500 Gb or 1 TB desktop PC

[Rjae]

Getting a new desktop pc which I want to use for everyday computing, photo storage, documents, surfing, photoshopping. I don't play games on my computer. I watch some YouTube but otherwise not much else.

Do I really need 1 TB. My current computer running vista still has lots of room on the hard drive with similar usage though I don't know how big it is but I'm sure nota TB.

Tia

If in doubt get bigger.

It's easy enough to expand storage but files are getting bigger so if in doubt size up

Go for as big a hard drive as you can - I got a 1TB one last year.

Depends on the price difference. If you're not playing games you don't need the 1tb for installing software, etc it may be more economical to get the smaller size one and then spend £60 on an external hard drive. Which has the added benefit of backing up your photos, documents.

Game files are the burden, I use two external ssd solely for games but also OS files are lots biggernow.
The space for windows and a few core programs can bite a big chunk.
Agree about external being usefull for back up

It's only £30 dearer for the 1 TB.

I do worry about losing all my millions of photos, so external is possibly best.

For £30 more Id get the 1tb and an external drive. Was thinking you might say there was a £100 difference. Other option is keeping photos online on something like photo bucket or Flickr?

For 30 buy the 1tb.

CEX the trade in store sells used external hdd you can buy 2tb usb drives for 55 -80 in my local one so extra safety is dead easy to get.

Sounds like a plan! Backing everything up on cd is a pain in the bum.

Thanks.

Another option might be online if you have unlimited broadband. Amazon Glacier service seems really cheap (it's intended for backup, and disaster recovery, so the 'glacier' name is because it is trickle speed, not fast at all... I estimated (there are a few online calculators) that storing 100+GB of important files would cost me under $20 per annum.

Also, if you use MS Office, their Office 365 subscriptions should start coming with unlimited storage on the OneDrive cloud storage facility, so maybe belt and two sets of braces... external drive and OneDrive and Amazon Glacier long term.