How Much HDD Space Would I Need For.....

[KRC]

All media for all systems including:

Videos

Snaps

Titles

Manuals

Box Art

Just these mentioned

I'm going to buy an new external 500gb HDD and wondered if this would be enough to house all this.

What are you guys holding on your HDD in terms of Media (not Roms).

Also is there any GameEx lag when holding so much media on an external HDD.

[Draco1962]

For not much more you could by a 1TB external. USB speeds are getting close but not quite there yet with internal. The USB drives do not generally spin as fast so you may experience some lag.

[vsilvalopes]

KRC, if you are like me, than you will need a HUGE HDD.

On my setup, I already jumped from 250 GB to 500 GB and now I'm on 1 TB.

If you are using only a selection of ROMs, 500 GB is ok.

But I always go with the fullset, so only for PlayStation I use 420 GB.

The videos and snaps usually take up to 10 GB for each system.

[Tom Speirs]

The "entire" contents of the EmuMovies download service files is just under 500GB and that includes stuff you probably wont need.

[nullPointer]

If your system has an eSATA port I'd highly recomend running an external drive enclosure through the eSATA port. That way you get (nearly) SATA speeds but with the convienience of an external USB drive.

[KRC]

Thanks for the replies guys

I managed to pick up a Seagate GoFlex 4TB HDD for £110 ($177). My Missus gave in and let me go all the way (Thanks Babe)

The reason why I needed one was I'm running out of space and wanted to go from snaps to full set video's.

They did offer a Western Digital 1TB for half the price but I thought naaah lets get 4TB

The "entire" contents of the EmuMovies download service files is just under 500GB and that includes stuff you probably wont need.

I thought it would be more than that .