you need extra space just buy another

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werds · 11-26-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daney

1.5TB is pretty huge. I think a Blu-ray movie is around 20gb~ (Rough guesstimate), so 1.5TB could store about 75 movies of that size. That's a pretty high amount.

I'd say that the drive size you've chosen should be enough for a good while, and when you need extra space just buy another

.

Awesome, thanks and +rep. Just the kind of info I needed

werds · 11-26-09

BTW this is why I asked. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136351

I think I remember someone mentioning before that the WD Green drives are a good choice for HTPC drives.

UndertheGun · 11-26-09

I think 1.5GB is plenty to start. You can expand later. It is amazing how much data some collect so no absolute correct answer. But as said 1.5GB is a lot at least for most. But consider your back up strategy. And that could cut your actual unique data capability in half? And I cannot stress strongly enough you have a good back up plan doing all that work to save data. HDD failure would suck without.

UndertheGun · 11-26-09

Might want to get two?

coolaide · 11-26-09

Get two and run one as a backup. I had all my movies, pictures, and music on one drive and lost them all when it went down. Learned my lesson and passing that on to you. I lost a lot of my kids baby pictures. And thats something I can never recover. And wife was pissed.

Ninjew · 11-26-09

A full 1080p blu-ray is about 12gigs

Stevo · 11-26-09

I started off with 1TB and now i got 4x1TB drives, 1X1.5TB drive and 1 external 500gb. Gonna get another 1.5TB soon. Space fills up fast.

EvilGenius007 · 11-26-09

That's a fantastic price. If I wasn't tapped out at the moment I'd def. pick some up.

1.5TB might not be enough space, but at the price it's easily the best GB/$ ratio you'll find.

1.5TB is approx.:
100 HD movies (uncompressed) or
300 DVD movies (uncompressed) or
1200 hours of HDTV or
3600 hours of SDTV or
3600 albums of FLAC or
9000+ albums of mp3s

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11-26-09	#5 (permalink)
UndertheGun New to Overclock.net Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 745 Rep: 100 Unique Rep: 74 Trader Rating: 0	I think 1.5GB is plenty to start. You can expand later. It is amazing how much data some collect so no absolute correct answer. But as said 1.5GB is a lot at least for most. But consider your back up strategy. And that could cut your actual unique data capability in half? And I cannot stress strongly enough you have a good back up plan doing all that work to save data. HDD failure would suck without.

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UndertheGun New to Overclock.net Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 745 Rep: 100 Unique Rep: 74 Trader Rating: 0	Might want to get two?

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