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210 sats \ 12 replies \ @ek 8 Apr 2023 \ on: Daily discussion thread
I noticed my bitcoin node SSD failed today:
https://i.postimg.cc/mDsDvJp5/signal-2023-04-08-114803.jpg
Failed after around 2 years only. Guess I deserve it for buying cheap from SanDisk instead of a more reputable company, haha
Happy Easter everybody!
these days its not just brand but the supplier itself which should be verified before buying, LOADS of chinese knockoffs of tech like SSD's and graphics cards are getting sold on 3rd party markets with "hacked" firmware that make it seem like a reputable company made it or that it has the specs you think you want but it doesn't actually i remember buying "kingston" thumbdrives that were a fraction of the capacity and they weren't actually kingston. Couldn't tell till it arrived, my fault for cheaping out though and no be aware
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Good point, I agree. Read similar stuff
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Buy a special Lightsaber edition Darth Vader NVMe drive
https://www.seagate.com/ca/en/products/gaming-drives/special-editions/lightsaber-collection-nvme-ssd/
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lol, nice
I can't use a NVMe though or I have to upgrade my whole machine. You remember our discussion where I thought I am making a very good deal by buying a used HP EliteDesk 800 G1 USDT for 30€ with 8GB RAM but without SSD and power supply? Turned out buying the correct power supply was twice as expensive as the machine, lol. I even bought the wrong one first.
You told me you don't recommend HP but I already had bought it haha
Now I kind of regret it because of missing PCIe and in the end, I did spend >100€ on it and it has a shitty CPU (I think). A fanless solution would also be nice
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Actually, not sure if I bought cheap. I paid 90€ 2 years ago. But not sure about the brand SanDisk for SSDs.
Any SSD recommendations?
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A lot of SSDs have 3-5 year warranties, you might want to look at using it, although they might say your warranty is void if you ran a bitcoin node on it. I'd be curious to see what happens if you try to use the warranty though.
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Oh, you are right! I have 3 year warranty and I bought it at May 25 2021.
I will write the support, thanks!
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Took me a while (and their support was kind of broken for a while lol; their own form did censor my phone number which they said they need so I had to sent my phone number to them by uploading a picture lmao) but I sent my SSD yesterday to them! They said they will ship me a new SSD.
So thanks a lot for reminding me about the warranty. I totally forgot!
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You're welcome. Good to know they will RMA the device even if you were running a BTC node.
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I didn't tell them about the BTC node since they didn't ask
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SanDisk is a solid brand. I got a Standisk 250gb SSD installed in my Dell latitude two years ago that I've had since 2011, got it brand new. Hasn't failed me yet and still runs super freaking fast, as fast as when I first got it put in. Nothing but positive for me but then again all I do on my laptop is play games in my web browser, casino slots and what not, stream live sports, and browse the web/social media. Don't know how it'd do running a BTC node.
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Feel ya pain!
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