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Title: JB3 20g vs 40g......
Post by: smat on February 08, 2006, 10:59:14 PM: Pros and cons? I'm concerned specifically that the larger the drive the bigger and noisier it is....
...Maybe the bigger ones write faster and are less prone to anomoly or error?
Comments??
Title: Re: JB3 20g vs 40g......
Post by: jeromejello on February 08, 2006, 11:21:54 PM: Quote from: smat on February 08, 2006, 10:59:14 PM
Pros and cons? I'm concerned specifically that the larger the drive the bigger and noisier it is....
...Maybe the bigger ones write faster and are less prone to anomoly or error?
Comments??

the only thing i can think of is the availablity OEM 20 vs 40. judging from the amount of peeps here, i would say it is close to 90% 20's and 10% for the 40's...
Title: Re: JB3 20g vs 40g......
Post by: leehookem on February 08, 2006, 11:43:35 PM: I have a 40 gig.
Title: Re: JB3 20g vs 40g......
Post by: jeromejello on February 09, 2006, 12:14:12 AM: Quote from: leehookem on February 08, 2006, 11:43:35 PM
I have a 40 gig.

well i guess that would make you a "10%-er" then :P
Title: Re: JB3 20g vs 40g......
Post by: wsphansam on February 09, 2006, 02:16:54 AM: I own both a 40 and 20, haven't really ever noticed a louder hard drive on the 40, if you're going optical in it shouldn't be an issue. If you're doing line in I'm not sure, I've never ran line in on the 20. When I've done it on the 40 I've had the gain on the JB3 cranked up which produced some hard drive noise. As long as you keep the internal gain on the JB3 down hard drive noise shouldn't be too bad.
Title: Re: JB3 20g vs 40g......
Post by: Kevin Straker on February 09, 2006, 08:53:33 AM: I packed lots of stuff on to my old 20gb one and never came close to filling it. You'll probably need to do a reformat before you can use that much space. Otherwise, you'll wind up with clicks and pops on the recording.
Title: Re: JB3 20g vs 40g......
Post by: Kush on February 10, 2006, 07:15:19 PM: I also have a 40 GB JB3. I've never had a problem going line-in or optical-in. Guess I'm also in the 10% category. I can't ever see coming close to filling up the harddrive so the 20 GB version should do you just fine. The only reason I got a 40 GB is because I was buying from a local taper and he gave me a wonderful deal.
Title: Re: JB3 20g vs 40g......
Post by: coloartist on February 13, 2006, 11:54:26 AM: I have problems with my 20, and not my 40. I bought my 20 reconditioned from Creative.
Title: Re: JB3 20g vs 40g......
Post by: T-90 on February 16, 2006, 10:01:59 PM: i run a 40 with no probs....cant even think of a reason to have the hd full on it....20 should be fine and if not swap out the drive yourself for a larger one...just my opinion
Title: Re: JB3 20g vs 40g......
Post by: rowjimmy on February 17, 2006, 01:19:13 PM: I have a 20 and had no trouble getting through vegoose on it.
Title: Re: JB3 20g vs 40g......
Post by: RedRocketSr on March 22, 2006, 10:07:17 AM: :D i'm thinking of making a 60gb jb3, just because i can. i don't think i've ever used more than 25% of my 20gb disc space though...