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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 20, 2003, 02:03:55 pm

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 20, 2003, 02:03:55 pm

Anyone noticed that no matter what the capacity of your HD, you still get worried when that pie chart in Windows Explorer is more that 2/3 dark?
For instance I am currently worried that I only have 11.4gig left, on a 37 gig drive. 11.4 gig is ten time the capacity of my old machine!

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Ashrak on February 20, 2003, 02:08:12 pm

i get worried when i see 600 MB free and 40GB available (usual picture)

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 20, 2003, 02:10:50 pm

That makes no sense. 600meg free and 40gig available, they're one and the same thing.

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: kode on February 20, 2003, 02:12:22 pm

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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
That makes no sense. 600meg free and 40gig available, they're one and the same thing.

no. 40gigs are much more than 600megs.

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 20, 2003, 02:19:12 pm

I mean the words "free" and "available". technically he is sayoing that he has 40gig and 600meg free.

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Ulundel on February 20, 2003, 02:22:49 pm

True, true...

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 20, 2003, 03:15:10 pm

There's no reason you'd need all that space, anyway- hard drives are meant to be 1/3 empty.


Hell, I've got a 40 gig and my comp still gets crashy when my idiot family clogs it with mp3s over the 2/3 limit.

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: beatspete on February 20, 2003, 03:20:46 pm

*pats HDD cooling fans*

Size is irrelevant, unless it has to do with cooling fans.



(yes, got some case mods :nod: )

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Pera on February 20, 2003, 03:43:58 pm

Size of your hard drive is irrelevant. It will be full sooner or later.

12.7 gigs free of 80.

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Warlock on February 20, 2003, 04:20:52 pm

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Originally posted by beatspete
*pats HDD cooling fans*

Size is irrelevant, unless it has to do with cooling fans.



(yes, got some case mods :nod: )

No kidding ;) I got mine set up where touching the case is noticibly cooler (by like 15 degrees),... RARELY do I have a any major problems now :D

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Knight Templar on February 20, 2003, 10:27:49 pm

*almost has first 40gig full*


*just bought another 40gig*

:D

I do feel better.

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: demon442 on February 20, 2003, 10:28:06 pm

You hard drive will start fo decrease in performance when it is over half full.





PS: 14.6GB of 38.1GB used.

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Turnsky on February 21, 2003, 02:18:58 am

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Originally posted by beatspete
*pats HDD cooling fans*

Size is irrelevant, unless it has to do with cooling fans.



(yes, got some case mods :nod: )

case mods? mine came  with two front fans. mind you the fact that it's brushed metal make's it all the more worth it.

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Fineus on February 21, 2003, 02:41:17 am

Nuts to that, I'm getting one of these babies:

(http://www.antec-inc.com/images/400/PLUSVIEW1000AMG1.jpg)

2 case fans as standard - a potential 5 in total, and that's without the modding I may do to it later.

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: CP5670 on February 21, 2003, 02:51:42 am

I have six of them. :D My case doesn't look as flashy though; silver paint and a sliding cover, but that's about it.

Anyway, Petrarch, I know exactly where you are coming from; I have two 75GB drives which are both slightly over half full and whenever I see how much space I have used up, I immediately start thinking of what needs to be removed... :D

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Fetty on February 21, 2003, 03:49:41 am

u know what makes u think ?
c drive 170mb left
d drive 2 mb left
of 80gb
e drive 670mb left
of 14.4

oh and heat is irelevant
if you have a server tower with 11 bays and rest full length pci slots and its open all the time
only 1 lil fan moving air arround for no particular reason

and no matter what they tell you
new ibm (well starting from 2-3 years ago) disks suck ass, as my 40 gb that broke because of quote ibm: "high usage and exessive heat"
then howcome the old old 14.4 ibm drive that has been running constantly even longer still works like it did when i bought it

uhm erm
never mind

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 21, 2003, 01:47:38 pm

A pox on ye case mods.

Huzzah for beige boxes!

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Warlock on February 21, 2003, 01:50:25 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Kalfireth
Nuts to that, I'm getting one of these babies:

(http://www.antec-inc.com/images/400/PLUSVIEW1000AMG1.jpg)

2 case fans as standard - a potential 5 in total, and that's without the modding I may do to it later.

Got one ... only without the window and the front isn't slanted out.

Got one of the HD bay tri-fans, and 4 3 inch fans 2 front 2 back of the case ;)

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Ashrak on February 21, 2003, 03:17:39 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
That makes no sense. 600meg free and 40gig available, they're one and the same thing.

available = full capacity
free = unfilled with stuff

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: beatspete on February 21, 2003, 04:07:29 pm

Mine is a generic beige box.  Nothing fancy at all, its 4 years old, though the system was totally refitted recently from a 400 to a 1.3GHz.
Currently there is (mods wise)...

• A 92mm front case fan.
• A 80mm tri-LED top blow hole.
• Blue cold cathode light. (with sound activation, yet to use this :wtf:)
• HDD cooling fans.
• Temprature read out panel for CPU, 3D chip, and air temp. in case.
• A 80mm tri LED fan mounted with some sticky tape and a bit of metal to blow onto the 3D card.  I noticed it was getting up to 58 degrees C without any ventilation in the case, now with all the fans on it maintains a nice 30.
• DIY front control pannel.  This is just a 5.25" bay pastic bracket with a toggle switch for each fan, and the switch for the case light mounted on it.

Plans are for a window, i've got all the tools and materials, havent got round to it yet. Also want to do a respray, probably to a nice red.  Could get a friend of mine to do some art work on it too.

Dont worry, there will be photos ;)

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Stealth on February 21, 2003, 04:56:10 pm

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Originally posted by Kalfireth
Nuts to that, I'm getting one of these babies:

(http://www.antec-inc.com/images/400/PLUSVIEW1000AMG1.jpg)

2 case fans as standard - a potential 5 in total, and that's without the modding I may do to it later.

the most important thing:

1)  Is it made out of aluminum? :D

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Turnsky on February 21, 2003, 08:58:28 pm

mine is! :D (http://scasp.webnow.biz/upload/a0000010/en_US/prd_362.jpg)

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: CP5670 on February 21, 2003, 09:48:38 pm

aren't they all?

I have this one:
(http://secure.hypersonic-pc.com/ppics/2186.jpg)

The only difference is that mine has fans all over it. Not too flashy, but it does the job well. :D

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Turnsky on February 21, 2003, 09:51:50 pm

but mine is completely metal front - end  of the case as well, and everthing's mounted with thumscrews

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 23, 2003, 10:27:05 am

I have to say that case mods are one of the most pointless things I have ever encountered. If you want good cooling, just take the side panels off!

This is my case, and I am proud of it!
(http://www.microdirect.co.uk/companypages/pcsystems/omegasystem.jpg)

Title: Hard Drive Psychology
Post by: Fineus on February 24, 2003, 06:13:51 am

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Originally posted by Stealth


the most important thing:

1)  Is it made out of aluminum? :D

No, but with that many fans - do you really think it matters? :)