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  1. Gunslinger

    HDD selection for JBOD unit

    Thx, I didn't think it would be an issue, just needed a sanity check. Turns out I may not be going for that drive as I managed to pick up an unused exos 12TB regular drive for 155, but still good to have the info if things change And yeah, I just wanted individual disks, no need for raid...
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    HDD selection for JBOD unit

    I was fortunate enough to pick up a Sabrent DS-UCTB (USB-C 3.2 10 bay tray-less docking station) recently, so i'm currently going through my numerous external drives and either ditching them or grabbing the drives out of them, but i'd like to add in a couple of really big storage drives. One of...
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    Bit of Advice on a new drive please

    Agreed, for access times, load times and general smoothness of use, you need a reconfigure, and it's not as expensive as you think. If you're happy with the size and speed of your main OS drive, then it's just your storage and gaming drive(s) you need to consider, use the 1TB HDDs you have...
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    Which nvme external enclosure?

    juicebitz cables have been my go to for a long time, you have to kepe an eye on the ratings etc, especially if all you need is charging cables no point paying through the nose for high transfer speeds, a couple of others i've used in the past (and now still) are Voltz and Kenable Thanks for...
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    Does one exist?

    the original BlackX docking station type i have came with a silicone/rubber sleeve to alleviate that issue of exposed drive board, but later ones don't seem to have one of these supplied, that said, the open design of the docking station was a nightmare dust trap :rolleyes:
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    Shuck hard drive

    yeah sorry, i wasn't very clear. WD have a habit of not only using this oddity that requires the pins blanking, but also some sort of encryption that renders the drives unreadable outside of the original enclosure, even other enclosures of the same type can't read them apparently! it's the...
  7. Gunslinger

    WD Red Vs Seagate Ironwolf - T340 TrueNas

    could be, but for archival storage, i'm happy with the slower spin speeds
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    Shuck hard drive

    for the MyBook Duo, or are you refering to blanking off certain pins on the connector ?
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    What SSD would be suitable for this computer ?

    mSATA drives are getting harder to find now, were only ever available in a max of i think 1TB (samsungs were the best ones that i know of, upto Evo 860) they are also not so cheap now, I fitted a 512GB one to my dads machine i built a few years ago, and it's running just fine but, i do find...
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    Shuck hard drive

    WD are a pain in the ar** for this, they are the only one i know of that screw around like this, even the drives in my WD MyBook Duo are useless outside of the box, and this is one that's specifically designed for users to swap drives in, never had an issue with Seagates in this regard. 2.5"...
  11. Gunslinger

    Does one exist?

    yeah ICYBOX do a number of these sorts of things to cover basic external use, like the IB-360ASTUS which will do IDE or SATA drives (single) and are designed for installing a drive in and leaving it there, or they do ones that resemble NAS cabinets for anything from 2 to 10 drives and you just...
  12. Gunslinger

    NVMe standoff screw needed or not?

    it should be fine, however, as mentioned the heatsink may be stuck to it later, plus, the screw is designed to not only pin it down, but also to ensure the drive is slotted squarely into the socket.
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    Which nvme external enclosure?

    I have 2 of these, Sabrent EC-SNVE and ORICO M2PJM-C3 both are capable of SATA or NVMe drives, and have an impressive list of compatibilities. The Sabrent is tool-less, the orico isnt, but, the first one of the Sabrents i got, the little rubber stand off that holds the back of the drive in...
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    Upgrading Storage

    Seagate Ironwolfs seem pretty good and reliable, WD Gold seem good value too, best thing is to google for fault/failure reports etc. As for CMR, again, google when you find drives you're interested in. https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/internal-hard-drives/cmr-smr-list/
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    Recommendations for SSD and PCI motherboard adapter

    That silverstone one is a pretty good option, can't remember if that has activity lights on, but some in that style do. One thing to beware of, and i've fallen foul of this, a number of the adapter cards, such as from Addonics, Startech, Lycom and a couple of the unbranded ones, the m.2 sockets...
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    WD Red Vs Seagate Ironwolf - T340 TrueNas

    I have one iron wolf I use in a hotswap cabinet along with others, it seems lighter than others, potentially a little quieter but the one thing i have noticed is it seems very cool given that when i swap it out it's usually only been powered down a minute before. Some of the others I have...
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    PSU Recommendation - 600-650W - decent manuf. support a must

    i'll second the seasonic recommendation, Super Flower is another that has a very good reputation. I used to be a huge fan of PC Power & Cooling PSUs, but i'm not sure what they are like these days, they went away from some of the designs i liked, and as things moved on i don't know how they...
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    Will this work with a standard ATX PSU?

    Forgot to say, also when researching that PSU cabling, I came across reference to a different "P2" plug wiring (image below) which i was not able to identify (because mine did not have that)
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    Will this work with a standard ATX PSU?

    I came across one of those earlier in the year in a HP Pavilion 590 Desktop machine, as stated above it's a propitiatory (at the moment) system, that uses only 12v and then has the motherboard distribute 5v and 3.3 as required, it is supposed to be the way most will be going. I did mange to come...
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    The Thing 3D Printed Case

    this is coming along well, how long till you think it'll be complete, or will you always want to be tweaking something on it?
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