Lanx
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if you have just a bunch of random disks, and you have no plans to have a nas, you should just consolidate your junk 3.5s
i mean are they like 1.5, 2tbs? a blue wd 16tb is less than 300
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i mean are they like 1.5, 2tbs? a blue wd 16tb is less than 300
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I have an IDE USB controller wired into my case to run HDs that have worked fine since the early 90s to give you an idea.
Yea, I know I should dump them. They're all backed up even. There's absolutely no logic behind it whatsoever, I just like having them. I think I regret trashing the ones I had from the 80s.
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yea, your nostalgia is limiting your computer options, where literally a 500gb microsd could replace your drives and is actually faster
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No, my case is limiting my computer options. Just cause I have ancient crappy drives, doesn't mean I don't also have top end NVMEs also.
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BECAUSE you would like it to be a modern case w/ multiple 3.5 bays, modern cases are 2, 3.5bays at most and multiple 2.5 sleds
heck modern mbs have at least 2 nvme and 3 is getting common and a really decent 4tb nvme could be had for 200
i mean, you don't even say how many 3.5s you want to really have, i was gonna recommend a 7000d but even that is 6, 3.5bays
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Lanx
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if youre just connecting a mouse and small shit, no
something like external hd, then yes (travel hd, most external hd's also come w/ their own bricks)
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We know that. He knows that. Yet he regrets not having held on to even older shit. He wants us to feed his delusion, not provide a proper solution.
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Xexx
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How many RGB CPU HDD Spectron accelerators with revolving duckkey key switches will you be powering? Moar RGB will increase your reaction speed, networth, e-dicksize, and shoe size.
No but really i use a powered due to my usb device overload and rgb devices.
Is that 16 drives? I'd have to think about how i'd arrange a pool for those. Probably 2 * 8 drive raid z2.
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16 3.5" bays with 2 2.5" bays behind the mobo tray. Case only comes with the 4 bays located in the bottom section - the 12 vertical stacked bays require buying the HDD tray kits as these are not included. Case comes with panel options for the top which can be either sound-dampening or air-flow. The front is a door that can be opened for airflow (I've removed mine) or closed for noise. Side panel can either be glass or sound-dampening.
Case is the Define 7 XL I previously mentioned. There is a pic of my 7 XL somewhere in this thread with a NH-D15 and 6950XT GPU that shows a sense of scale.
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Just get a server case or better yet a rackmount if you're only doing it for nerd cred, used server hardware isn't all that expensive. Getting rid of 15 HDDs would probably pay for itself within short order on power cost alone. Around 3 watt per drive x 15 is 45W in HDD power consumption alone. If you have 15 drives you're probably also the type that lets the system run 24/7 so that 45 Watts comes to around 400kWh a year. Might be over $100 depending on your local energy rates. I don't even want to imagine the noise.
