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Old June 28th 18, 06:32 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Flasherly[_2_]
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On Fri, 29 Jun 2018 00:44:58 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
wrote:


Don't give up those sub-500G hard disks. They possibly are a lot more
reliable than these new terabytes hard disks. Try your best to extend
their life maybe.


And they don't come cheap, either, while still variously offered from
sales site. The reality, though, is they don't click anymore for
market geared to minimum production of 1T HDD as an entry point.

Less is a crap shot when considering any connection to the industry
and an actual relevance to the product.

Reliable = don't buy the one where the same price buys two.