Should i buy 1Tb hDd

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My current computer configuration is:

1X40GB SAMSUNG IDE HDD
1X160GB WDC SATA HDD
1GB RAM
AMD ATHLON 3000+
NVIDIA 7100GS
ASUS M2N-MX MOTHERBOARD

Now i want to buy a 1TB Hard Disk, removing the 2 hard-disks which i have.

SO with this configurations i have can i use 1TB Hard-Disk in my System without any problems ????

& pls. tell me which is the best company for 1TB HDD
i m looking in terms of SPEED & PERFOMANCE

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1 TB WD Green

Cheap & Best one, go for it.

given the increase in HDD failure rate. I would suggest to buy two 500Gb HDDs. cost would be around 5k for two and a difference of 500 bucks won't hurt!!!

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i m asking that can i use 1TB hDd without any problems in my computer ????
With this system configurations ??

yep. shouldn't be a problem. but do remember, if it crashes (like it does for many), you lose huge amount of data.

goin for 2 X 500 can cause a problem, as the power requirement for it will be more than single 1TB HDD

^^dude. it's a HDD, not a GPU. If you get Western Digital Green series HDDs, they will take much lower power than his existing dual HDDs.

btw, an always on HDD takes around 7 to 12 watts of power. which is totally negligible. I even had 4 -5 HDD running in my old machine sometimes which had a 450W PSU.

PS: Ask Rhitwick whether to take two 500Gb HDDs or 1Tb HDD and you will get the answer

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Western digital is fairly reliable. But cant say that about Seagate now. So WD green/blue/black just take your pick. Plus WD has 5 years warranty and Seagate only 3!

i think its better to buy two 500gb WD coz if one 500gb crashes you'll still have one 500gb and if 1Tb crashes you'll have none.....

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Ya that's true. But 2x0.5TB would be around 1K more than 1x1TB. If that is ok with the OP then its a good choice!