Upgraded the rig today

GoldenRivet · 01-18-11, 11:42 PM

went and upgraded to a 1 terabyte drive with windows7

this thing is awesome... i have installed about a dozen video games that had previously been shelved due to lack of hard drive space and i have not even scratched the surface on this thing

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thats what the "bar" on my C: space looks like

where **=used space and ... = free space

highly recommended

Gargamel · 01-18-11, 11:57 PM

Woot grats.... building my 3tb rig tonight too.... hopefully i can get these stupid drivers to work.

GoldenRivet · 01-18-11, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Woot grats.... building my 3tb rig tonight too.... hopefully i can get these stupid drivers to work.

THREE?

i only sprung for one... i figured i have lived with 120gig HD for so long i wouldnt know what to do with myself if i had 1TB let alone 3!

UnderseaLcpl · 01-19-11, 12:00 AM

Despite how much I like you, I hate the hell out of you right now. My rig is so outdated, and I haven't the money to upgrade it. I can't even run SH5 properly.

GoldenRivet · 01-19-11, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Despite how much I like you, I hate the hell out of you right now. My rig is so outdated, and I haven't the money to upgrade it. I can't even run SH5 properly.

thats a bummer man... but we have all been through those dry spells before.

i remember in the mid 90's i was STILL trying to convince my dad that his old Tandy 1000 belonged in the Smithsonian.

Gargamel · 01-19-11, 12:06 AM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=178851

Yeah, Back when i was in college in the 90's, I had purchased a 6gb 5.25" HDD, for like almost $300. Cause they hadn't come out with FAT32 yet, I had to split it into 3 2 gb drives. I didn't know what to do with all that room, I actually rented out the space over the school network. $10 a month got you 100mb. I did package deals

UnderseaLcpl · 01-19-11, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

thats a bummer man... but we have all been through those dry spells before.

i remember in the mid 90's i was STILL trying to convince my dad that his old Tandy 1000 belonged in the Smithsonian.

Now I hate you even more. You know what I had in the mid-90's? A frakking Apple SE! Then we "upgraded" to a Performa 400! I had to play "Red Baron" and the original SimCity for four years before I got the money to buy my own computer. Even then, I could barely run "Wolfpack".

It was a dark time.

Castout · 01-19-11, 12:15 AM

You survived on 120Gb I thought my previous 250Gb was small :-)

Using a one Terabyte HDD with Windows 7 installed myself.

If you think that it's huge wait until you make a whole backup of your PC

. I just did and it took 85Gb!

I may need to buy an external HDD

GoldenRivet · 01-19-11, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Now I hate you even more. You know what I had in the mid-90's? A frakking Apple SE! Then we "upgraded" to a Performa 400! I had to play "Red Baron" and the original SimCity for four years before I got the money to buy my own computer. Even then, I could barely run "Wolfpack".

It was a dark time.

Im at a loss...

here

UnderseaLcpl · 01-19-11, 12:24 AM

lol

JSLTIGER · 01-19-11, 12:28 AM

I upgraded my rig with a 1TB drive about a year ago...the 250GB I originally built my rig with just became too small. I still am using it as my boot drive though, and it's chugging along just fine. After 1 year, I still have 743GB free on my 1TB drive, though it's not for lack of trying...all of my games are on it!

bookworm_020 · 01-19-11, 01:13 AM

Just upgraded myself! When you go from 40 Gb storage to 2Tb + 1 Tb external drive, you can really spread out!

Now I've just got to find some new games that can really push "The Beast" to the limits!

kiwi_2005 · 01-19-11, 02:13 AM

1TB

Though I struggle with lesser amount. I have a 250gb drive (2) 75gb drives and (1) 320gb drive. Freespace is at 67%. Ive ran out of appz to install.

Betonov · 01-19-11, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Now I hate you even more. You know what I had in the mid-90's?

Hahahahhaa

we didnt even know what a computer was in those times, they were as expensive as a car

Platapus · 01-19-11, 06:42 AM

Man, I still remember when DEC came out with the first consumer type external hard drive in 1982. It had 4 mega bytes of storage!

I thought to myself, no one person could ever fill up 4mb

Maybe a company computer, but not the average consumer. I mean, 4mb was about all the data that existed in the world right?

My how times have changed.

01-18-11, 11:42 PM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Upgraded the rig today went and upgraded to a 1 terabyte drive with windows7 this thing is awesome... i have installed about a dozen video games that had previously been shelved due to lack of hard drive space and i have not even scratched the surface on this thing [................................................ ...........] thats what the "bar" on my C: space looks like where =used space and ... = free space highly recommended __________________

01-18-11, 11:57 PM	#2
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Woot grats.... building my 3tb rig tonight too.... hopefully i can get these stupid drivers to work. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

01-19-11, 12:00 AM	#4
UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Despite how much I like you, I hate the hell out of you right now. My rig is so outdated, and I haven't the money to upgrade it. I can't even run SH5 properly. __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

01-19-11, 12:06 AM	#6
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=178851 Yeah, Back when i was in college in the 90's, I had purchased a 6gb 5.25" HDD, for like almost $300. Cause they hadn't come out with FAT32 yet, I had to split it into 3 2 gb drives. I didn't know what to do with all that room, I actually rented out the space over the school network. $10 a month got you 100mb. I did package deals __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

01-19-11, 12:15 AM	#8
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	You survived on 120Gb I thought my previous 250Gb was small :-) Using a one Terabyte HDD with Windows 7 installed myself. If you think that it's huge wait until you make a whole backup of your PC . I just did and it took 85Gb! I may need to buy an external HDD __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

01-19-11, 12:24 AM	#10
UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	lol __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

01-19-11, 12:28 AM	#11
JSLTIGER The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Parkland, FL, USA Posts: 1,437 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I upgraded my rig with a 1TB drive about a year ago...the 250GB I originally built my rig with just became too small. I still am using it as my boot drive though, and it's chugging along just fine. After 1 year, I still have 743GB free on my 1TB drive, though it's not for lack of trying...all of my games are on it! __________________ Thor: Intel Core i7 4770K\|ASUS Z87Pro\|32GB DDR3 RAM\|11GB EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti Black\|256GB Crucial M4 SSD+2TB WD HDD\|4X LG BD-RE\|32" Acer Predator Z321QU 165Hz G-Sync (2540x1440)\|Logitech Z-323 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Pro Explorer (MSI GL63 8RE-629 Laptop): Intel Core i7 8750H\|16GB DDR4 RAM\|6GB GeForce GTX 1060\|128GB SSD+1TB HDD\|15.6" Widescreen (1920x1080)\|Logitech R-20 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Home

01-19-11, 01:13 AM	#12
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Just upgraded myself! When you go from 40 Gb storage to 2Tb + 1 Tb external drive, you can really spread out! Now I've just got to find some new games that can really push "The Beast" to the limits! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

01-19-11, 02:13 AM	#13
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	1TB Though I struggle with lesser amount. I have a 250gb drive (2) 75gb drives and (1) 320gb drive. Freespace is at 67%. Ive ran out of appz to install. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

01-19-11, 06:42 AM	#15
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Man, I still remember when DEC came out with the first consumer type external hard drive in 1982. It had 4 mega bytes of storage! I thought to myself, no one person could ever fill up 4mb Maybe a company computer, but not the average consumer. I mean, 4mb was about all the data that existed in the world right? My how times have changed. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.