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What is the total size of your computer hard disk storage?

0-250 GB 2 vote(s) 8.3%
251-500 GB 2 vote(s) 8.3%
501-749 GB 3 vote(s) 12.5%
750-1000 GB 2 vote(s) 8.3%
1001-2000 GB 8 vote(s) 33.3%
2001-3000 GB 1 vote(s) 4.2%
3001 GB and above 6 vote(s) 25.0%
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  1. Leeky TechSpot Moderator Posts: 4,344   +59

    I'm curious to find out how much the total disk storage we enthusiasts have in our main computers these days. :)

    So without further wait, lets get started...

    I'll get in first with the following:

    SSD 256GB
    Hitachi 500GB
    Samsung F4 2TB

    Total= 2,756 GB total. :D
    Leeky, Mar 17, 2011
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  2. nismo91 TechSpot Maniac Posts: 969

    between 1 and 2TB for me:

    desktop - 1TB + 160GB backup
    laptop - 320GB + 1TB (3.5")
    nismo91, Mar 17, 2011
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  3. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,946   +120

    Depends - fileserver has 6+ TB in RAID 6 (8 spindles in RAID and 1 for boot) - then several other machines have 2-3 TB each.
    LNCPapa, Mar 17, 2011
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  4. Leeky TechSpot Moderator Posts: 4,344   +59

    Wow, I'm in dreamland at the sheer volume of "media" I could fill them with! :haha:

    Is your RAID 6 using 6 1TB disks plus 2 spares or something?
    Leeky, Mar 17, 2011
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  5. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,946   +120

    Actually I was in a hurry when I typed that - in RAID 6 my array capacity is on ly 4.5 - 8x750 - though there are 3 about to get shipped off for replacement (I've already replaced them so these will be spares.) Then my gaming machine has only 1 x 1TB drive and my older daug..... whoa, this was gonna become way too much to type - here's what I've got (one machine is missing from this page.)
    LNCPapa, Mar 17, 2011
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  6. Leeky TechSpot Moderator Posts: 4,344   +59

    Blimey, quite a bit of technology then! :D

    I wouldn't want to count the total storage capacity of everything in our house.

    Wish that was all in my PC though, think of the *storage* possibilities... No more having to use the cloud for my *special* movies either! :haha:
    Leeky, Mar 17, 2011
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  7. mailpup TS Special Forces Posts: 7,900   +75

    In each of my last four PCs, a single SATA WD 640GB Black.
    mailpup, Mar 17, 2011
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  8. LinkedKube TechSpot Project Baby Posts: 4,179   +22

    About 7tb of hdd space and 600 gb of space with ssds 8 of which are in raid 0.

    Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk
    LinkedKube, Mar 17, 2011
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  9. Mizzou TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 930

    At the moment 4TB+

    128GB Vertex SSD
    1TB Western Digital
    2TB Verbatim External
    2x640MB WD Caviar Black
    Mizzou, Mar 17, 2011
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  10. Lurker101 TechSpot Booster Posts: 542   +63

    I can comfortable store a 6-pack of Stella inside my computer, if that means anything. Keeps them nice and frosty.

    also, 3 x 320GB Caviar blues, 2 x 1TB Caviar greens and a 240GB Velociraptor
    Lurker101, Apr 14, 2011
    #10

  11. jobeard TS Ambassador Posts: 12,210   +118

    My system has lots of RAM, a big disk and a few bolts - -

    but it can only tolerate O N E nut at the keyboard :giggle:
    jobeard, Apr 14, 2011
    #11

  12. abe10tiger TechSpot Paladin Posts: 742

    I'd hate to say this but.... my PC is quite old and someone only gave it to me.. Drive C has like 20gb and Drive D has 15gb..
    abe10tiger, Apr 15, 2011
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  13. Lokalaskurar TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 616

    1x 272 GbB Hitachi 7200rpm HDD. General OS and software.
    1x 1024 GbB Hitachi 7200rpm HDD. Storage and multimedia like renderings, films, webpages and the lot.

    From time to time I like to boot up an old 220-drive just to laugh at the boot-up speed of Windows 3.1 (it's tremendous!).

    220 MbB that is...

    I'm not counting external drives, because then I would have about 6TbB laying around, as I use a docking station.
    Lokalaskurar, Apr 15, 2011
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  14. Zen TechSpot Paladin Posts: 938   +40

    I had to asnwer the question by voting on the (1001 - 2000) option, but it's no where close to the 2000 side of things.

    My primary system, an old Dell Dimension 5100c came stock standard with a small Maxtor 80 Gig hard drive, it's still in there. But quickly I went out and bought a nice Western Digital (My Book) series external hard drive that is 1 Terabyte in size.

    Maxtor is 80 Gigs + Western Digital that is 1TB = 1080 Gigs total.
    Zen, Apr 15, 2011
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  15. Benny26 TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,514   +35

    I'm still in the dark ages with hard drives...I'm gunna have to pop and get a big one sometime.

    Mine are: 80 SG + 80 WD + 80 WD + 60 WD (ext) = 300 Gig total.
    Benny26, Apr 15, 2011
    #15

  16. abe10tiger TechSpot Paladin Posts: 742

    I'm still in the Stone age! with both drives having only 20 gb and below worth of space! :p
    abe10tiger, Apr 15, 2011
    #16

  17. ravisunny2 TS Ambassador Posts: 2,032   +8

    Nothing wrong with what you have.

    I am comfortable with 160 GB (with almost 50% unused).
    ravisunny2, Apr 15, 2011
    #17

  18. Norbur TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 157

    Some mixed responses here, awesome stuff!

    Myself:

    60GB OCZ SSD
    1TB Caviar Black
    500GB Caviar Blue

    Struggle to fill anything except the SSD, even with 10k+ songs heh
    Norbur, Apr 15, 2011
    #18

  19. tractorphil TechSpot Member Posts: 60

    My current machine only has a 1tb drive but I have been trying out ssd and the machine i am building now has a 64gig ssd and 1tb data drive.
    tractorphil, Apr 15, 2011
    #19

  20. Lurker101 TechSpot Booster Posts: 542   +63

    You need better quality music. Try having your music in FLAC format and see how much space you use.
    Lurker101, Apr 15, 2011
    #20
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