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POK. I have a NAS that uses 10 1TB 10k RPM Velociraptor HDDs. It's SATA only. Squeezed into mATX case, with a FlexATX mobo. HDDs are...
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PPeter Blanchard replied to the thread Where do I find a sturdy cardbox for packaging an ICX 7250-48P (in EU).I feel your pain. I've got a bunch of low value kit that I want to get rid of. Pick up/drop off by/to local people is the only...
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PPeter Blanchard replied to the thread Lots of Optical Drives.How many of the Startech cards can you get in the R720 etc? Do they support OS other than Windows? I've had issues using USB 3 cards...
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PPeter Blanchard replied to the thread Lots of Optical Drives.Something that occurred to me - how good are Blu-ray drives at reading older format disks? I can remember situations when DVD-writer...
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PPeter Blanchard replied to the thread Lots of Optical Drives.CD/DVD duplication devices can turn up for cheap. In themselves probably not what you need but the cases might be useful to you. I...
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PPeter Blanchard replied to the thread USB C/Thunderbolt hub.I eventually bought a Dell TB16/K16A with 130w PSU for £23 (which is a good price in the UK). It does the job - one cable for power...
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PPeter Blanchard replied to the thread USB C/Thunderbolt hub.HP laptop is a couple years old Spectre x360 14. It does have Thunderbolt. I think that a chunky second user "dock" from known brand...
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PPeter Blanchard replied to the thread USB C/Thunderbolt hub.Another annoyance of USB C hubs is the very short cable tail.
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PPeter Blanchard replied to the thread USB C/Thunderbolt hub.What do I mean by "extraneous"? SD/TF card slots. Analogue audio ports. More than one HDMI/DP out. The dream is the one cable swap out...
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PPeter Blanchard replied to the thread USB C/Thunderbolt hub.If someone else was paying for it, I'm sure it's an ideal solution. As I'm paying for it, way too expensive. Most of the peripherals...
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PMy wife's desk has become a rat's nest of cables. Lots of reasons why but life is too short to list them. There's a ThinkPad E14 Gen 5...
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PPeter Blanchard replied to the thread Drive cages.Can't upload image for some reason. 5.25'' Cage Rack Hard Drive Tray Caddy Bay to 5x 3.5'' SATA SAS HDD Expansion | eBay is an example...
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PPeter Blanchard replied to the thread Drive cages.The front door was lost before I got hold of it. This review is helpful. Wood is under rated as a DIY case material.
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PPeter Blanchard replied to the thread Drive cages.Very cool. "If I had a 3D printer" crops up a lot here but I can't afford a decent one at the moment and my 3D CAD skills are pretty...
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You learn from mistakes. in other words: the more you plan your lab up front the less you learn. in other words: it’s better to have...