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Will my rig support 1 TB Internal HDD

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ajayritik
ajayritik Original post #1
Oct 13, 2010 at 6:33 PM
I have 1 GB RAM , Core 2 Duo 2.13 Ghz and have a 60 GB Internal IDE HDD. I plan to upgrade my HDD to either 500 GB or 1 TB. Can someone please suggest whether my Rig will support a 1 TB HDD and do I have to upgrade RAM for better results.
topgear
topgear #2
Oct 15, 2010 at 5:42 AM
the details you've provided is very little and you have not told the model name of your mobo though as you have told you have a c2d cpu based rig your rig will support 1TB or even 2TB SATA HDD .
Power_user_EX
Oct 15, 2010 at 6:55 AM
YES....
HDD Capacity Support does not depend on ur ram , CPU and AKAIK also Mobo.
ajayritik
Oct 15, 2010 at 10:58 AM
I have intel based motherboard don' remember the exact chipset.
H
Oct 15, 2010 at 2:43 PM
ya u can put a 1TB HDD, better go with 1TB WD caviar blue or Seagate barracuda 1TB. Both are 7200 rpm. Both are gud
Gollum
Gollum #6
Oct 15, 2010 at 7:46 PM
Hard disk size is os dependent. Windows xp and above will support any size just remember to keep the file system NTFS. Fat32 can only support max single file size of 4gb.
topgear
topgear #7
Oct 16, 2010 at 4:54 AM
YES....
HDD Capacity Support does not depend on ur ram , CPU and AKAIK also Mobo.

HDD capacity in earlier days were dependent on the mobo and bios and the OS though modern day's mobos has no such limitation.
Power_user_EX
Oct 18, 2010 at 10:08 PM
HDD capacity in earlier days were dependent on the mobo and bios and the OS though modern day's mobos has no such limitation.

Its obvious that he is not using UNIVAC.... :) and its 2010... so some things are obviously assumed.
topgear
topgear #9
Oct 19, 2010 at 6:17 AM
sure he is not using a UNIVAC from 1950's

I've assumed about his modern age rig by looking at the Core 2 Duo 2.13 Ghz word.
ajayritik
ajayritik #10
Oct 19, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Ok guys based on your answers looks like I can go for a 1 TB Internal HDD.
Just wanted to inform that the motherboard I have is DG 965 RY. Though I know it may not be of any consequence.
topgear
topgear #11
Oct 20, 2010 at 4:02 AM
there should not be any kind of consequence - just go ahead and buy a 1TB or even 2TB hdd.