difference in these harddrives?

i am browsing new egg and don't see any 3Gbps one plus mine has a right angle end..
would it be to much to ask for a link?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812123158

 

how do you know its a 3Gbps?

 

It's SATA II, which is 3Gbps.
In all honesty that doesn't really matter that much, but it's a newer technology...

 

you can tell the newbie in me still i was looking for it to say 3Gbps.

by the way do you use dvdfab?

 

Nope, sorry I don't really burn DVDs very often.

 

what do you do to pass the time?

 

Well, how would it differ from what you do? Rather than burn DVDs, I keep everything in digital format. Why do you think I have a fileserver?

 

do you stream it to your tv's?.
how big is the fileserver?

 

I don't, I use a 30" PC monitor...
My server is 1.9TB in size, but one of the drives is going to be RMAed, so currently 1.5TB.

 

nice. i would not mind a 1tb or 2.
you mentioned digital format is that avi or something else?

 

Various. It covers standard def films, TV episodes etc in Divx, Xvid and WMV, and covers High Def Films and TV in MKV/x264, DivxHD AVIs and TS.
It also stores numerous games and software apps. It uses some of the components I used to house in my main gaming PC, so with a better graphics card it can essentially be used as a temporary gaming PC. (X2 4200+, 2GB DDR1, Hiper 580W Type-R PSU, Asus A8R-MVP motherboard).
The Hard drives I use are:
Western Digital WD5000AAKS x2
Samsung Spinpoint T166 HD400LJ x1 (being RMA'ed)
Western Digital WD2500JS x2

I used to have an additional Samsung SP2504C and WD5000AAKS which were damaged by a faulty power splitter cable, so if I have them repaired I could potentially have 2.65TB.

 

most of your stuff is downloads?

 

A lot of it is DVD rips actually.

 

so by changing the format how many can you actually store in 1tb?
i have been think of trying it this way for a while.

 

It all depends what sort of quality you go for. The standard 'good bitrate' for standard def TV/films is 175MB for a 22 minute USTV episode, or 700MB for a 90 minute film. Higher for longer films, since being able to fit them onto CDs is irrelevant...
For High def stuff, 720p rips should be around 3GB/hour minimum, 1080p rips should be about 5.5GB/hour minimum.

 

i reading your last post and trying to understand it.
i have my dvd shrek 3. i rip to my hd should i keep it in that format which might be 3 to 7gp or change it to something else? for space saving. but then pic quailty will be affected?

 

It's up to you, if it's a standard def film keep it around the 1GB mark.

 

i receive the hd placed it in the second slot.was not showing up. it was not in device manager either. i put the cable where you said and it did not work. so i remove the orange cable one next to the blue one and i lost the dvd dive and gained the wd hd now. it looks like those 3 empty ports are not working? is that possible?


EDITcould this just be from a jumper issue? master slave

this pic is before i move the sata connectors