elephanttttt Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 i didnt know existed untill today. i must be slow thats really large... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 can someone computer savvy give me an estimate as to how many songs that would be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotnerd Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 erm... 200,000ish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 A song ripped at a good rate is 2MB a minute. 1TB = 1,000GB = 1,000,000 MB Assuming all your songs are about 4 minutes you get 8MB per song. At that rate you'd get 125,000 songs on a 1TB drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scriptedrain Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 I'd guess between the last 2 estimates: 125,000 and 200,000. - Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotnerd Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 i'm just basing off my itunes... 50 gigs, ~10,000 tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephanttttt Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 my itunes 16,000 ~ 75 gb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Everyone creates their MP3s at different settings. I have 8748 "items" @ 42.92GB. That would mean if I had 16,000 I'd have closer to 90GB of used space as opposed to 75GB. Its all quite variable, my estimates would based on decent quality not high. High quality is closer to 3-4MB a minute. It also depends on the song but I doubt anyone wants to get that deep in to the mpeg-3 algorithms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 my itunes after my computer crashed:205, ~ 2 gigs before: somewhere in the 15,000, ~55 gigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephanttttt Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 my itunes after my computer crashed:205, ~ 2 gigsbefore: somewhere in the 15,000, ~55 gigs that really really sucks.....i assume you didnt have it backed up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 my itunes after my computer crashed:205, ~ 2 gigsbefore: somewhere in the 15,000, ~55 gigs that really really sucks.....i assume you didnt have it backed up? the majority is backed up, but i cannot find the specific USB wire that goes from the external to the computer. and i'll probably never get around to buying one because i get so impulsive about vinyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakland Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 You can get a 1tb external for like 400 bucks too. How hot is that? I'm def. get two: one for me and one for my wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephanttttt Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 :/ what kind of usb cable is it? OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 its a series b i guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephanttttt Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 its a series b i guess is that all you need for the hard drive to work? like do you have the power cable and stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 yeah for sure, i have the rest of it. how much will that cable run me? a few bucks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephanttttt Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 yeah for sure, i have the rest of it.how much will that cable run me? a few bucks? i can send you one, i have way to many usb cords... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 yeah for sure, i have the rest of it.how much will that cable run me? a few bucks? i can send you one, i have way to many usb cords... pm'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 i just picked up a 320 gb external hard drive a few weeks ago for about 95 bucks. i figured that was a pretty good deal. i dont know what id do with a 1 tb hard drive though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 i just picked up a 320 gb external hard drive a few weeks ago for about 95 bucks. i figured that was a pretty good deal. i dont know what id do with a 1 tb hard drive though. put things on it? just pulling your leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephanttttt Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 i just picked up a 320 gb external hard drive a few weeks ago for about 95 bucks. i figured that was a pretty good deal. i dont know what id do with a 1 tb hard drive though. yea i got one a 500gb on a few months back for 120. its almost full. i take a lot of really high quality pictures. they are about 15-20 mb a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmonkey Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Man I honestly remember when I installed a 2 GB hard drive in my computer and thought that I would never fill this thing up. Now to save up for a 4 TB Raid array computer tee hee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephanttttt Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 Man I honestly remember when I installed a 2 GB hard drive in my computer and thought that I would never fill this thing up. Now to save up for a 4 TB Raid array computer tee hee shit what are your specs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakland Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 I'm seriously considering a powermac with 4 500gig drives as a home server. It sounds excessive, but a couple years ago my wifes HP laptop crashed and at the same time so did the external backup drive. We lost all the photos of my kid, who was 9 months at the time, even the shots of her being born. We got most back from our friends and family, but it was a nightmare. Ever since then I've been crazy about backing things up. I bought my wife an imac and I got one too. I'll never own another PC as long as I live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytumult Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Hard drives fail. It's a fact of life, whether you have a mac or a pc. Anything with move parts, given enough time, is going to stop working. Although, 4 500 gig drives put in a RAID array should keep you relatively safe, but still, shit happens, especially when it comes to computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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