External Hard drive

daleighan · Post by **daleighan** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:35 pm

Now that I have lots of money, which of the following should I get: Xbox 360 or 500gb external hard drive. Note that I Have 86 cd's with multimedia that I have recorded.

HomicidalBarber · Post by **HomicidalBarber** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:37 pm

I would wait for a revolution

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:41 pm

Well you can use an external drive on a 360, so id get the 360, have a blast with that then save up and get the 500 gb drive. Then use the 500gb drive on the 360 so you can lissen to music on your 360.

But thats what I would do, I know if I got the 500gb HD I would get it home, transfer all my stuff to it and than stand up and say what the heck am I supost to do now, atleast with a 360 (if you can find one) your not gonna sit there and do nothing (unless your 360 freezes

).

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 1:14 pm

It would be best to get the hard drive first. Reason I say that 360s are not expected to be restocked by March (Febuary at the earliest). So unless your going to pay more then what its worth or wait til there are more the hard drive is the best thing to get.

Bay_Wolf · Post by **Bay_Wolf** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 1:20 pm

Id get the hard drive because i would never buy a Xbox 360.

Regards and Revolution Is the System to Buy (Err, when it comes out)

sam · Post by **sam** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 1:41 pm

daleighan wrote:Now that I have lots of money, which of the following should I get: Xbox 360 or 500gb external hard drive. Note that I Have 86 cd's with multimedia that I have recorded.

Buy an internal one then buy an hardrive enclosier.

XPCportables · Post by **XPCportables** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:27 pm

wait for ps3 then save for a cheeper internal hard driv then put it into your ps3.

yuppicide · Post by **yuppicide** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:32 pm

Don't get the 500gb hard drive. Get the 400 gig Western Digital. It beat the Hitachi 500gb in every test except one, NCQ, which the 400gig doesn't have.

Personally, I'd go get a DVD Dual Layer burner. Burn all your CD's onto DVD's. The burner will set you back $69.99 or so. Then I'd go buy a storage unit similar to what I got:

hooks to your PC via USB. Holds 75 CD's or DVD's or games. Software catalogs everything. When you want something you just search with the software and it'll pop that out for you. If you loan something out to a friend it'll remind you to get it back in a few days. You can also hook up to 128 of these together since it's USB.

sniper_spike · Post by **sniper_spike** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:34 pm

Buy something else, like a new processor or more ram, those are always best!

Extreme_Jesus · Post by **Extreme_Jesus** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 3:59 pm

keep it and use it to fund all your portables, its what im doing with my christmas money

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:58 pm

Who ISN'T doing that with their christmas money. Clearly those people have some sort of mental impairment.

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:14 pm

If you're going to buy an external hard drive, buy the drive and case seperately. I've found it to be signifigantly cheaper.

XPCportables · Post by **XPCportables** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:46 pm

very true.

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:21 pm

Why do you need 500GB? I have a 200, and lots of downloaded TV, and Im at like 100GB give or take, isnt 500 a bit of overkill?

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:27 pm

soundwave wrote:Why do you need 500GB? I have a 200, and lots of downloaded TV, and Im at like 100GB give or take, isnt 500 a bit of overkill?

I've had a 100GB for about 3 days, and its 3/4 full right now. I've already filled up a 60gb, 75 gb, two 40gb, and an 80gb. After this one, I'm going to buy a few powered hubs, some drive enclosures, and a new internal HD. Then I'll make a RAID array of all the external ones, If possible. If not, oh well.

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