Never can have enough storage - 320GB/69.99

[rbelisle]

For anyone who is interested... I just ordered one... see what happens...

http://www.ecost.com/detail.aspx?edp=41086390

[martint123]

Samsung HD753LJ 750GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm *32MB Cache* - 75.99

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139739

The currency can make a difference

[rbelisle]

Lucky bloke... England and all....

[martint123]

Lucky bloke... England and all....

The snag with your original post was - how much is that drive? Dollars, Yen, Lire .. if you see what I mean....

[Bathman]

I've just brought a 500gig western Digital Green Power for 62.14 (UK pounds). It not the cheapest but at idle i can't here it at all. And apparently it uses about 3 watts less then other 3.5" hard drives. Which when you run your HTPC on a 60 Watt fanless power supply is handy.

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Qui...3,50480000

[rbelisle]

Aha... yes dollars...

[Deusxmachina]

Since one got linked, I'll go ahead and say it for people who may not know: you generally don't want to use an external drive as much as you would an internal. The drives can get hot and die within months if used excessively because the cases often don't ventilate well. If it has a good case, that's a different story.

I caught a deal on a Maxtor/Seagate 500gb external last month for $55 with tax. I had it out of the case and the warranty voided within half an hour of driving home. Along with the drive for cheap but voiding the warranty, bonus of doing that is I got to toss my old 120gb into the case to now have that as an external.