How many gigs does everyone have for recordings?

[padre]

2 external 250gb UBS2 drives on each PVR (2 PVRs).

Total 1,000gb dedicated to recording

[TunaBoo]

2x 160 GB in raid 0 on the server and two tuners.

Have other hard drives full of MP3s, dvds, and have some spare space floating around I could convert. So far 320 gigs is enough...

[kny3twalker]

I have currently only 80 gigs including windows and some games
I want to add another 200 to 250 gigs but I am having a hard time finding a good price, if anyone has a good website they like or know of any stores offering specials please post
I have been looking for a while and have had little luck

[Opus4]

Originally posted by kny3twalker
I want to add another 200 to 250 gigs but I am having a hard time finding a good price, if anyone has a good website they like or know of any stores offering specials please post

That depends on whether dealing with rebates bothers you... places like CompUSA, Circuit City, Staples, Office Max, & so on regularly have weekly specials for various sized drives. If a drive from your favored manufacturer doesn't have a rebate one week, wait a week or two.

- Andy

[ToxMox]

Here is a pretty good deal on a 250 for $179 no rebates from Best Buy.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1059574110662

[insomniac]

always good deals at newegg.com

Originally posted by kny3twalker
I have currently only 80 gigs including windows and some games
I want to add another 200 to 250 gigs but I am having a hard time finding a good price, if anyone has a good website they like or know of any stores offering specials please post
I have been looking for a while and have had little luck

[Holykat]

160 + 160 + 80 + 80

[DFranch]

Just 1 160 gb drive right now.

The next time I see a really good deal, like a 160gb for $70 - $80, I might jump on it though.

[tangfj]

I agree, with the newegg comment, you can't beat their refurbished prices. I got a 160 gig seagate for around $78. I still can't find a place that will beat that price!

[Crowdx42]

Only snag with NewEgg and hard drives is that OEM drives come from Asia etc and so the manufacturers will not cover them for warranties cause they are not supposed to be sold here, all warranties have to be covered by NewEgg. Found this out with a customers dead hard drive, had to have NewEgg swap the drive, manufacturer (Western Digital) told me the drive was not under waranty in the US.
Patrick

[Crowdx42]

BTW. Sam's Club always have Western Digital 160 and 200 gig drives for $120 and $150 respectively. Great price and they are retail drives, any problems just go back and swap the drive. That is where I bought my 160 and 200 gig drives, both working great.
Patrick

[tangfj]

Price matters most to me, so even if I do have to send back to newegg, it's not a big deal for me. Plus the seagate drive I got is known to be one of the quiter drives. Samsung drives are supposed to be very quiet too.

[Crowdx42]

Don't get me wrong, I buy a ton of hardware from NewEgg, just something people should know about when buying oem drives though, some users might feel they were being cheated when something like that happens. Personally I just prefer not having to return a drive PERIOD
Patrick

[Ralphjb]

I'm a big fan of NewEgg too. Their pricing is excellent, you avoid rebates for the vast majority of stuff, they get orders shipped quickly, and at least so far, they get the order right!

I've purchased hard drives, video cards, TV cards, DVD drives, etc. from these guys. Good stuff.

[Alex0230]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...152-011&depa=0

Here's a 160GB for $93 on new egg.....just thought I'd share for all those people looking to expand their recording capacity.

[DougTea]

Entirely too much here .....then again, maybe not!

Doug

[Alex0230]

Maxtor® 250GB 8 MB Cache 7200 RPM for $160 no rebates

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=443170

if you're looking for something bigger than the 160GB....This is the hard drive I have in my system, it is fast and works great.

[Ralphjb]

Originally posted by Alex0230
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...152-011&depa=0

Here's a 160GB for $93 on new egg.....just thought I'd share for all those people looking to expand their recording capacity.

I assume this is the Samsung. I just bought it and installed it a couple of weeks ago. A great buy, I thought. It is the drive I am using for my music files.

[tangfj]

Originally posted by Alex0230
Maxtor® 250GB 8 MB Cache 7200 RPM for $160 no rebates

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=443170

if you're looking for something bigger than the 160GB....This is the hard drive I have in my system, it is fast and works great.

Great find! That's even cheaper than the same refurbed HD from newegg.

[kny3twalker]

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Originally posted by Alex0230
Maxtor® 250GB 8 MB Cache 7200 RPM for $160 no rebates

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=443170

if you're looking for something bigger than the 160GB....This is the hard drive I have in my system, it is fast and works great.
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Thanks man done and bought this evening
Just the kind of find I was looking for
I never got a chance to vote though
I all I can see is results, huh
Well anyways 330 GB

250 GB for recording and want to use some of the 80 for video storage as well so around 300
I only have one tuner but want to get a blackbird once the live preview is available in Sage
Dan or his brother promised this hopefully they come through
but waiting to get a second tuner then