Valhalla Legends Forums Archive | General Discussion | USB Harddrives

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iago
Has anybody used a USB harddrive of a decent size? I was looking at a 120GB that uses USB 2.0. It looks nice, and it would be great for what I do (ie, have it hooked up to my laptop at home, but pull it off for school/work). I just worry about the speed, though, will I be able to play games/stuff like that off it, or is it too slow?

Anybody ever used one of these before?
December 30, 2003, 2:36 AM
Hostile
Well... Possibly. You should be able to play most games considering the main amount of slowness will come while loading, and USB 2.0 is hardly slow but I would recommend those things mainly for storage.
December 30, 2003, 6:05 AM
hismajesty
Weren't you just bragging about how you didn't need one of these due to your schools network? :P
December 30, 2003, 10:46 AM
iago
Me? Hardly. I've been wanting a new hard drive forever. Right now I use my other computer's drive to store all my crap on, but that's slow and non-portable.

A usb drive would be great, though, since I'm also going to get a dvd burner, and this would make it better to burn crap for my friends, or between my laptop/desktop/etc.
December 30, 2003, 1:41 PM
hismajesty
Ah, I was thinking you were going to be using it for transfering files, etc.. Which you said you'd rather do with your network/ftp. Sorry. ;)
December 30, 2003, 4:18 PM
iago
That too, but outside my LAN it's a slow transfer. But I still don't remember saying that :P
December 30, 2003, 4:41 PM
hismajesty
Ugh, maybe I'll look for the quote later.
December 30, 2003, 8:39 PM
iago
Ok, I bought one:
$300 base
- $40 instant rebate = $260
- 10% because the box was open
+ 14% tax = $266
- $80 mail-in rebate = $186.

<edit> exact number was $186.75. Damn I'm good at guessing! :)

I was happy with that :)

It's 120gb, 7200rpm, usb2.0. So far, it's great to use. For anybody with a laptop, I would highly recommend usb!
January 13, 2004, 1:03 AM
Stealth
14% tax? Crazy Britons.
January 13, 2004, 2:51 AM
iago
[quote author=Stealth link=board=2;threadid=4505;start=0#msg39450 date=1073962280]
14% tax? Crazy Britons.
[/quote]

Well, our Prime Minister was voted in based on the fact that he would eliminate GST (7%). He was quoted promising it at least 4 times. Here we are 14 years later, and he just retired, and he recently said he never promised anything like "dat"
January 13, 2004, 3:06 AM
Newby
120 gig?

Damn, that's insane.
January 13, 2004, 4:17 AM
Stealth
[quote author=iago link=board=2;threadid=4505;start=0#msg39452 date=1073963160]
[quote author=Stealth link=board=2;threadid=4505;start=0#msg39450 date=1073962280]
14% tax? Crazy Britons.
[/quote]

Well, our Prime Minister was voted in based on the fact that he would eliminate GST (7%). He was quoted promising it at least 4 times. Here we are 14 years later, and he just retired, and he recently said he never promised anything like "dat"
[/quote]

Do you have to pay sales tax on Internet purchases as well? We get a break over here -- very few (if any) states require you to pay sales tax on internet purchases unless the company you're buying from is based within your state.
January 13, 2004, 5:24 AM
Arta
It's 17.5% here :P
January 13, 2004, 5:55 AM
Adron
And 25% here.
January 13, 2004, 10:45 AM
crashtestdummy
9% here
and 120gb isnt that big they got 500gb externals
January 15, 2004, 7:52 AM
iago
I don't think I'll ever fill 120gb. I would have bought an 80gb, but 80gb would have been more expensive under the circumstances. 500gb is expensive and most of the space would be worthless to me.
January 15, 2004, 1:45 PM
Adron
I didn't think I'd fill 120 GB any time soon when I went from 20 to 120, but it was full after about a month.
January 17, 2004, 10:06 AM
iago
I figure I'll fill it quick, but I'll start cycling content. Like, I'll burn movies/delete them, uninstall games I don't play, etc.
January 17, 2004, 3:49 PM
Adron
Haha, maybe it'll work for you. I tend to install lots of games and download lots of movies, and then I don't finish playing/watching them before downloading the next. I did clean up 20 gigs recently, but that involved several hours of recording cd-r's.

That brings me to this question: Is there any good cd recording application that allows you to make a job queue? Something like how in say gordian knot you can set one movie encoding, meanwhile preparing the next one and queuing it up?
January 17, 2004, 5:44 PM
iago
Also, I am planning on getting a dvd burner, but I'm not sure whether I'll get internal or external yet.. it depends on the price. That'll help, too, since I won't need to have movies on my drive forever.
January 17, 2004, 6:34 PM
j0k3r
Iago, you have a "Factory Direct" store around you? They constantly have sales for things like that, for dirt cheap prices.
January 17, 2004, 6:40 PM
iago
I got it at Best Buy. Hardly factory direct.
January 17, 2004, 7:46 PM
j0k3r
Try to find one, it's honestly the best store in Canada you can buy from... I think the website is www.factorydirect.ca
January 17, 2004, 9:32 PM
iago
I just checked my bios settings, and it was listed in "boot order" as a bootable device. I'm going to try installing an Operating System on it and try out that feature.
January 19, 2004, 11:12 PM
j0k3r
Told ya :)
Did it work?
January 21, 2004, 7:30 PM

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