Could you give me a link to one that would work?craiglist? ebay? any USB drive will work, even a flash pen drive

Would any hard drive work? Iike size brand etcno flash pen drive, that's why he wants to buy a HDD.
And there's no "link" to cheap working drive.
I can give you a link to a random 100$ HDD and tell you it's cheap for me.
Just use google, or your usual shopping website, or physical retailers around your home.
if you are cheap, look for one matching your budget. We don't know what "cheap" means for you.
just buy the one you want, for the price you want.

so size does not matter and I can do it with a usb 3.0 80 gb drive just making sure sorry to keep bugging you with your new thread and all cyan great job though btw on your thread if you haven't could you put the settings needed if it doesnt work?yes.
any USB2.0 and USB3.0 should work.
if you find one not working, it's really bad luck.
for simplicity, don't buy one bigger than 2TB, but if you want something cheap I suppose you will not even buy 1TB.
Also, new drive need specific settings in USBLoaderGX, don't think it's not compatible if it's not detected.

K thanks just want to triple check good luck on the thread looks greatits said many time all over the forum, use IOS58.
and yes, any size will work.