2018-02-23 at 6:10 PM UTC
so it looks like conventional 2.5" platter-HDD's are being produced with capacities as high as 5TB but from what I read, the 3-5TB models are "taller" than the typical drive so probably wont fit in a normal 2.5" laptop 'bay'.
im thinking about just leaving the cover open and using doublestick tape to put it in the computer, and gluing some taller rubber feet on the bottom of laptop to keep the whole computor from sitting on the drive.
i currently have a 256gig ssd which was cool when i was playin games on here but now i mostly use this computer to shitpost and look at porn or watch movies which has filled my disk..
or i could get a usb3 drive holder for the 5tb beast and tape it to the backside of the screen and stickyback+ziptie the cable neatly along its path with a right angle plug that didnt stick out real far and was still sorta sleek. and keep my current drive as is
thoughts?
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2018-02-23 at 6:19 PM UTC
Originally posted by Fox Paws
Cloud storage
im old school and i resist this stuff until basically forced to accept it.
ill be damned if im gonna store all my porn and movies in 'the cloud' . then they will start telling me what hours im allowed to access it. or hey man , that's gross why do you watch that shit? "SORRY DUE TO PEAK HOURS YOUR MOVIE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE IN 25 MINUTES"
to me its like if u got a house and a workshop.. wouldn't you rather your workshop be on your property instead of renting a garage across town?
plus I'm
very recurring-payment-averse
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2018-02-23 at 6:49 PM UTC
well i can take off the drive cover by removing screws which will be easier than cutting a hole in it.
2018-02-23 at 7:56 PM UTC
Big HDDs tend to be slower, and you're talking about downgrading from SSD to physical?
Can't you just get a USB enclosure or set up a NAS on your home wifi or something?
2018-02-23 at 8:29 PM UTC
my HD is 500GB and I've used 175GB.
I never understood what people do with all their memory.
my ex maxed out her iphone with MP3s...but other than that...makes no sense.
2018-02-23 at 8:30 PM UTC
good quality HD footage can be like 1gig for 15 or 20 minutes. modern games also use tons of space
Originally posted by infinityshock
I'm thinking about getting a flight simulation game, tho
those are for underdeveloped kids.
real men get drowning simulation games.
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2018-02-24 at 5:22 AM UTC
Why would you replace it? Just get an external and keep the ssd. 256 is fine if you aren't heavy on it.
2018-02-24 at 6:49 AM UTC
aldra
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some laptops have enough 'dead' space that you can shoehorn it in or otherwise cut away at the frame/insulation
if not, yeah - you're better off keeping it external
2018-02-24 at 8:48 AM UTC
Just find an old desktop, put a big HDD in it, hook it up to your network and use it as a file server.
2018-02-25 at 3:01 AM UTC
i just tried to buy a hard-drive at walmart and they dont even sell them anymore. what a shitshow that is.
Both sound like pretty bad ideas. You don't really want a magnetic HDD in a laptop. We did it for a while before solid state or flash storage were economical but even then with a lot of specialized design to deal with the fact that laptops jiggle around a lot more than desktops.
