HDD recommendation 1 or 2 TB

[Bm4n]

@Sylver:

About the drives, for me for example it's more profitable to have many disks between 500Gb and 1Tb, because the percentage of gigas missing in each disk is smaller (it's not the same to have a 500Gb disk with 465Gb real than to have a 2Tb disk where there are only 1.79Tb, the pinch is felt more, from missing 35gb to missing more than 200…)

Are we still with those superstitions?
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[Sylver]

@Bm4n:

Are we still following those superstitions?
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Yes, I know it's because of the drives, the manufacturer uses Gib and we use Gb :lol:

But the margin (for whatever it is) is still lower on several disks spread out...

If I have 4x500Gb (~465Gb each) = 1860Gb
and on the other hand, on my 2TB external drive I have 1.76Tb = 1802Gb

They are all in FAT32, they should have the same usable space in total, the four 500Gb as the 2Tb, but in practice there is a difference of 60Gb, where I can fit a few more movies, call me crazy...

[Obione]

My 500 disk is "missing" 35 and the external tera one is missing 69, I gained a gig by buying it bigger :ugly

[Sylver]

@Obione:

My 500 "lack" 35 and the external tera one lacks 69, I gained a gig by buying it bigger :ugly:

What a joke :ugly::ugly:

With the 1Tb ones it can happen, that's why I use 500Gb and 1Tb mainly, but it's obvious that with the 2Tb one you take a risk and it's noticeable that I'm disappointed with it :troll:

[Bm4n]

Here's a converter, I think you'll need it, lol. Gigabyte (GB) to Gibibyte (GiB) and Megabyte (MB) to Mibibyte (MiB) Converter

A drive like the one I have of 3TB has exactly 3000GB or 2794,5GiB which is EXACTLY the same, you don't lose or gain ANYTHING! And if the drive doesn't have the size it marks is that you've been ripped off, stop buying the drives at the Chinese

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[Sylver]

But isn't it supposed to be that in Windows 7, in Computer, when you look at the disk properties, the size appears in GB and not in GiB?

My internal terabyte also has 931GB like Obione's now that I think about it :ugly:

[Bm4n]

@Sylver:

But isn't it supposed to be that in Windows 7, in Computer, when you look at the disk properties, the size appears in GB and not in GiB?

In the OSs it usually appears in gibibyte (GiB) almost everything, although abbreviated as if it were gigabyte (GB), of all some application can mark decimal gigabyte when giving the disk space (it would be strange). As the term gibibyte is somewhat recent to avoid confusion between decimal and binary base it is not used much

PD. And yes if you have noticed many manufacturers explain on the box that the disk capacity is based on decimal, to avoid those confusions.

I thought it had been made clear in that branch, that's why I was surprised, I thought it was a joke jajaja

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[Sylver]

@Bm4n:

In the OSes, almost everything usually appears in gibibyte (GiB), although abbreviated as if it were gigabyte (GB), but some application can mark gibibyte when giving the disk space (although it would be strange). As the term gibibyte is somewhat recent to avoid confusion between decimal and binary base, it is not used much

PD. And yes, many manufacturers explain on the box that the disk capacity is based on decimal, to avoid those confusions.

I thought it had been made clear in that branch, that's why I was surprised, I thought it was a joke jajaja

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Okay, okay, it's me, I made up the belief at the time and was still convinced of the discrepancy between disks... And I do remember that branch, which by the way I have reread, but I thought that apart from the change of units there was also a small size discrepancy (minimum) due to the impossibility of making two disks absolutely identical and with the same exact size

In summary, that the disks do not lack a byte, and for the interested in this thread, that he buys the disk of the size that best suits him, that he will fit the same in one of 2Tb that in four of 500Gb :sisi:

Saludos!

[Bm4n]

Well that's also true, it doesn't have to be exact it could vary mb up mb down and I think they usually bring some mb extra normally; what will never happen is that a disk lacks several GB of space that would be a scam more than a mistake lol. So you can buy disks with peace of mind

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[silidsnake]

thank you all so much for participating! and helping me make these decisions. for now it will take a few weeks to do it, but I will be back and comment; D

thank you.