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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
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
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
So the question is?
Desktop drive with low power or laptop drive but bottleneck?
nah external closures that support 3.5"
will hav a psu
i presume they won't run at all if they don't have enough power
yeah usually they have the sync cable + usb right?
from what I've seen
ah they've built it in, some of my external hard drives use 2 USB cables to run
they're pretty old and shitty though
>HardwareCucks