i buy 5tb minimum

disk speeds is a meme

it is for my usage

it is for most usages

unless you have an incredibly bloated system

have you considered the meme is from a time when 3tb disks were common

How does someone have so many files?

easily just install any program these days...

i have 4x 8TB in a NAS

random assortment of 1 and 2TB drives

and 1+2TB of SSD storage in my pc

mostly because i just get more storage when i run out

300-500GB ish space taken for average system setup for me (thank arma 3 for taking 100+gb and so on)

then work stuff is few TBs localy and cold-storage is quite bit larger

I have a 480 GB SSD

and a 64 GB thumb drive for backups

raid or just.loose drives?

Depends on the usecase

my man got the raid toggle

Y'all know any good laptops for about 1000 USD that could both handle gaming and not be too gamery for everyday carry and taking notes at uni etc

asking for a friend

choose 2 from next: Battery life, Performance, Weight,Price

>laptop
>gaming

HAHA DAE ARROW

shut the fuck up

@Tervy perfect would be somewhere in the middle for all but we know thats not a thing

yeah for you its either notes and no cable .. or games and cable everywhere

check out dell i like their laptops

performance doesnt have to be top notch, my friend doesnt play aaa games at max settings

What's "gaming"for you

something that can run modernish games at medium-high settings?

I dont know shit about gaming laptops, so my perspective might be skewed

give few game examples

and it helps a ton

Is E-GPU an option

maybe something like a 1060 (2060?) and an i7, 16 gigs of ram and 500 gb ssd?

forget weight and batterylife

1060 laptop = 3kgs + right there

Gaming laptops are all terrible value

and most like looks