The advice I can give you is to DL a hardware monitoring program. I personally use nVidia Monitor to check my HD usage. It's not the best but its the best I have ATM.


You would be surprised how much your HD will sit there if you have a ample amount of RAM and a good video card. If you are looking to drop 3+ grand on a computer it might be worth it for you. However if you are in the < 2,ooo budget then I would advise to upgrade other components.