The "I just bought..." thread.

[Brainonska511]

A Western Digital Blue 4 TB spinner (recertified) direct. I needed another larger hard drive to back up a bunch of blu-ray and DVDs from my HTPC, and the 1 TB WD Blue drive in my desktop is nearly full from that partial backup process. Didn't seem like a bad deal to buy recertified and save $30-$40 vs brand new.

 

[sdifox]

A Western Digital Blue 4 TB spinner (recertified) direct. I needed another larger hard drive to back up a bunch of blu-ray and DVDs from my HTPC, and the 1 TB WD Blue drive in my desktop is nearly full from that partial backup process. Didn't seem like a bad deal to buy recertified and save $30-$40 vs brand new.

How is 4TB spinner considered large these days?

 

[Brainonska511]

How is 4TB spinner considered large these days?

Larger than what I currently had in my home.

Sure, you can get a 10 or larger one, but I didn't need something that big.

 

[sdifox]

Larger than what I currently had in my home.

Sure, you can get a 10 or larger one, but I didn't need something that big.

Seagate released a 36TB one.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Crazy how they can keep bringing the density down like that. Seems 10TB was considered huge not that long ago.

 

[Charmonium]

Crazy how they can keep bringing the density down like that. Seems 10TB was considered huge not that long ago.

Truth!

The "normal" 2TB drives are under 40 or 50 bucks. But I wanted something very fast. The one I got does R/W at a blistering 1k MB/s. So it cost about 4x the normal price.

 

[bbhaag]

Three classic films.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Been working on my garage a bit at a time on my days off and most of the wiring in there is armored since lot of it is going in what will be the attic space and I don't like putting romex up there in case I get mice.

Finally caved and decided to get the proper tool to strip it as I was getting tired doing it the long way by unwrapping it with pliers. Going to give it a spin later today.

https://www.homedepot.ca/product/milwaukee-tool-armored-cable-cutter/1001865797

 

[Stiff Clamp]

Eureka vacuum

 

[lxskllr]

Got this from wegmans today...



Probably not what this thread's about, but holy shit this bread's amazing. It usually just gets eaten right from the bag. Perfect crust, with chunks of salt scattered throughout. It's one of my favorite things I get from them.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Crazy how they can keep bringing the density down like that. Seems 10TB was considered huge not that long ago.

Back in the Maxtor days I was told they had technology to put 1TB on a platter the size of a quarter (coin) but there was no consumer demand for such. So its been an endless cycle of every year they just double the storage and get folks to upgrade.