I’ve recently converted an old 2013 office PC into an Ubuntu file and media server and used the only hard drive I had laying aound, which was a ~13 year old, 500GB 2.5" laptop hdd.

I live in Australia where drives are really expensive. Is it worth getting a sas card and buying these drives for $20 each? Seller says they’re from 2013-2014, all drives tested and working with not SMART issues found.

Thanks

  • hodak2BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have used a bunch of these types of drives without issue. Usually I get ultra star or the hgst ones. I have them in several servers and a NAS. You can’t beat the price. And for me. I would not have any big concerns with using these. If you get one with some type of problem just make sure to return it within the window.

  • SirLagzBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Way cheaper than buying SATA drives. Got a link to those? 🤣

  • tech2but1BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    No.

    Whilst the drives might be fine there’s not much point trying to cram enterprise drives in a desktop PC. Waste of time this, better off just throwing any old drives in and making sure your backups are in place instead.

    If you want to use enterprise gear start with the motherboard and memory, you’re doing this backwards (I’ll refrain from doing the upside down joke here!)