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Welcome to hardware general. Here we will discuss computer related hardware including every nook and cranny that goes along with that (drivers, pros, cons, etc).

Around the beginning of March I will have enought money to buy /this/!

Is there anything you're saving up for?

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Nice, I've been tempted to buy a 970 myself, but I always end up spending my money on other things.

Senpai wrote

Nice, I've been tempted to buy a 970 myself, but I always end up spending my money on other things.

Same here. I've been wanting to get a better processor for some time now.

Customer wrote
Senpai wrote

Nice, I've been tempted to buy a 970 myself, but I always end up spending my money on other things.

Same here. I've been wanting to get a better processor for some time now.

I have a whole rig planned out, but have never accumulated enough money to purchase it.

I'm almost certain that my list of parts are obsolete now. 😃

Still debating whether I should spend my budget on a PC build or save up more for a car. Hard decisions.

Losi wrote

Still debating whether I should spend my budget on a PC build or save up more for a car. Hard decisions.

BUY A PC AND GAME ON GTA V WITH CUSTU-SENPAI

4 years later
malmon wrote

I think I worked out why my hard drive died

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Would you happen to recall what brand that was? I've been fond of Western Digital, but I'm curious what's most (and least)-reliable these days.

Backlash wrote
malmon wrote

I think I worked out why my hard drive died

F.

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Would you happen to recall what brand that was? I've been fond of Western Digital, but I'm curious what's most (and least)-reliable these days.

It was a 3TB Seagate - one of the least reliable drives of all time. It's honestly amazing that it survived as long as it did.

WD and HGST (which I think are now owned by Toshiba) are generally the most reliable, with WD red drives probably being the best out of the WDs. That being said, I think Seagate are a lot better than they used to be, and they certainly have some more interesting options in the higher (10+ TB) capacity range.

malmon wrote

I think I worked out why my hard drive died

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mine is about to die too

lewdygaga wrote
malmon wrote

I think I worked out why my hard drive died

f
mine is about to die too

Yeah, I noticed mine had a bunch of uncorrectable sectors or so, so I knew it didn't have long left.

In other news, I ordered a Dr Ząber Sentry case. Hopefully I'll be able to afford to do something with it by the time it arrives >.<

malmon wrote
Backlash wrote
malmon wrote

I think I worked out why my hard drive died

F.

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Would you happen to recall what brand that was? I've been fond of Western Digital, but I'm curious what's most (and least)-reliable these days.

It was a 3TB Seagate - one of the least reliable drives of all time. It's honestly amazing that it survived as long as it did.

WD and HGST (which I think are now owned by Toshiba) are generally the most reliable, with WD red drives probably being the best out of the WDs. That being said, I think Seagate are a lot better than they used to be, and they certainly have some more interesting options in the higher (10+ TB) capacity range.

Nn, nnn! I was actually thinking of throwing some WD Reds in a cheap computer case, but I figured it was easier to just buy another My Book. I have a seedbox I use exclusively to stream anime from, and they work wonderfully.

On another note, I just got my first 144 Hz monitor a few days ago! And insofar, it's been great. I can't really run any games that high without turning down the graphics settings, but 100-120 is fine for my purposes. ^^

Backlash wrote
malmon wrote
Backlash wrote
malmon wrote

I think I worked out why my hard drive died

F.

Image no longer available[/img]

Would you happen to recall what brand that was? I've been fond of Western Digital, but I'm curious what's most (and least)-reliable these days.

It was a 3TB Seagate - one of the least reliable drives of all time. It's honestly amazing that it survived as long as it did.

WD and HGST (which I think are now owned by Toshiba) are generally the most reliable, with WD red drives probably being the best out of the WDs. That being said, I think Seagate are a lot better than they used to be, and they certainly have some more interesting options in the higher (10+ TB) capacity range.

Nn, nnn! I was actually thinking of throwing some WD Reds in a cheap computer case, but I figured it was easier to just buy another My Book. I have a seedbox I use exclusively to stream anime from, and they work wonderfully.

On another note, I just got my first 144 Hz monitor a few days ago! And insofar, it's been great. I can't really run any games that high without turning down the graphics settings, but 100-120 is fine for my purposes. ^^

Hehe, I know the 144Hz pain. Oh well, hopefully I'll manage to get a job and I'll be able to afford to drive my monitor properly as well!

malmon wrote
lewdygaga wrote
malmon wrote

I think I worked out why my hard drive died

f
mine is about to die too

Yeah, I noticed mine had a bunch of uncorrectable sectors or so, so I knew it didn't have long left.

In other news, I ordered a Dr Ząber Sentry case. Hopefully I'll be able to afford to do something with it by the time it arrives >.<

Mine is getting bluescreen everytime I want to multiple tasks.

lewdygaga wrote
malmon wrote
lewdygaga wrote
malmon wrote

I think I worked out why my hard drive died

f
mine is about to die too

Yeah, I noticed mine had a bunch of uncorrectable sectors or so, so I knew it didn't have long left.

In other news, I ordered a Dr Ząber Sentry case. Hopefully I'll be able to afford to do something with it by the time it arrives >.<

Mine is getting bluescreen everytime I want to multiple tasks.

Interesting. Is it your boot drive? Mine was just for data, and there weren't really any symptoms - it just suddenly stopped responding to io operations half way through a LaTeX compilation

malmon wrote
lewdygaga wrote
malmon wrote
lewdygaga wrote

f
mine is about to die too

Yeah, I noticed mine had a bunch of uncorrectable sectors or so, so I knew it didn't have long left.

In other news, I ordered a Dr Ząber Sentry case. Hopefully I'll be able to afford to do something with it by the time it arrives >.<

Mine is getting bluescreen everytime I want to multiple tasks.

Interesting. Is it your boot drive? Mine was just for data, and there weren't really any symptoms - it just suddenly stopped responding to io operations half way through a LaTeX compilation

Yeah it's my boot drive, I have my OS and data in that disk, nothing else, I'm going to buy an SSD to put it as my OS drive, but I don't know when I'm going to do it.

lewdygaga wrote
malmon wrote
lewdygaga wrote
malmon wrote

Yeah, I noticed mine had a bunch of uncorrectable sectors or so, so I knew it didn't have long left.

In other news, I ordered a Dr Ząber Sentry case. Hopefully I'll be able to afford to do something with it by the time it arrives >.<

Mine is getting bluescreen everytime I want to multiple tasks.

Interesting. Is it your boot drive? Mine was just for data, and there weren't really any symptoms - it just suddenly stopped responding to io operations half way through a LaTeX compilation

Yeah it's my boot drive, I have my OS and data in that disk, nothing else, I'm going to buy an SSD to put it as my OS drive, but I don't know when I'm going to do it.

Ideally before your HDD kicks the bucket, which'll likely be within ??? days

malmon wrote
lewdygaga wrote
malmon wrote
lewdygaga wrote

Mine is getting bluescreen everytime I want to multiple tasks.

Interesting. Is it your boot drive? Mine was just for data, and there weren't really any symptoms - it just suddenly stopped responding to io operations half way through a LaTeX compilation

Yeah it's my boot drive, I have my OS and data in that disk, nothing else, I'm going to buy an SSD to put it as my OS drive, but I don't know when I'm going to do it.

Ideally before your HDD kicks the bucket, which'll likely be within ??? days

When I get job....

lewdygaga wrote
malmon wrote
lewdygaga wrote
malmon wrote

Interesting. Is it your boot drive? Mine was just for data, and there weren't really any symptoms - it just suddenly stopped responding to io operations half way through a LaTeX compilation

Yeah it's my boot drive, I have my OS and data in that disk, nothing else, I'm going to buy an SSD to put it as my OS drive, but I don't know when I'm going to do it.

Ideally before your HDD kicks the bucket, which'll likely be within ??? days

When I get job....

Yeah, that's kind of a priority for me too

malmon wrote

It was a 3TB Seagate - one of the least reliable drives of all time. It's honestly amazing that it survived as long as it did.

My 500GB Seagate is still kicking after about seven years. I bought a Western Digital 1TB last year because I was worried it was about to fail but it's still going.