Do I really need a 250GB hard drive?

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jte1970

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Well I've found another option - Dell Vostro 1510 and now need to choose between


*160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive [Included in Price]
*160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with Free Fall Sensor [add $40]
*250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive [add $40]

Intel Core 2 Duo, 2g ram. Vista Basic or XP Pro.

Would I be better off investing in another gig of RAM for $50 rather than a bigger HD?

I will use for word processing, Internet, photo editing.

Thanks for any advice
 
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Since you have 2GB RAM, you won't need anymore, at least not with the tasks you mentioned. Go for the bigger HDD.
 
the bigger hard drive is slower speed??

a hard drive is one of the slowest parts of a pc, my opinion would be to get the 160gig 7,200rpm drive!

waht you use your laptop for there is no need for 250gig storage...
 
why go 5400rpm?

its like stepping back in technology time just to gain an extra 90gig of space that you prob wont use!

i got 500gig+74gig and im using 164gig total on a desktop that has games music and films stored on...
 
`PaWz said:
How do you know? He didn't say what he would be storing on it.

If space is a priority then the minimal speed difference is nothing to worry about
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"I will use for word processing, Internet, photo editing."

minimal speed? 5400rpm Vs 7200rpm minimal?
 
7,200rpm is not a top notch loading speed its almost a standard of todays hard drives!!!!

the op must decide if he needs that amount of storage and if he can put up with the speed decrease

what is hard on hard drives????? everthing you do on your computer uses your hard drive!
 
Get the 250GB as come on word processing,internet,photo editing. I find Photoshop CS4 Easy on my 250GB 5400RPM Drive
 
I'm a cheapskate. I went for the 160g / 5400. I wouldn't know the difference if someone showed me, not with the things I need it for. Hey the whole schmiel was still less than $600 budget so I'm pretty happy with it... and hope I will be! :D
 
There isn't any really noticeable difference, unless opening/saving/copying/moving/deleting large files and stuff like that - and this all depends on the kinds of connections used (eg SATA, IDE, USB etc). There isn't that much of a difference in price these days either, so it really depends on how much you want to put on there. I would go for 7200RPM, just because I like having the better product, especially if it's almost the same price.
 
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