this thing has so much solder burn marks in it lol

it has some slight decolouration where the mousei s usually on

@Lefteris I do

Probably just my crop

i was talking to heck

Oohhh

silly <:alismirk:230784726615588865>

Yeah I specifically got the blue one for that message

🙏

damn

Thanks

Can I trust chink external HDDs? Nothing fancy, just something to hook up to my RPi and store movies on.
If so, which ones?

chink hdds or chink hdd enclosures?

yes

@Julian HDDs.

yeah dont

afaik theyre not really much cheaper than ones from reputable brands

@literally Crevice#1650 they don't sell HDDs really, just SSDs

you can buy an enclosure then put a local HDD in

make it an external hard drive for cheaper

Guess I'll just get a normal one then, thanks for the help.

you can get dank transparent enclosures @literally Crevice

it's pretty cool

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2-5-USB-3-0-SATA-Hd-Box-HDD-Hard-Disk-Drive-External-HDD-Enclosure-Transparent/32792368602.html

Would these things work for let's say gaming?

I think there (((may)))) be a slight bottleneck or is it just as fast?

No idea tbh, USB 3 is p fast

I've ran some simple games off external hard drives with no issues

not an expert tho

it just loads a bit slower thats all

i mean

tons of console gamers do it

pretty much a requirement for nintendo consoles

I think usb 3.0 is fast enough but like wouldn't it be a bit underpowered with just 5v 1amp?

nah they don't use much power even inside a PC

Lemme take a look what a 2.5 inch hdd uses

I remember being surprised how little they consume

2.5 1 tb hgst drive or some laptop drive who knows consumes like 1.5 watt MAX

That's really efficient

But most 3.5 desktop drives use something like 6.4 watts max

Price difference between a laptop and desktop drive is less than €5