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Discussion External (portable / 2.5") hard drives and how to avoid SMR

The WD My Passport drives have been SMR since at least 2019. The WD Purple were all CMR as of last year. The WD Red are SMR now. While the Red+ and Red Pro are CMR. Last I'd heard, WD drives 10TB+ are all still CMR. Unless something has changed in the last year.
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- Post #4
- May 6, 2022
- Forum: Memory and Storage
Question are video card prices headed down yet?

Crypto is the reason for newer cards. For older cards, it's 100% scalping. If you look at the payback period for say a 670 GTX at $120 (the going rate), you'd need to mine 24/7 for about 2 years to pay back the card cost assuming free electricity.
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- Post #49
- Dec 31, 2021
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Question Bought a graphics card on ebay, do I have sufficient cause for complaint?

When you formally file with eBay, definitely request a full refund - not a return. If you request a return, you have to pay shipping. If the seller counters with a return - decline or you'll have to pay return shipping. Once the refund is granted the seller can request the card be sent back and...
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- Post #7
- Dec 29, 2021
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Question What looks like the sweet spot in drive size and price, the two days before BF edition?

4tb will probably be cheaper per gig, just because 6tb were never common. 8tb was more common, but were also around $200 drives until two years ago. A casual check confirms my thinking, the 8tb are about 15% more per tb. Which is close enough I'd probably go with those just because it's fewer...
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- Post #2
- Nov 21, 2020
- Forum: Memory and Storage
Question Refurbished HDDs

Refurbs and "used" are the exact same thing. I've purchased a LOT of used drives, but I always verify the manufacture year. I do not buy used drives > 4 years old. People can tell me spin time is all that matters until they're blue in the face - it isn't. I used to do pc repair, and I saw that...
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- Post #8
- Nov 21, 2020
- Forum: Memory and Storage
Rant I've been paying for SSL Certs since 2006

I own a few domains. Not a one is ranked in Alexa's top 50,000. They're mostly zombies from 2006-2010. I can't say I've done much of anything since then aside from a minor edit when Google changed their whole SEO in 2014. It's literally subsidized by the tech giants like Microsoft and Google...
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- Post #9
- Nov 28, 2019
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
2TB M2(Sata) WD $180 Amazon

This one is prime exclusive https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-2TB-SSD-WDS200T2B0B/dp/B073SBW3VD Form factor is 2280, if you're looking for a laptop, make sure it will fit. Some cap out at 2260. To be clear, this is a *sata* M2, not an NVME/PCI-E M2 drive. Because it's a SATA M2, performance...
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- Thread
- Nov 28, 2019
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Black Friday
Rant I've been paying for SSL Certs since 2006

This is correct. And for enterprise, I wouldn't go with LetsEncrypt for that reason. For "literally who?" website operators such as myself, it's nice. If my site disappeared from the internet for a day or two... meh? But if you have some weird problem(and those happen) the last thing you want is...
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- Post #5
- Nov 28, 2019
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Soo.... it is too early to start talking about Black Friday 2019 yet?

I find it better for weird stuff. A video card, or ssd is not going to happen. But for something like a 7.1 surround sound system, a car subwoofer, an LED pest scarecrow - yes much better. Some odd things can hit 70-80% off on Cyber Monday. But it's not the mainstream stuff like TVs or PS4s. If...
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- Post #29
- Nov 21, 2019
- Forum: Black Friday
Discussion ITT: We predict how low the price floor on 120GB/128GB SSD drops

Getting super close https://www.newegg.com/team-group-gx1-480gb/p/N82E16820331319 Just $3 above 40. $1 per 11.1gb It'll have to happen on Black Friday/Cyber Monday for sure. I know a lot of people are happy with TeamGroup. Though my instinct is to throw the extra $7 at Patriot because I trust...
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- Post #193
- Nov 21, 2019
- Forum: Memory and Storage
Rant I've been paying for SSL Certs since 2006

Apparently you can get SSL certificates for free via LetsEncrypt (a free open source SSL project).I've been paying $10-15/yr for each domain. I know you can self-sign but browsers haven't liked that for a long time(because it can be spoofed). Between all of my domains, that's just about $1,000...
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- Thread
- Nov 21, 2019
- Replies: 10
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Question need to replace an hdd

Blue all the way. Paying 60% more for a better warranty on a 1tb drive is silly. Odds are, that Blue will last until you're ready to replace your HDD raid with a ssd raid. And even if it fails, you're looking at $30 replacement, which is almost the difference in blue vs black price. If this...
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- Post #13
- May 3, 2019
- Forum: Memory and Storage
Discussion ITT: We predict how low the price floor on 120GB/128GB SSD drops

Price+retched reviews(and bad opinion of their ram from when I used to fix computers). Your MLC one is probably fine. The trash tier SSDs didn't exist until the 3D models hit. And it's almost exclusively the 128gb ultra budget models that crawl due to being ram starved. Most of these < $20...
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- Post #185
- May 3, 2019
- Forum: Memory and Storage
Chronological Age and HDD Life

How much of a factor do you think Chronological age plays in the lifespan of an HDD? Obviously powered on time/utilization are the primary factors, but what about external drives? Would you expect a drive with 100 powered on days from 2004 to outlive a drive used continuously since 2017? I have...
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- Thread
- May 2, 2019
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Memory and Storage
Discussion ITT: We predict how low the price floor on 120GB/128GB SSD drops

I feel like those TeamGroup and "King Dian" drives are just destined for a short life. I know someone with a KingDian drive and it's horrible. Even worse than my 128gb DRAMless PNY(which is slower than a modern HDD). I feel like there's a minimum performance threshold an SSD has to meet, and the...
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- Post #183
- May 2, 2019
- Forum: Memory and Storage

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