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View Full Version : computer help
Steve-O95
July 13th, 2005, 10:29 AM
My computer only has 9 GB of disk space. Right now I only have about 3 GB left. How can I get more GBs?
Auggie2k
July 13th, 2005, 10:36 AM
A new hard drive!
Malakai1911
July 13th, 2005, 10:39 AM
uninstall software you arent using anymore, clean up your temp folders...
other than that, yeah, auggie2k is right. Buy a new hard drive.
ratbag
July 13th, 2005, 11:40 AM
damn these days 9GBs are barly enough to carry in your pocket
Lord_of_the_Dense
July 13th, 2005, 11:58 AM
Even a new 20GB is pretty cheap.
Steve-O95
July 13th, 2005, 01:41 PM
how cheap? where can i buy one?
Digital Bliss
July 13th, 2005, 02:48 PM
bud www.newegg.com thats all im going to say
TwoLoud
July 13th, 2005, 04:03 PM
20 gig is a waste IMO to, get atleast a 40 gig if your going to get one...
Auggie2k
July 13th, 2005, 04:06 PM
True, you can never have too much space, I have 70Gb but I also have broadband so it fills quick!
Malakai1911
July 13th, 2005, 04:16 PM
I wouldn't have reccomended newegg maybe as much as I would www.zipzoomfly.com (they have free 2nd day air shipping on everything, and newegg charges tax in my state, so thats another reason not to shop there. Their prices are competitive, but then again so is zipzoom and it usually ends up cheaper for me).
Also about the hard drives themselves, you might notice a 40GB costs bearly more than a 20GB, or even a 60 or 80 for maybe $10 more than a 20GB. I guess its supply and demand, so your best bang-for-the-buck will probably be a bigger drive.
Lord_of_the_Dense
July 13th, 2005, 09:19 PM
It all depends on her/his needs. Even 40 GB may be enough, but you see s/he was interested in 20 GB. Just because s/he is here, doesn't mean they have a HD full of music files.
wonderboy2005
July 13th, 2005, 10:37 PM
It all depends on her/his needs. Even 40 GB may be enough, but you see s/he was interested in 20 GB. Just because s/he is here, doesn't mean they have a HD full of music files.
That is true, but what everyone seems to be pointing out is that a 20GB or even a 40GB HDD is not an economically sound solution. On newegg, a 40GB HDD goes for roughly $1 per gig. 120, 160 & 200 GB HDDs go for sometimes less than $.50 per gig. If your lucky, you can get them for less than that even, such as outpost.com's sale a few weeks ago, which offered a 200GB HDD (ATA-100, 7200 RPM, 8mb cache, major brand - just dont remember it) for $40 after a mail-in rebate. If you do the math, thats $.20 per gig. Even if you aren't going to use all of that space, its worth it.