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Old 01-02-2007, 02:21 AM
fatpirate n00bie, 2.9 Years
 
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Hard Drive Space Q
In regards to BB having the 74gb Raptors for $120....I am building a Vista Ultimate setup and am curious about hdd space.

Is 60gb (with 15gb vista headroom) reasonable for Vista plus Photoshop, Steam with HL2 Counterstrike, BF2, 2142, and a few other misc programs?



Also Is there somewhere I can find out how much space programs take up?
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Old 01-02-2007, 06:08 AM
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Also Is there somewhere I can find out how much space programs take up?
Right click on folder -> properties
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Control Panel ->Add/Remove Programs usually has a size estimate for each entry.
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Old 01-02-2007, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by fatpirate
In regards to BB having the 74gb Raptors for $120....I am building a Vista Ultimate setup and am curious about hdd space.

Is 60gb (with 15gb vista headroom) reasonable for Vista plus Photoshop, Steam with HL2 Counterstrike, BF2, 2142, and a few other misc programs?

First off, it is ~69GB formatted.
-15GB for Vista
-10GB for Steam (Being conservative, my Steam folder is 20GB)
-3GB for BF2
-3GB for 2142
-2GB for PS (Guessing on this one)
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~36GB free.

You could just do what I do. I have my 160GB Raptor mounted to c:\Games
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Old 01-02-2007, 07:27 AM
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I recommend getting two of them or a single 160. I think you'll regret not having more room well before the service life of that drive is expired.

I'm a seagate fan and most of the drives I buy have a 5 year service life. Getting just enough to get by to save $100 makes much less sense when you spread that out over its 5 year life.

Just a thought... enjoy
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Old 01-03-2007, 05:23 AM
fatpirate n00bie, 2.9 Years
 
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Right on fellas....thanks for the advice.

I am off to buy the 150gb Raptor.
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