can't afford a hard drive, shall I go IDE?

Jay1701 · 14 Nov 2011 at 20:12

Seeing that hard drive prices are sky high at the moment, which includes second hand ones, IDE ones seems to be cheap at the moment, especially on the bay, shall I go for it?

Orcvader · 14 Nov 2011 at 20:25

No. Most new boards don't have an IDE port. Best to buy an external for now. You can rip it out of the external enclosure and place it inside the PC.

Witcher1979 · 14 Nov 2011 at 20:26

Orcvader said:
No. Most new boards don't have an IDE port. Best to buy an external for now. You can rip it out of the external enclosure and place it inside the PC.

This is what I did with my 2tb HDD, ripped it out of the case and rigged it straight up to sata on the mobo. But you can buy IDE to Sata Adapters (about 2 to 3 quid on the bay) that work really well, I have one on my other 500gb hdd.

Jay1701 · 14 Nov 2011 at 20:31

wow just found this
Hitachi Touro 500 GB Portable External Hard Drive
for £40!

Witcher1979 · 14 Nov 2011 at 20:50

Christ they are expensive now, my WD 2tb was about £55 posted 6-7 months ago. Why are they so expensive right now?

ThePengu1n · 14 Nov 2011 at 21:20

This:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18331623

Jay1701 · 14 Nov 2011 at 21:32

well I have no problems guys just bought this:

Western Digital "CAVIAR" 250GB internal hard drive (WD2500JD-00HBC0) SATA

for £17.10 including delivery on the bay!
happy days, more than enough for me.

Witcher1979 · 14 Nov 2011 at 22:16

ThePengu1n said:
This:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18331623

Thanks

iadde · 15 Nov 2011 at 10:09

Just need to make do with what I have at the moment. Petrol prices, hdd this world is falling apart

tidusjar · 15 Nov 2011 at 10:30

I wouldn't buy any HDD's at the moment. You may aswell just buy a SSD the way things are looking :eek:

Gregster · 15 Nov 2011 at 10:37

tidusjar said:
I wouldn't buy any HDD's at the moment. You may aswell just buy a SSD the way things are looking

I agree. Santa will be bringing me a shiny new one for chrimbo

So long as my kids reckon I have been good that is :rolleyes:

tidusjar · 15 Nov 2011 at 10:44

gregster said:
I agree. Santa will be bringing me a shiny new one for chrimbo

So long as my kids reckon I have been good that is

Haha that's all i need now. I hate that upgrade itch that i have all year long :mad:

Orcvader · 15 Nov 2011 at 15:11

gregster said:
I agree. Santa will be bringing me a shiny new one for chrimbo

So long as my kids reckon I have been good that is

Just dress up as Santa and your kids will definitely say you've been good

But yes, that's a good point. Considering the current prices it may be better to buy an SSD.