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[HELP] post-Laptop retirement | Which NVMe to pick |1x PCIe 4.0 | 2x PCIe 3.0| $1000 budget
Dear LET,
I decide to my retire my laptop because I thought it's about time I replace my main machine.
similar spec and situation to @host_c's previous laptop
Now, I'm in unfamiliar situation, as it have these NVMe slots:
- 1x PCIe 4.0
- 2x PCIe 3.0
Unfortunately, it doesn't have slot for 2.5" HDD, so, which drive I should choose considering the following:
- Heavy dev usage
- Will be running close to 24/7/365 except when I turned it off for travel
- Last more than 7 years (10y is ideal)
- Okay with vibration & shocks
I happened to purchased 1x WD IX SN530 2TB nvme for $220 on a whim, should I cancel it?
Budget: below $1k to populate all the 3 slots.
(plan with deferral until AI bubble pops is welcome, as I'm going to upgrade the ram gradually to 128GB DDR4)
Comments
How about WD Red SN700 2TB ?
ooh, someone like me.
Hmm, I see... (updated the OP, turns out it's IX SN530)
Yes, the HDD power on hour is 5 digits.
Doesn't say much, that could be a year or a decade. I don't think I own a drive that doesn't have at least 5 digits of power-on hours...
It does remind me though, my main pc's HDD is dying at the worst possible time, but hey, at least I got ~5 years out of it. I can hear it dying when I'm working
how about pm9a1 2tb with 2 kioxia bg4 1 tb? i'm using oem ss for 5 heavy db vms just fine
It's 4xxxxH.. Previous drive retired because click of death
mine 79,320 hours
Nvme,