Well, fuck. I didn't know I wanted this but here we are. Also shit that entire site.
Aaaand it’s already dying- 8 Reallocated Sectors so far. Tried different (new) SATA cables and plugging it into my PCI-E SATA card and it’s still throwing errors in unraid. Bought an 8TB Ironwolf which arrives tomorrow.
I keep all the spare parts for my computers in their own little baggy on a drawer somewhere. You never know when you'll need something
I recently gave myself permission to throw out the mass accumulation of cords and adapters from long deceased equipment that I'd kept "just in case". It was out of control.
Has the floor under the bookcase started to bow? If not then you haven't bought enough yet.
Oh yeah don't do that. Those are
special cables and need to be tossed in the back of a drawer in your computer desk or wherever you shove electronics you rarely use but are too important or expensive to toss. Never mix them with the plebeian cables.
Fortunately, my current residence is on a slab. If I were living in a more traditional building on stumps, I'd probably be in trouble. Just in case though, I've spread the load over multiple rooms so hopefully the place won't vanish into a sink hole or something similar.
After my most recent build, I bought one of those little arts and crafts caddy things that unfold for all the leftover parts I've been accumulating.
EBay to the rescue, £4 and turns up Saturday. It’s a copy but it’s only Molex. If it were PCI-E I would have tracked down genuine Corsair cables.
I see "If the bar ain't bending, you're just pretending" applies to brain-lifting as well.
