Just wondering as computers are sorta my hobby and i like messing around with different ones. I havent in a while due to prices going up such as with ram usually. I dont mess with new tech, but i want to know what you guys do with the crazy prices out there? or are you already set before prices went up? Or are you just lucky in some form?
Just curious.
The drives for my media server are recertified enterprise grade 16tb instead of brand new consumer 8tb. doubled the capacity for like only 20% above what consumer is selling for. RAM screwed me tho. Couldn’t find a way around that one.
Agreed! If you can afford the nicer SAS MoBo or back planes, definitely will outlast consumer drives even though they’re used.
I’ve got 6x 3TB drives from 2014 still going in raid 10, 10x 8TB from 2019 in raid 5, and 8x 16TB drives in raid 5 from 2022 that I bought last year. So happy I spent the cash, though reluctant at the time, thrilled now!