PC hard drive question

[hawk_767]

Was thinking about getting a new hard drive for my pc. I found an internal hard drive that I thought would be good to have so I was going to buy it. Not sure thought if their are certain requirements for a pc memory wise or anything else. I'm guessing there is and that my pc wont be able to power it.

512 mb of RAM

Hard Drive is 650 gigs.

(And yes I know "get a new computer" Can't afford and wanted to get this)

Thanks guys.

 

[YourNameHere]

There are no real requirements for using a external HD besides an USB port (which should atleast be 2.0, otherwise using the HD might become a pain in the ass)

 

[hawk_767]

What about an internal. Aside from being compatible with the motherboard, power wise?

 

[YourNameHere]

Well you ofcourse need a new cable for that HDD if you're not going to replace your old one.
If you got an IDE HDD in your PC at the moment and you buy a S-ATA HDD, you will need another cable and your motherboard should support S-ATA.

If you want to add a new one, be sure that there is space for a new one. (If you've got enough cables etc.)

 

[hawk_767]

Alright. If I decided to get an external hard drive would I be able to solely use the external hard drive or do I still require an internal one.

This is my current hard drive btw.

And thank you so far Yournamehere.

 

[YourNameHere]

I haven't tried that yet, but I guess you'll be able to do that if your BIOS supports booting from an USB device.

 

[Kwah]

Also, check power source wattage and requirements, although that's unlikely to be a problem.

 

[hawk_767]

I found this hard drive and it sounded pretty promising. I think it would be fine but not sure.

 

[YourNameHere]

I would use this, though it's 10$ more, but I prefer Seagate HDD's because I know they're good.

 

[hawk_767]

Alright I'll consider that one. I have a Seagate right now and its worked for a few years so far.

 

[Vulcano]

Isn't booting from a USB device much slower?
USB: 480Mbps
SATA: 1,5Gbps or more

nvm, its an internal

 

[YourNameHere]

Isn't booting from a USB device much slower?
USB: 480Mbps
SATA: 1,5Gbps or more

nvm, its an internal

SATA2 goes up to 3.0Gbit/s if his motherboard supports it

 

[BlargHonk]

Get the Seagate, $5 off right now.

I have the 500gb version of it and it runs good.


Also, 512mb of RAM and yet you have SATA?

 

[YourNameHere]

Get the Seagate, $5 off right now.

I have the 500gb version of it and it runs good.


Also, 512mb of RAM and yet you have SATA?

SATA 1.5 exists since 2002.

 

[BlargHonk]

I know, but the last time I saw a computer with 512mb of RAM, it was a Pentium 3

Most Pentium 4's had 1gb of RAM in 2002

 

[YourNameHere]

I know, but the last time I saw a computer with 512mb of RAM, it was a Pentium 3

Most Pentium 4's had 1gb of RAM in 2002

Orly? I used a Pentium 4 1Ghz processor with only 512mb RAM the last few years until I got a "newer" PC recently.
You probably won't think that, but there are quite a few old PC's out there that are even worse - and people are still using it without any problems.

 

[BlargHonk]

There is no 1ghz Pentium 4, lowest they go is 1.3ghz.

Are you thinking Pentium 3? Or just got the mhz wrong, anyways, did yours have SATA AND the 512mb of RAM? SATA was a high end component in 02, so the thought of them together is weird.



BTW, they had 3ghz Pentium 4's in late 02

 

[Deathcom3s]

My brothers are playing SC on an 8 year old P4 with 512MB of RAM as i type this up.

The only requirements for getting a new HDD are basically whether or not your Motherboard supports the type of HDD you're planning on getting (IDE, SATA, SATAII) and Power requirements.

 

[BlargHonk]

SATA 1, 2, and 3 are fully compatible with eachother, so basically it comes down to IDE and SATA

Or Scuzzy if your computers really old

 

[YourNameHere]

There is no 1ghz Pentium 4, lowest they go is 1.3ghz.

Are you thinking Pentium 3? Or just got the mhz wrong, anyways, did yours have SATA AND the 512mb of RAM? SATA was a high end component in 02, so the thought of them together is weird.



BTW, they had 3ghz Pentium 4's in late 02

It were 1.6ghz, brainlag
And I don't remember whether the PC had SATA or not, well I could look as he's still standing next to me, but I'm just too damn lazy.

 

[BlargHonk]

I bet it doesn't.

 

[YourNameHere]

I bet it doesn't.

Yup, it doesn't.