Stubblehound 0 Posted April 17, 2012 What would be an ideal minimum size hard drive for a system running an Avtech KPD 674? It will have 2 cameras and will be running mainly at night and when the house is not occupied during the day. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 187 Posted April 17, 2012 hi. give it a 500gb and it will last you a few weeks. also instead of recording some of the time. why not record all the time ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stubblehound 0 Posted April 17, 2012 It proberbly will be on 24/7 but just wondered if I would get away with anything less than 500. 500 it is then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
groovyman 0 Posted April 18, 2012 Generally, the smallest SATA HDD you'll see on the market today is 160GB. From there the most common sizes you'll see are 250GB, 320GB, 500GB, 750GB, 1TB, 1.5TB, 2TB, 3TB. The cost difference between a 160GB and a 500GB HDD can be just $10-$20, so it doesn't really make sense to go with a lower capacity HDD when you look at it from a cost per GB basis. In Sept/Oct 2011 HDD prices skyrocketed due to flooding in Thailand. I think 30% of the worlds HDD factories were shut down. The prices have started to come back to where there were before the flooding and you can now get a quality 500GB HDD for $80-$85. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
