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Yw-slayer
June 30th, 2016, 12:08 AM
HDDMon (I think?) thinks my M4 128GB boot drive on the server only has 130 days life left (in fairness, it is nearly 5 years old and was at first my work boot and everything drive, then became my server drive). So I just got a new 850 Evo SSD 256GB to replace it. Life is good when we can pay less than USD100 for something like that. :up:

thesameguy
June 30th, 2016, 12:13 AM
It is absolutely crazy to think SSDs are that old already! I still remember my first 40gb drive I think I paid $200 for. More worrisome (for me) is that I have a small stockpile of 1xxgb and 2xxgb drives that I've been clinging to as in my head SSDs are still expensive. I am tired of having them around and was planning to sell them off, but I just looked up (like an hour ago) what a brand new Intel 240gb 5-series SSD goes for. $80! My pile of lightly used (like weeks) 535 240s aren't worth shite! The 120gb HyperX drives are worth... less than shite! :smh: Guess they'll sit around getting older for a while. It's not worth the trouble of selling them. :(

Yw-slayer
June 30th, 2016, 04:09 AM
And it's not even worth RAIDing them all.

dodint
June 30th, 2016, 04:35 AM
Hold out for nano-tube drives.

21Kid
June 30th, 2016, 05:20 AM
Are those better than vacuum tubes?

Kchrpm
June 30th, 2016, 06:07 AM
Yes, but not as good as tube tops.

21Kid
June 30th, 2016, 06:26 AM
touche

thesameguy
June 30th, 2016, 09:45 AM
If you're lucky.

FaultyMario
November 16th, 2017, 06:16 AM
What sort of adapter would be needed to drop a SSD to replace this (https://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-mk1011gah-hard-drive-100-gb-ata-100-series/specs/)in an old laptop?

dodint
November 16th, 2017, 07:29 AM
It *should* be plug and play since it's just using a SATA connector.

Yw-slayer
November 16th, 2017, 08:09 AM
I agree, although if it's a 2.5" SATA drive bay you need to make sure you get a 2.5" SATA drive. Don't get a 1.8" drive or else you will need an adapter. Some of the earlier 2.5" SATA drives (I think Crucial models) also required some spacers or similar to fit: http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-install-laptop

FaultyMario
November 16th, 2017, 07:56 PM
I agree, although if it's a 2.5" SATA drive bay you need to make sure you get a 2.5" SATA drive. Don't get a 1.8" drive or else you will need an adapter. Some of the earlier 2.5" SATA drives (I think Crucial models) also required some spacers or similar to fit: http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-install-laptop

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Yw-slayer
November 17th, 2017, 04:27 AM
Ah. Then you may need a 1.8" SSD. Or a smaller form-factor SSD with a 1.8" converter.

FaultyMario
November 22nd, 2017, 05:10 AM
Thank you, man of laws!