Because of bitcoin miners fucking up the market, my PC’s parts have appreciated by almost 50% since I built it almost 2 years ago.
lol, I built mine at the end of 2017. I didn't know Bitcoin was spiking, and it was my first build so I didn't know what normal prices were. I now know I paid way too much for some of the parts, especially the RAM. On the upside, if I knew Bitcoin was spiking I probably would have spent my Bitcoin to buy it. Instead it's worth a lot more now.
Also, when you do build, monitor diskprices.com
Oh cool, I knew about shucks.top, but not diskprices.com. I've been waiting for 12+TB@$15/TB for a bit now just for more space on my current computer. I kinda regret not getting that 18TB for $280 deal.
Don’t buy HDDs too far ahead of when you’ll be able to test them because they have very high early failure rates, it’s easier to deal with a RMA than warranty.
Oh yeah, at worst I can take my measly 2TB HDD out of my computer and slap in the new one. What's the recommended way to test them? I only know of h2testw, but I think that's more for flash drives and SD cards.
lol, I built mine at the end of 2017. I didn't know Bitcoin was spiking, and it was my first build so I didn't know what normal prices were. I now know I paid way too much for some of the parts, especially the RAM. On the upside, if I knew Bitcoin was spiking I probably would have spent my Bitcoin to buy it. Instead it's worth a lot more now.
Oh cool, I knew about shucks.top, but not diskprices.com. I've been waiting for 12+TB@$15/TB for a bit now just for more space on my current computer. I kinda regret not getting that 18TB for $280 deal.
Oh yeah, at worst I can take my measly 2TB HDD out of my computer and slap in the new one. What's the recommended way to test them? I only know of h2testw, but I think that's more for flash drives and SD cards.