Hello,

Bought a spare super cheap used 3TB drive a year ago, and just figured out it’s not a SATA but a SAS drive.

How fucked am I? What can I do more than using it as a paperweight?

Cheers!

  • Valmond@lemmy.worldOP
    4·
    2 months ago

    I learned the hard way when the cheap PSU blew up and took with it the mobo, my drive and my backup drive. That was the year 2000 or 2001.

    Since then I do have a good backup strategy (with most important stuff on amazon glacier).

    So you learned the hard way losing your porn stash 😉 ?

    Jk, and the drive is not for important stuff.

    • Klear@lemmy.world
      31·
      2 months ago

      PSU you is the other part you don’t want to cheap out on… Guess you got two lessons in one there.

      • Valmond@lemmy.worldOP
        2·
        2 months ago

        Yeah, for sure. To be totally fair I probably got even more lessons out of it as I upgraded my SOs Duron 650 to an Athlon (so new mobo) and that was what blew up the chep PSU I guess…

        Usually I now go 750-900w platinum just because it’s so nice when the fan doesn’t start before 400 watts (and it heats less ofc).

      • Maalus@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 months ago

        A lot of people learn this lesson sadly. It isn’t “sexy” to brag that you have a gold / platinum rated high quality PSU. People would rather add a “Ti” or a “10” to their graphics card and then lose it all when it goes. Same reason why I have an UPS for home PC - sure, overvoltage, undervoltage, electrical noise probably won’t harm the PC. But why risk it? Also having a battery to save your shit, or buy more electricity online when you run out on a prepaid meter is cool (speaking from experience, happened to me like 10 times already lol)

        • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          I never heard about pre paid electric meters for homes. May I ask where you are located? Small UPS seems like the frickin perfect addon to that situation!