To raptor... or not to raptor. I NEED SPACE!
Hello everyone, I hope this message finds you well.
As many of you know, I've filled 500gb to the brim on my machine. HD animation renders and games with astronomical install sizes (GTA IV - 15GB) have pushed me to the limit. I need an upgrade.
i don't have a ton of funds to devote to it, currently trying to save money for a potential move to the west coast. Fortunately for me hard drives are rather cheap these days.
So I know I need lotsa space. With the tons of music and pictures/videos i have, as well as all of my animation work, I really might as well go for a 1tb drive - I REALLY need the space. I've got my eye on this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136317
That should settle it, right? Well, I'm having second thoughts. See, I want to give Windows 7 a try, and I've been thinking to myself, before Win 7 is released I REALLY want to pick up a WD Raptor drive to install the OS to to maximize loading performance. It's something I've skimped on for far too long.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136033
This is the cheapest/smallest one on newegg. I really want this drive before the release of win 7. See, if I buy the 1TB drive now, I'll put win7 on it. Which means by the time Win 7 is released, I'll have a mess of OS's on different drives. But I don't want to spend the money for both drives right now.
I don't really need the Raptor to be 74GB big. A ~30GB Raptor would do the trick. Can't seem to find any on my usual sites however.
Any ideas? Are Raptors worth it, for those that use them? I know it sounds like a simple decision... I'm trying to figure out the best decision with my money / performance / convienience ratio.
What would you guys do in this situation?
As many of you know, I've filled 500gb to the brim on my machine. HD animation renders and games with astronomical install sizes (GTA IV - 15GB) have pushed me to the limit. I need an upgrade.
i don't have a ton of funds to devote to it, currently trying to save money for a potential move to the west coast. Fortunately for me hard drives are rather cheap these days.
So I know I need lotsa space. With the tons of music and pictures/videos i have, as well as all of my animation work, I really might as well go for a 1tb drive - I REALLY need the space. I've got my eye on this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136317
That should settle it, right? Well, I'm having second thoughts. See, I want to give Windows 7 a try, and I've been thinking to myself, before Win 7 is released I REALLY want to pick up a WD Raptor drive to install the OS to to maximize loading performance. It's something I've skimped on for far too long.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136033
This is the cheapest/smallest one on newegg. I really want this drive before the release of win 7. See, if I buy the 1TB drive now, I'll put win7 on it. Which means by the time Win 7 is released, I'll have a mess of OS's on different drives. But I don't want to spend the money for both drives right now.
I don't really need the Raptor to be 74GB big. A ~30GB Raptor would do the trick. Can't seem to find any on my usual sites however.
Any ideas? Are Raptors worth it, for those that use them? I know it sounds like a simple decision... I'm trying to figure out the best decision with my money / performance / convienience ratio.
What would you guys do in this situation?
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BuddyJ - That's a neat plan, I'd love to sport a SSD. At the moment however, a bit outside my price range. Trying to save up money for the rounds of conventions I'm hitting this summer, so I need to keep upgrades at a reasonable minimum.
definitely to be considered though.
Thanks for all the insight everyone.
What do you do for backups?
I only back up the things I absolutely need. A lot of that used space belongs to game install files, or video render files, things that don't need a backup.
My digital camera files (60GB+), as well as animation files and video assets, and everything else important, still fits on my 250 external drive collectively.
I also have redundant backups for the VERY important files on my other hard drives.
It's all about being selective, and knowing what you really need.
Also, having fast drives really rocks when your editing video.